Comments on: What Is Milia And How Do I Treat It?

By: Kesiah

Kesiah — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:03:56 +0000

I do not know if what me and my mother suffer from is Milia, but they were indeed little white bumps under our eyes. In some of the pictures I googled, the images resembled what we had, and in many, they didn’t. They were def not whiteheads and I truly never considered taking a needle to them, as they were usually very tiny. I do know, however, that they have COMPLETELY disappeared after a few weeks of a new beauty regime I tried — unfortunately, I am unsure of WHICH method worked, if either method worked or if it’s all a coincidence. However, I will share, because there is a chance that it DID work, and one of the ingredients is responsible for clearing these up (or perhaps they just disappeared on their own, after several years of residing on my face). The first thing I began using was Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream. I also began using Ponds Cold Cream to remove makeup. And last but not least, I began splashing a little witch hazel on my face, but specifically on my under eye circles. I have noticed a HUGE difference in my skin quality, and those little bumps are completely and utterly gone, but I do not know exactly what made them disappear. I figured if anyone else suffers from them, though, it certainly won’t hurt to try these products in hope one of them gets rid of it, too. Or perhaps just the moisturizing works? I have especially dry skin — it seems that the more lotion and oil I can put on my hair, the better, and it’ll never get too oily. I’ve even put Crisco on my face during a skin allergy, and the next morning it was practically cured.

By: Texas Reader

Texas Reader — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:14:51 +0000

Wouldn’t Retin A help if you don’t get it too close to your eyes?

By: Judith

Judith — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:31:46 +0000

Not all white bumps are milia. I get calcified pilar (hair) cysts.

BTW The title should be “What are milia and … Milia is plural; singular is milium.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:59:24 +0000

Extracting is not painful. Milia are white and not yellow. Yellow are cholesterol. These are different than Milia.

Here is a clip of the extraction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcPGKYslrJo

Hope this helps

By: Jeni

Jeni — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:46:41 +0000

I have one under my eye that always annoys me, and then several smaller ones. Even when I’ve managed to squeeze it (which is not recommended!) it comes back within a week. I always thought high cholesterol was one of the main causes for it (and I do indeed have high cholesterol). Ugh.