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Does organic virgin coconut oil work on keratosis pilaris? please, need some answers?
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Moisturizing: Coconut oil is moisturizing, which may help diminish roughness and improve appearance of hyperkeratosis pilaris, but definitive treatment involves alpha hydroxy acids and/or topical steroids.
Answered 5/23/2016
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