Beauty

[AnnMarie-1]

On 7/13/2014 Feline Fine said:

Try toothpaste that's an actual paste, not a gel. It's known for to drying out and clearing up pimples/zits.

ETA: I was writing my reply when your's posted, Ann Marie.

Great minds, basic tried & true (worked in my younger days) ideas!

Good luck Katluvr!

[tuscaloosa]

I would go to an esthetician to have it removed. The one I go to will schedule an appointment for 10 minutes - a dollar a minute for extractions. I feel for you.

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[kahootz]

It could possibly be skin cancer. There are often dermatologists that do free clinics where you could have it checked out. Sometimes skin cancers can mimic a pimple.

[KateChopin]

Yes...please see a derm. This could be a lesion. Some auto-immune diseases have this as a symptom...not trying to scare you, but it would be good to have it checked. In fact, the derms around here had no idea what my daughter had after ten or more visits. Get a second opinion if not satisfied.

In the meantime, you could try Mario Badescu's pink stuff (Drying lotion). Could just be a tenacious zit.

[Desertdi]

could also be an ingrown hair

[F1wild]

As a Melanoma Survivor x2 and RDH, I implore you to go to a doctor or at least one of those clinics at your local pharmacy (like Walgreens "Take Care clinic"). You will be seen by a NP or PA, in most cases. You keep putting OTC stuff on it without luck and in the meantime a doctor could have given you a proper diagnosis. Most will let you make payments. For all the $ spent on OTC things you could have had a proper medical consult.

It could be so many things - regular zit, clogged sweat gland, sebaceous cyst, benign or malignant lesion. Please stop just putting stuff on it, willy nilly.

Another thought - could it possibly be a reaction to a lipstick, gloss, balm...? Your lower lip protrudes over a bit, that could be trapping a cosmetic. Just a thought.

Good luck!

[Wackers3]

I have something similar, also on the very bottom of my lower lip. Where it seems to differ from yours is that mine eventually gets large enough so that I can easily squeeze out the contents. Not to get too descriptive as to offend anyone but it is always a white pus like substance that comes out. Then it shrinks right back down again and although I know it is just barely there, it doesn't bother me. I can't really classify it as a blackhead because it's not one so really don't know what the heck it is. It takes a month, sometimes 2 or more before it starts to become really visible again and the routine commences once more.

I have no concerns about mine as it is just not something that seems to warrantee that plus I have had it for years now. It pretty much disappears when I get the contents out and then very, very slowly builds up again. When it does become visible to me, I also thought initially that I could just pick it off but have learned that that doesn't work as I have to drain what's inside out.

[Feline Fine]

On 7/13/2014 KateChopin said:

Yes...please see a derm. This could be a lesion. Some auto-immune diseases have this as a symptom...not trying to scare you, but it would be good to have it checked. In fact, the derms around here had no idea what my daughter had after ten or more visits. Get a second opinion if not satisfied.

In the meantime, you could try Mario Badescu's pink stuff (Drying lotion). Could just be a tenacious zit.

Great name for a band.

[Feline Fine]

On 7/13/2014 F1wild said:

As a Melanoma Survivor x2 and RDH, I implore you to go to a doctor or at least one of those clinics at your local pharmacy (like Walgreens "Take Care clinic"). You will be seen by a NP or PA, in most cases. You keep putting OTC stuff on it without luck and in the meantime a doctor could have given you a proper diagnosis. Most will let you make payments. For all the $ spent on OTC things you could have had a proper medical consult.

It could be so many things - regular zit, clogged sweat gland, sebaceous cyst, benign or malignant lesion. Please stop just putting stuff on it, willy nilly.

Another thought - could it possibly be a reaction to a lipstick, gloss, balm...? Your lower lip protrudes over a bit, that could be trapping a cosmetic. Just a thought.

Good luck!

a.k.a., "pilar" cyst

[Feline Fine]

On 7/13/2014 wackers said:

I have something similar, also on the very bottom of my lower lip. Where it seems to differ from yours is that mine eventually gets large enough so that I can easily squeeze out the contents. Not to get too descriptive as to offend anyone but it is always a white pus like substance that comes out. Then it shrinks right back down again and although I know it is just barely there, it doesn't bother me. I can't really classify it as a blackhead because it's not one so really don't know what the heck it is. It takes a month, sometimes 2 or more before it starts to become really visible again and the routine commences once more.

I have no concerns about mine as it is just not something that seems to warrantee that plus I have had it for years now. It pretty much disappears when I get the contents out and then very, very slowly builds up again. When it does become visible to me, I also thought initially that I could just pick it off but have learned that that doesn't work as I have to drain what's inside out.

Sounds like a whitehead - Google for pics, etc..