Beauty Tips For Body Care
TL:DR Based off the following study out of the university of California in 2011, it can be hypothesized that the root cause of KP is the genetic tendency to have faulty sebaceous glands in your skin. Sebum helps to regulate hair follicle construction as well as healthy skin shedding. Keratin clumping around hair follicles appears to be a symptom of sebaceous gland atrophy, rather than the skin condition itself. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380844/?tool=pmcentrez#!po=29.8077Based on this info, I’ve created a routine to supplement my skins sebum production and taken daily pictures to grade the improvement of my own rather severe keratosis Pilaris. The results I’ve experienced have supported my hypothesis: https://i.imgur.com/C6aXOlA.jpg————/————- This 2011 study hypothesized that KP’s root cause is due to atrophy of the sebaceous glands, which gives you low to non existent sebum production in areas of your skin where KP manifests. Sebum is thought to regulate the formation of hair follicles and keratin shedding, as well as your skins barrier so when the sebaceous glands fail, capped keratin follicles and inflammation become symptoms.We also know that sebaceous glands are affected by puberty, typically increasing sebum production while your body hair growth ramps up. Without sebum, the increase in body hair simultaneously ups the likelihood that your malformed hair shafts will begin capturing keratin in the follicles where previously there was no issue, thus facilitating the spread of keratosis Pilaris. This is also imo why KP can spread at any point in life, atrophy of the sebaceous glands can affect any part of your skin where hair growth occurs.This theory also accounts for the following:Pregnancy has been noted to increase/spread KP. Pregnancy = hormones and affected sebum production.Accutane has been noted to sometimes produce KP in patients. Accutane is used to cut down on acne by reducing sebum production. The side effect being that if your skin already was experiencing atrophy of the sebaceous glands, this can exacerbate the situation.The only skin that does not manifest KP is hairless, like that of your palms, soles, etc. these areas have no sebaceous glands.KP sufferers overwhelmingly have dry skin and issues with TEWL. Both of which make sense when you account for the lack of sebum and faulty skin barrier.This study also suggests that there in no singular gene that causes KP, but instead that there is a predisposition for skin to manifest KP based on multiple genetic factors that are often but not always passed down.I think this theory also accounts for why people complain about their KP getting worse in drier weather, and the sebaceous glands are put at an even further disadvantage to successfully producing sebum to regulate follicle construction and keratin shedding with the increase in TEWL.————-/————Here is the routine I put together to test out my hypothesis. I am also utilizing AMlactin an SA scrub with mechanical exfoliation since I do not expect the jojoba oil to penetrate down into hair follicles already plugged with keratin. My plan is to discontinue AMlactin and SA scrub after complete clearing of the skin to see if jojoba oil can regulate the skin entirely on its own.Why jojoba oil? Turns out you can’t just buy human sebum and artificial sebum is like 200 bucks for a few grams. Sebum is actually a fatty wax and not an oil, so not just any oil will work.Jojoba oil is supposedly 97% chemically identical to sebum, so it’s really the only choice for prolonged treatment.I live in a semi humid area but have dry skin. You may need more or less jojoba oil depending on your own skin type.I also tend to shower at night so you can adjust as you see fit.AM: I rub AMLactin into my KP skin areas. After my skin has absorbed it, I will put a thin layer of jojoba oil on.PM: In the shower I use Neutrogena body scrub and shower gloves to lightly physically exfoliate. I put a dollop of body scrub into my gloves before I step into the water, lather them up and run small concentric circles across my KP with light pressure.I know how much physical exfoliation my skin can take, you may need to play around with the intensity of your own physical exfoliation.After I rinse off, I keep the AMlactin in the shower to apply it before I towel off.Once it’s settled in, I apply a heavier layer of jojoba oil to my KP and go to bed. I’ve been wearing a soft long sleeve shirt to sleep to prevent any oil getting onto my bed sheets.The jojoba oil takes about an hour to fully absorb into my skin. The more frequently I use the jojoba oil, the better the results in my experience.Sorry for writing you a book + poor formatting. I’m new to reddit.
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