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No Doubt Got Strawberry Legs?!
Inflammation or bumps on the skin, there is hope. Simple solution to go from bumpy to smooth, at your fingertips!!
Strawberry legs is not a cute situation but blemishes on the skin. Strawberry legs aka folliculitis or dark pores. It is dots you get on your legs after shaving that resemble the seeds of the fruit, aka strawberry legs. Strawberries have such a bumpy surface.
How to remove them and what is the remedy? What causes strawberry legs? There is always a solution, one just has to seek and search. Knowledge is the key. Strawberry legs normally are a byproduct of three factors: Keratosis pilaris, inflamed hair follicles or ingrown hairs. They resemble small bumps on the skin. First the a process of elimination, is to determine the cause to determine the culprit in order to troubleshoot the issue.
Regarding keratosis pilaris, keratin, a protein that exists in the skin, hair and nails gets trapped and cause a plug to form over your follicular openings resulting in a bumpy surface like a strawberry. This clogging was caused by keratin build up.
When your pores get clogged with oil, bacteria, dead skin cells and other debris from the atmospheric elements, this is called folliculitis. Clogged pores turn into inflamed hair follicles that result into tiny reddish bumps or small white-heads that resemble acne.