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[Lavinia_1]

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?

[lexi]

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

[MarthainMD]

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.

[suzyQ3]

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

[Irishrose136]

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.

[NickNack]

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.

[Shelbelle]

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

[monicakm]

Sounds like it's too close to the eye to do what I did but I'll mention it anyway just in case anyone else has a need. I use a Panasonic Facial Trimmer (battery operated) to get rid of the peach fuzz on my face. It's very gentle. Not a razor. I had a milia at the outer corner of my left eye on the cheek bone. Yes, I did. I ran the facial trimmer over the milia. Applied a little pressure to the sides of the milia and out it popped! Curious little thing. It kept it's shape, wasn't easily smooshed. Just a slight red spot where it was and in a couple weeks (or less) the spot was 100% gone.