How do you get rid of millia?

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#33
I had to go to a derm to have two of them removed from around my eye. After insurance, I still had to pay $150.

I've noticed a couple kind of drying up and flaking off on their own. Others simply won't go away.

My derm told me its often caused by cosmetics containing mica (the stuff that makes your eyeshadow shimmery).
 
#34
Bagspy said:
I had these bumps for almost 20 years so I went to see the dermatologist in July this year and he used laser to get rid of the millia. Most of them are gone now. Only left a few tiny ones that's not so obvious. You should try that.
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A laser? That seems costly and unnecessary. My derm just poked my little bumps and squeezed the stuff out. It only took a minute.
 
#38
Hey all, bumping this thread to happily report that the milia on the inner corner of my left eye seems to (finally!) be going away after almost a year, yikes!

I wish I could report just how it went away, but I did do a combo of cleansing more (but gently) in that part of my eye at the end of the day, some gentle pressure/squeezing on the bump at night and some gentle poking too. Someway, somehow, this worked!
 
#39
...and another bump a few days later to report that the big ol' milia I had for a year or so is gone baby gone, wahoo!!

So to all of you in the FOTD thread, fear not, for that gawd awful milia thingamababobber is finally history!
 
#40
Pursegrrl said:
...and another bump a few days later to report that the big ol' milia I had for a year or so is gone baby gone, wahoo!!

So to all of you in the FOTD thread, fear not, for that gawd awful milia thingamababobber is finally history!
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_wonderful! I have very small ones but I swear I have at least a dozen or more all over my face. I exfoliate regularly, wash my face morning and night. Maybe it is the mica in blush and highlighter. Maybe I should do an experiment and only use liquid or gel blush, no powders, and see what happens.

I admit, do poke some of them, but I really should go to a dermatologist. The one in my PPO insurance is booked into December, sheesh!

Intlset - do you mean topical clindamycin or the oral antibiotic> I never heard of this method.
 
#41
I'll admit I had no idea what milia was before entering this thread, so I googled it and now I know what that spot on my cheek is! Ah, the things you learn from tPF :p It's been there for months and I've tried squeezing it and using a needle to poke a hole in the skin, but nothing has worked so I've just given up.
 
#42
I've had a hardened yellowish/white bump under my eye (had no idea that was such a common spot but must be from the thin sensitive skin there) for months and it was bugging the hell out of me. Mind you I went to TWO dermatologists and both of them said they couldn't do anything about it. I've tried prodding, a sewing needle (not sharp enough), tretinoin, exfoliant, nothing worked. After reading the posts on this board today, I went out to Rite Aid, bought 26 g lancets in the diabetes section, poked the milia gently and SUCCESS! The gunk started pouring out immediately without much pressure at all. I've thoroughly emptied the pore, put rubbing alcohol on the spot, and feel so gratified for finally getting rid of it - myself! Now what to do with the 99 other lancets that came with the box :-/
 
#44
I had a couple of these over the summer on my shoulders. I was helping out in a car wash and I wasn't wearing sunscreen :[ and I got about a 6 hour long burn. I think they went away after the tan went away.
 
#45
I hate those darn things I would get them and sometimes when I wash face they would come out but then I get more. I read somewhere it's the product we use that are the fatty? Not sure about that word maybe try switching moisturizers.
 
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