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Milia?

Lavinia_1 — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:21:48 GMT

Hello beauty ladies,

I have a co-worker who has a milia(?). I would have thought it was a whitehead but based on what she says, and what it looks like, (and what I have read here) I am sure it is just one milia. she wants to know how to get rid of it but that I don't know. It is just below the inner corner of her eye and she got it right after she used a new but, she said, very oily, make up remover. It is the only one. Help, suggestions?

Re: Milia?

lexi — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:49:24 GMT

Try youtube......I have seen the removal process there.

Re: Milia?

MarthainMD — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:56:31 GMT

Tell her to see an ophthalmologist. They can take it off safely. If its close to her eye its not good to fool with it.

Re: Milia?

suzyQ3 — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:38:34 GMT

On 6/29/2014 MarthainMD said:
Tell her to see an ophthalmologist. They can take it off safely. If its close to her eye its not good to fool with it.

ITA.

I had a milia on my eyelid that was relatively large and was driving me nuts. I never even considered trying to remove it myself. I did see an ophthalmologist, and he took care of it. If I developed milia elsewhere on my face, I would have a derm remove them if they bothered me. I would not risk an infection or scarring.

Lavinia, milia don't form that quickly, so it's doubtful that it was that product that she used. In fact, many experts don't list products as being a common cause. Milia are not pimples and do not occur in pores. They formed when skin essentially folds over on itself and traps skin cells. They are keratin-filled cysts.

Here is a common list of causes:

Blistering skin conditions, such as bullous pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa, and porphyria cutanea tarda
Burns
Blistering injury to skin, such as poison ivy
Following skin resurfacing procedures such as dermabrasion or laser resurfacing
Following long-term use of steroid creams
Chronic sun damage

Re: Milia?

Irishrose136 — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:17:42 GMT

Allow me to agree with MarthainMD and SQ3. Your friend needs to see a dermatologist to have the milium removed. Given its location, a do-it-yourself method risks infection and scarring.

It will easily be removed by a derm. A small lancet is used to open the milium and the white cyst is coaxed out. Simple and virtually painless.

I've had multiple milia removed. Insurance even covered the procedure. Given its proximity to the eye, this might also be labeled "medically necessary" vs. "cosmetic" and covered by her insurance.

Re: Milia?

NickNack — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:20:57 GMT

The correct answer as others have said, would be to go to a dermatologist and have him/her remove it. However, I have removed some of mine myself. I stick a sterile straight pen in the middle of it and coax it out. It always goes away and doesn't come back. If it's that close to the eye though, she should probaly see a derm. though.

Re: Milia?

Shelbelle — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:03:10 GMT

First she can try the Isomers Eye Peel, works in many cases.