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I have keratosis pilaris on my arms, but can honey and sugar scrub it away like it does to dry skin?
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NO: It will make it worse. Do no do anything to scrub it. Just use a moisturizer with an acid in it like amlactin 12 % because it it is caused byu clooded follicles. Usuallly they open up at puperty as the gland mature, bue not always. Scrubbing definately makes it worse.
Answered 7/8/2013
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