Q If I receive Korean medicine treatment, how long until the bumps on my arms improve?
A It varies by individual constitution and severity, but typically with 2-3 months of consistent blood-nourishing, dryness-moistening treatment, you begin to feel skin dryness ease and the bumps soften. Rather than complete flattening, we set realistic goals of improved texture and reduced redness.
Detailed Answer
Because keratosis pilaris requires time for keratin metabolism itself to change, consistent management is more important than expecting rapid change. When blood-nourishing, dryness-moistening (bohyeol-yunjo) herbal medicine stabilizes the supply of blood and fluids to the skin's extremities, skin dryness eases and the rate at which hard keratin plugs accumulate slows, so the bumps become less prominent. Generally, initial changes are set as a goal at 2-3 months, and noticeable texture improvement at 4-6 months or more. Combining topical moisturizing and AHA can make the change felt more quickly.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
At the start of treatment, Dongjedang explains the goal as manageable skin rather than a cure. If you continue both axes at once - filling up the inside with bohyeol-yunjo while protecting the outside with topical moisturizing - you will experience the skin texture reflected in the mirror gradually becoming smoother.
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