ASK THE DOCTORS
Dear Doctor: Every winter I get these weird bumps on my skin, kind of like goosebumps, except that they won’t go away. What are they? Is there anything that can help?
Dear Reader: It sounds as though you’re describing a common and harmless skin condition known
as keratosis pilaris. Symptoms typically include patches of small, hard bumps that are about the size of a grain of sand. Th…