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Ok so kind of a long story. About 7 weeks ago I had my arms waxed. I fell in love with how smooth they were and how they looked. I have dark, thick hair so this was a good change. But, after 2 weeks I broke out into this rash that resembled acne all over my arms. I'm assuming this was folliculitis but was very confused as to why it just flared up after a 2 week long period. I researched folliculitis and read that it should be disinfected. So i bought an antibacterial wash (hibiclens) and used it twice a day and every night i covered the affected areas with benzyl peroxide. These things didnt really help and I found myself at the doctors office being prescribed steroids for 5 days. This helped a little but there were still bumps. I went to the dermatologist and they said I had a dry skin condition called keratosis pilaris which I didn't have any signs of until now. I'm assuming that with all of the antibacterial wash and benzyl peroxide that I made my skin so dry that I got another rash? I've been applying lotion to my arms and things are starting to clear up (after 7 long weeks). Ok I know I'm now gonna sound psycho but if I waxed my arms again do you think this will all happen again? Could I prevent the folliculitis? Would my keratosis pilaris flare up? I added a picture of what my arms looked like 2 weeks after the waxing when things started to get bad.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!