Sulfur soap as a kind of soap, cleaning at the same time, has a certain antibacterial effect, its chicken skin (i.e. keratosis pilaris) has no special effect.
Chicken skin or keratosis pilaris, a hereditary disease, due to abnormal keratinization at the mouth of the hair follicle, the formation of pimples as a clinical manifestation, no special discomfort, but affects the aesthetic. Often in the juvenile onset, women more than men, the treatment of this disease can be used externally Vitamin A acid preparations, has a certain therapeutic effect, such as Vitamin A acid cream, tazarotene.
Sulfur soap as added sulfur component of the soap, with clean oil, inhibit fungi, bacteria, mites, parasites, etc., but the disease of perifollicular keratinization has no special therapeutic effect.
If medication is needed, it is recommended that it be used under the direction of a physician. It is recommended that patients with perifollicular keratosis should go to the hospital and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment.