Bad skin at top of arms (under t-shirt line)

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DanHarris

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The skin under my t-shirt on my arms has never been great.

It's kind of spotty, not in a major way, but the skin there should be smooth like it is on my forearms (under the hair on my forearms I mean of course, no spots at all)

Is there a specific shower gel I should be using, or even using a moisturiser?

Could this just be because that part of my arm never really gets any sun apart from the odd time I go abroad on holiday?

Even in the summer I don't wear vest tops, t-shirts all the time, I was wondering if going in a sun shower/sun bed every now and again would make the skin healthier, can the UV rays have any benefits if you wear sun cream in there like you would on holiday?

I'll try and post some pics up when I get a new battery for my DSLR.

The "spots" aren't very big, they are small. They are more visible when i've just had a shower, say after a workout for example.
 
What your talking about is called Kerastosis pilaris. It is basicly your body not being able to process vitamin A. Its a condition that cannot be taken away, it is with you for life. There are no things you can take or do to make them go away.

You may find ways to manage them, and if there are any additional spots which come about to make them look worse then try exfoliating which may remove a few if your lucky but the spots that will be removed wont be the ones caused by the Kerastosis pilaris condition.

The best advice I can give (I have them too) is to eat well, wash and clean well (the last thing you need are additional blocked pores to add to the condition! although its quite rare you will get blocked pores on your upper arm as its not the same as facial skin, its denser and can put up with more/being covered all day) and to NOT PICK at any of them, there will be too many to control and all you will end up with is red arms and the spots appearing on top of the red marks several days later. Just leave them alone, keep clean, try to focus your attention on what you do like about your body.
 
Is it common for this to only happy at the top of the arms?

Just because my face and back are perfectly clear, and I know these are two areas some people find they get spots, where as mine are smooth as can be.

Thanks for the info about it.

It's not actually something that bothers me, just be better if they weren't there. Not like they are that noticeable or get me down. Nobody has ever commented or noticed, just I look at myself in the mirror a lot ;) - Big head maybe? haha.
 
Just looked it up on Wikipedia and a few pics on the web. Looks like that is the same thing, so you're right. Although mine seems to be a much milder case than all of the pictures i've seen.

According to Wikipedia tanning beds can help, but it's not something i'm that bothered about to be honest. Not like it's been noticed by people before, and I get no irritation or anything. Weird I never knew about this when i've probably had the condition all my life.

None of my family members do, so it must just be luck of the draw. Also read it affects about 40% of the adult population, so pretty common.
 
Yeah, it is pretty common, most people don't notice it in the same way most people don't tend to notice odd weight fluctuations in others- as people go we tend to look beyond the mask- congratulate yourself for not being as shallow as you thought you were!

It can appear on any part of the body but the most common part is the tops of arms and tops of legs. It can in some horrible cases, cover the rest of the body bit by bit. Life isn't fair to everyone!
 
Life goes pretty easy on me. I'm blessed with good looks, charm and wit (so some have said haha) - I'm not actually big headed by the way, just happy with what i've got

But I am quite short and have this skin thing on my arms, but I didn't do too badly eh? lol.

I've always noticed it's there but it's never bothered me, thought I should find out what it is though hence posting on here.

If it ever bothered somebody that much they could get some mean tattoos to cover the top of their arms lol. Tattoos there only really look good if your nice and wide though.
 
DanHarris said:
Life goes pretty easy on me. I'm blessed with good looks, charm and wit (so some have said haha) - I'm not actually big headed by the way, just happy with what i've got

But I am quite short and have this skin thing on my arms, but I didn't do too badly eh? lol.

I've always noticed it's there but it's never bothered me, thought I should find out what it is though hence posting on here.

If it ever bothered somebody that much they could get some mean tattoos to cover the top of their arms lol. Tattoos there only really look good if your nice and wide though.
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Tatts are open to whoever looks at them: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If your not bothered with the spots, save yourself the cash.
 
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