Small white bumps on the arm to consider may be perifollicular keratosis, cornu, glossy moss, small spiny moss and other diseases caused by the choice of different diseases according to different treatment.
1. perifollicular keratosis: a chronic follicular keratosis skin disease, with the follicle mouth keratin plugs or keratinized pimples consistent with the pores as the main lesion characteristics, for patients with mild cases, usually no special treatment, external moisturizing cream can improve, the symptoms of obvious patients can be coated with retinoic acid cream, salicylic acid cream and other medication.
2. Corns: benign lesions, characterized by milky white or yellow, pinhead to rice grain size hard papules. Local treatment can be sterilized with 75% alcohol, the skin on the surface of the papule can be broken with a needle, and then white particles can be picked out.
3. Glossy moss: the disease is self-limiting, characterized by dense pinpoint to grain size, smooth surface solid shiny papules, if the lesion area is extensive itching, the local can be coated with a strong glucocorticoid preparation such as halomethasone cream for treatment.
4. small spiny moss: the disease has self-limiting, to the needle tip size of the follicular keratinized papules, the tip of the keratin filament spines as the characteristics. You can use vitamin A, vitamin E, topical exfoliators such as 0.1% retinoic acid ointment, 3% salicylic acid ointment or 20% urea ointment for treatment.
However, it should be noted that the use of drugs must be carried out under the guidance of a professional physician, and should not be used without authorization.