Keritosis Pilaris much worse after pregnancy

[kl5]

I and a few other moms of newborns have been dealing with what seems to be worsened KP after giving birth. Thread in Life with a Babe here. Anyone have any thoughts on cause and ideas to address? Thanks!

[tanyalynn]

There's a thread in Allergies called Keratosis Pilaris, a lot of moms of kids with food intolerances also have KP (not all, but it came up for quite a few).

Let's see if I can find the thread....

http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/thread/1034056/keratosis-pilaris

A lot of different changes have made it improve/go away altogether for different people, it seems like it's different imbalances/deficiencies causing problems in different parts of a couple chemical pathways in peoples' bodies.

Check out the thread for more thorough discussion but what I remember of it:

-vitamin A deficiency (for some people that would need to be actual, pre-formed vitamin A from animal foods, not beta-carotene from plants)

-EFA deficiencies, I think mostly omega-3, and certainly pregnancy is very demanding, nutritionally, of DHA

(some people use cod liver oil to address both the above at once)

-magnesium deficiency

-food intolerance (the stress of a food intolerance or other kinds of inflammation can increase demand for various nutrients in people, magnesium is a common one)

-biotin deficiency (again, it's not that people with KP necessarily consume less than their next door neighbor, it's that their bodies have stresses that are increasing the need for biotin--digestive issues are one possibility)

[Panserbjorne]

yeah, that. LOL.  Tanya covered it all!

[Panserbjorne]

Originally Posted by tanyalynn 

-biotin deficiency (again, it's not that people with KP necessarily consume less than their next door neighbor, it's that their bodies have stresses that are increasing the need for biotin--digestive issues are one possibility)

this, except I'm not sure whether it's so much a deficiency as it is impaired receptors.  Semantics either way because the point is that people who have this issue require more so they can bypass the sites.
 

[tanyalynn]

Originally Posted by Panserbjorne 

Originally Posted by tanyalynn 

-biotin deficiency (again, it's not that people with KP necessarily consume less than their next door neighbor, it's that their bodies have stresses that are increasing the need for biotin--digestive issues are one possibility)

this, except I'm not sure whether it's so much a deficiency as it is impaired receptors.  Semantics either way because the point is that people who have this issue require more so they can bypass the sites.
 

Do you think impaired receptors are a permanent or a temporary situation?  Can fixing another health imbalance correct this, for some or all, or is it permanent?

[Panserbjorne]

totally.  two things I'm aware that essentially block receptor sites are antibiotics and heavy metals.  Clearly you can improve excretion and move heavy metals so that would do quite a bit.  And a body that's poised to heal is very likely able to overcome the damage from abx.  So, yes.  I do believe it can improve.  There may be other things I'm not seeing at this point, but that's my answer based on what I know!