Amelia Asks:
What is the most effective (and cheapest) way to remove milia around the eyes? What causes it?
The Right Brain’s Milia-tary Response:
For those of you who don’t know, Milia is a skin condition that is characterized by small white bumps. The most common types, primary and secondary milia, are keratin filled cysts that are essentially harmless. Unless you have a REALLY bad case as pictured above. Just kidding. Milia are extremely common in infants (but adults get them too) and they believed to be caused by oil producing glands in your skin that are not fully developed. (Here’s a link with more medical details on milia.)
What can you do about this problem? We wish there was a miracle cream or lotion but apparently there are no topical or systemic drugs that are proven effective against milia. However, your doctor can treat them surgically, in a process that we can only describe as … yuck:
…incision with a cutting-edge needle and manual expression of the contents are effective. This can be performed without local anesthetic.
Mmmmm. No anesthetic!
So, we’re sad to say, that unless you consider a visit to a dermatologist involving un-anaesthetized surgery as an option, your choices for “effective and cheap” treatment are pretty limited.
The Brains‘ Bottom Line:
The good news is most types of milia are harmless. The bad news is, there’s no cheap, easy way to get rid of them.
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I found some interesting information about Milia here.
Check it out!
you can pick these things out with a small sewing needle.milia ruined my highschool years
Not all dermatologist take off milia around the eye area. I need to find one that does. Do you have any doctors around Knoxville Tn. or Nashville Tn that removes? They are bothersome. Thankyou again
My face is also afected by millia, asi consulted the dermatologist. he said that it have to be removed through a sewng needle, and after that it has to be taken taken care of through theuseage of sunscreams and creams and all but it is a temporary solution ans can generate again and again..
so there is no permanent solution for this.
I have millia and ive had it off and on since i was born , im only in highschool at the moment but ive found using pro-active has really helped . i hate being one of those people that have millia , but theres nothing i can do but hope it goes away . But if childen are worried that when they go to high school people will pick on you just let me say theres allways gunna be someone who picks on you no matter what all you gotta have is a couple of good friends who wont judge you or your millia