Milia or Just Clogged Pores?
I have very small, flat, white things under the skin that are visible. They look like flat whiteheads. I thought from descriptions I've read that they were milia, but they do not look like any of the photos of milia that I've seen because they do not protrude. Are these milia, or could they just be pores clogged by rich eye creams? What treatment can I have to get rid of these?
Asked 37 months ago by
loooreee in Lincoln, NE
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Milia are clogged pores
Milia ( sing. milium meaning millet seed in Latin) are clogged pores. They are actually small epidermal cysts ( sometimes called sebaceous cysts which contends for the label of greatest misnomer with pyogenic granuloma).
They may be primary, due to an immature duct, so-called, "milk bumps" in babies. They may result from irritation from makeup or excessive sun exposure. They may be secondary to another dermatologic condition such as bullous lilchen planus, porphyria...
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