There are small bumps on the outside of the upper arm

Many people will find small bumps on the outside of their arms and forearms. These small bumps will not cause pain or itching, but if you gently squeeze them with your hands, white granular substances will appear. After squeezing out these particles, you can see the sweat hairs. If it is in summer, these small bumps will greatly affect the beauty. We can't always wear long sleeves in hot weather. So what kind of disease is this, what are the causes of its formation, and how to care for it.

1. How is chicken skin formed?

1. Chicken skin is a disease of abnormal keratinization. Apart from affecting the appearance, it does no harm to the body. According to statistics, 80% of people suffer from this disease, but most people only have a few, which are not easy to detect.

2. Genetics. Many patients have the disease through inheritance. Most literature believes that this disease has a genetic tendency (common in patients with ichthyosis) and is prone to occur in people with allergic or atopic constitutions, or malnutrition (especially those with vitamin A deficiency).

3. Late onset of the disease is related to poor utilization of vitamin A and low levels of vitamin A in the blood.

4. Low humidity, dry air, and certain irritants such as tar and grease may also cause this disease.

2. How to care for chicken skin

1. A relatively gentle way to exfoliate is to take a bath with bath salts (table salt also has an exfoliating effect, but the sodium in it will dry the skin. People with "chicken skin" should use Dead Sea bath salts with moisturizing effects.) You can also dissolve the bath salts in hot water first, and then mix them with plant-based shower gel (shower gel with more chemical agents will react chemically with bath salts) and use it in the shower. When taking a bath with bath salts, you can also add rose and sandalwood essential oils to exfoliate and moisturize the skin.

2. Supplement more vitamin A. Supplementing vitamin A through diet has a certain effect. People with goose bumps can eat more carrots, cod liver oil, animal liver or vitamin A oral tablets.

3. The key to improving chicken skin is persistence. No matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, use body lotion to nourish your skin after taking a bath. Don't be a "lazy woman", and your skin will become more beautiful.

4. Many people think that taking a bath every day is a good habit, but it is not good for "chicken skin". Shower gel can also remove dead skin cells to a certain extent, but bathing can also wash away the protective oils on the skin, making the skin drier. Therefore, people with "chicken skin" only need to take a bath once every 2 or 3 days in winter, or take a bath with just clean water every day without using shower gel.

3. Notes

"Chicken skin" makes people want to "get rid of it as soon as possible", but squeezing, scratching, and picking with hands will cause edema of the tissues around the pores, making the pore openings smaller and more easily clogged, causing acne and folliculitis; if scratched, it will cause inflammation and pigmentation. So don't scratch or scratch.