I use exfoliating lotion with urea (the Eucerin Roughness Relief) and rotating it with one that has glycolic and lactic acid.

Korean exfoliating mitts have helped me more than lotions. Don’t overdo it, though. 1-2 a week is enough.

Urea cream 40% with 2% salicylic acid gets rid of it in like two uses and then glycolic toner or body wash keeps it gone.

AmLactin

glycolic toner from the ordinary. it’s literally a holy grail product lol

I occasionally get it, and I’ll either use a scrub or some salicylic acid wash, then glycolic toner swiped on with my hands (only at night), and moisturize it typically clears it up pretty quick.

my sister in her 20s has had pretty severe kp since she was a teenager. she will use kp specific lotions/creams that contain a variety of acids and/or urea. you could try one of those too, but they might be a little strong, depending on your skin sensitivity.

The only thing I've found that helps mine is Magic Lotion by DNA Code. It's not cheap though, unfortunately, but it actually works.

Gold bond rough and bumpy, has worked the best for me. Still isn't a 100% but it works more than anything else I've tried.

Any moisturizer with urea will help with the spots. I usually find it behind the phamacist counter.

do you shave your arms? My kp got way worse when I starting shaving and way better after stopping. I use gold bond rough and bumpy but am not sure if it’s the best.

Supplementing with vitamin A, D, and Omega 3s helped my KP a lot, I see ~50% reduction in symptoms with that routine. I'm not sure which vitamin(s) it is that is helping my KP since I take them all together, but that was the only thing I changed and I didn't even know it could happen and woke up one morning and my skin looked great. I stopped taking them for 3 months and my skin looked so bad that my mom noticed. Gentle physical exfoliation, alpha hydroxy acid products, and heavy moisturizing products helped my KP a lot as well. I use a washcloth and wash with a gentle soap in the shower, use a glycolic acid moisturizer, and seal it in with olive oil on my arms after it has dried down. The exact products aren't important, I've used ~5 AHA products on my arms and they all kept my bumps away, and the olive oil step could be replaced with another oil or thick moisturizer you like better.

I have horrific KP, all down my arms, back, butt, legs, and even on my face. I have found that exfoliating less and moisturizing more has been the key to keeping the bumps under control. I dry brush my entire body every night, and slather myself with unscented Aveeno lotion. For my face, I exfoliate at night with a glycolic acid toner (currently using the Pixi Glow Tonic, which is 5% glycolic acid) and use a hyaluronic acid serum in addition to a heavier moisturizer than what I would use during the day (I love the Fenty Instant Reset gel cream), topped with a couple drops of pure argan oil.

Eucerin repair with Urea 10% helps a lot. I also sometimes use the KP scrub that is really popular. Way worse when my water is really hard. I am looking to switch to a more moisture rich body wash to see if it helps.

I use the Alpha skincare renewal body lotion with 12% glycolic acid twice a day. It’s gentle, has no smell (I’m looking at you AmLactin) it leaves my skin soft, tones down the redness BUT my skin is never 100% bump free. It clears about 90% of it.

I experimented with vitamin A for aging and kp made me nearly reptilian I was shedding so much.

If you only exfoliate without moisturising a lot afterwards it's just exacerbating it

There is a KP subreddit if you didn't already know!!

There are a lot of products available to help with KP, which is the good news, but the less good news is that it'll be a process of trial and error to see which ones work best for you. Olay makes a pre-shower KP scrub that has worked really well for me (better than the FAB scrub and as a bonus it doesn't leave pumice sand all over my tub). The Peach & Lily KP scrub is also amazing but the packaging isn't great (hard to dispense) plus it's expensive. I haven't found an exfoliating lotion yet that's effective and doesn't smell like hot feet.

KP is so stubborn! The only thing thus far that has worked on mine is the dandruff shampoo Selsun Blue. The 1% selenium sulfide in it is magic, at least for my skin. It's around $8 at Target.

I slather it on in the shower, let it sit for 3 mins, then rinse off. I use it 3 or so times a week along with one of those Korean rough cloths, and have experimented with stopping my use of it -- the KP comes back pretty quick. But so long as I keep using the Selsun Blue, it stays under control.

Some other subs recommended amlactin and 40% urea cream. I've been using both for the past week or so and have noticed a difference. Not miraculous but enough for me to definitely continue.

The same thing happened to me. I found consistently exfoliating with a shower puff and body wash and following up with cerave moisturizing cream worked.

Cerave SA Lotion is my go-to for KP.

The only thing that ever worked for me was to first use a manual exfoliating mitt in the shower with your body wash (ideally an AHA based wash), don’t go too hard, just little circles. Then use a 2% salicylic acid wipe after drying off, then apply jojoba oil.

Cerave SA Renewing Lotion is the only one that has worked for me.

Gold Bond Rough & Bumpy

I like using Am Lactin

I've seen great things with Amlactin or Cerave SA lotion for rough and bumpy skin

My arms look like this and I feel self conscious because it looks like acne and I'm also a skin picker so it's really hard to resist popping them. I've tried 10% urea lotion daily but it doesn't seem to have an effect on them, just moisturises my skin. Urea is supposed to be kerolytic so I'm annoyed it doesn't do anything for my KP. Commenting to hopefully see advice from others, good luck OP

My forearms look literally identical to yours. I’ve been using Amlactin cream a few times a day and it’s helped with the bumpiness.

It makes me so insecure that I don’t like wearing short-sleeved shirts :(

I have my routine for KP down now since the start of this year. My KP is almost non existant now:

-body brushing in the shower when the water is running. Use a brush with rubber nubs (such as the one in the link) and start brushing from your ankels up towards the rest of your body in an upwards motion. Doing this while the water is already running works so much better for my KP. link to the brush

-follow your body brushing right away with an exfoliating mitten (1 time a week) or a body wash/soap. I rotate the pelicans back acne soap, the kwailnara cleanser, dr bonner lavender soap and the dove beauty bar. I switch it up daily.

-after showering i apply the kwailnara body lotion (this stuff is truely magic in a bottle. It has make old scars and stretchmarks fade and it soothes my KP like no other), shortly followed by johnsons baby oil (pink cap) all over my body.

Itll never completley go away for most ppl but I think that another issue could be how you use products.  If youre truly desperate but responsible the next stop from the ceravr would ve just pure salicylic acid (besides the normal shower scrubbing. The issue is that you have to do it every single day and for months to gauge the effect.

Have you tried Inkey List Glycolic Acid body stick? I have chicken skin on the back of my legs and the stick has been helping me quite a bit.

Try AmLactin intensive healing with 15% Lactic Acid. You’ll be better in no time!

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I swear by the First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Scrub ! I use it on my affected areas and bikini zone. Works wonders. Best of luck!

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Cerave SA Cream has helped me a ton

you could try lotion with urea in it. i see amlactin products suggested by derms a lot. exfoliating with glycolic acid (the ordinary and prequel sell pretty big bottles of it) can help as well!

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You can’t try BABÉ repairing lotion with 10% UREA

I personally use the La Roche-Posay Lipikar Urea 10% lotion, and I find that it works great! Give it like a week and your skin will be way smoother