Milia on the face are multiple blistering lesions on the skin in the form of white wen-like nodules that are common in many adults and children. You need to get rid of them carefully, because they usually occur in places where the skin is especially thin, and there is a possibility of damage to the skin with subsequent scarring.
What are milia
Types of milia:
- Primary milium - occurs suddenly, the main reason is heredity.
- Secondary milium - occurs after skin injury or an inflammatory process in the body.
Diagnostics
Miliums are diagnosed by their appearance. They are formed gradually and without pain. They appear in groups of several. Acne is milky in color and has certain localization sites. Size from 0.5 mm to 3 mm.
Milia are always located separately and do not merge into a single spot. They have a clear outline and rise above the skin. They do not become inflamed and do not change in size.
Causes in adults
- With liver diseases.
- Burning skin in the sun.
- Disruptions in the hormonal system of the body.
- Clogging of pores when applying cosmetics.
- Cigarettes.
- Alcoholic drinks.
- Improper nutrition.
- Genetic predisposition.
- Avitaminosis.
- Failure in the metabolism in the human body.
- Diseases of the stomach and intestines.
- Pancreas problems.
- Incorrectly selected facial skin care.
- Due to frequent visits to the solarium.
- Physical injury to the skin.
- Long-term medication.
- The use of cosmetics of poor quality and cosmetics with an expired date.
The appearance of milia in newborns
Miliums in newborns are not a disease, they appear due to the immaturity of the sebaceous glands. Half of babies are affected by this problem. Miliums in babies are completely painless. They appear in babies on the forehead, around the nose and mouth, less often on the body. They go away on their own within 2 months.
Do you need to remove milia or will they disappear on their own?
Miliums do not pass by themselves. It is not recommended to squeeze the milium by hand in order not to damage the hair follicles and sebaceous glands. Squeezing the milium by hand can cause inflammation and infection of the damaged skin area. It is also possible the formation of a more voluminous eel or the appearance of a scar on the injured site.
To remove milia on the face, it is recommended to use only proven methods:
- By a mechanical method from a specialist.
- Electrocoagulation.
- Laser removal.
- Medication removal.
- Removal by folk methods.
How to get rid of milia on your face at home
There are several ways to get rid of milia at home yourself:
- Treatment of milia with peeling. To prepare the peeling, you need to take:
- 20 g of finely ground salt (sea salt is better).
- Mix with 20 g sour cream.
Salt and sour cream mask
If the skin on your face is dry, you should take olive oil instead of sour cream to prepare the peeling. With the prepared peeling, gently treat the areas of the skin with milia. Then leave on the face as a mask for 5 minutes, then rinse off the peeling with running water.
- Miliums on the face - how to get rid of them with soda. This method is only suitable for skin with excessive sebum production. 10 g of baking soda with 10 g of liquid soap. Wipe the skin areas where the milia are located several times. After the procedure, wash off the remains of the scrub with running water. Redness after the procedure will disappear within 48 hours.
- Herbal compresses. Compress with dry chamomile and dry calendula has no contraindications. With the application of compresses daily, the treatment of milia will go much faster. Grasses alternate among themselves. Compresses soothe and disinfect facial skin. For cooking 1 tbsp. l. boil dried herbs in 1 tbsp. water for 10 minutes. In a warm broth, you need to dip a piece of cotton wool, and put a compress on your entire face. Before use, the face should be cleansed with lotion. Next, steam your face with a hot towel. Then apply a compress and keep the compress on your face for 15 minutes.
- Mask with viburnum. In order to prepare a mask with viburnum, you need to take:
- 2 tbsp. l. grind berries in a blender.
- Stir with 1 tbsp. l. porridge Hercules (it must first be ground into flour).
Before use, cleanse the skin and steam with a hot towel. Apply to face, avoiding the eye area. After 15 minutes, remove the residue with a cotton swab.
- Yeast mask. It is used for skin with increased sebum secretion. To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
- 10 g dry yeast.
- 10 g of hydrogen peroxide.
- 1 tbsp. l. natural bee honey.
- Juice of ¼ lemon.
Before use, mix everything and let it brew in a warm place for 40 minutes. Before use, you must cleanse your face, avoiding the area around the eyes with lotion. Then apply the mask for 15 minutes. This mask restores the natural functions of the sebaceous glands and lightens age spots.
- Pumpkin mask. To prepare a pumpkin mask, you must:
- 2 tbsp. l. grated pumpkin.
- Stir in 10 g sour cream with a high fat content.
Then apply to cleansed face, avoiding eye area for 15 minutes. Pumpkin-based mask is used to improve metabolism in the dermis.
- Paraffin mask. To prepare this mask, you need to take 75 g of white paraffin (melt the paraffin before use). Before starting the procedure, it is important to cleanse your face exclusively with alcohol tonic. Using a brush, gently apply up to 20 layers of the prepared mask with a brush to the affected areas. Carefully remove the cooled mask from the skin of the face. Apply a hypoallergenic cream to your face.
Mechanical removal
Miliums on the face: how to get rid of using a mechanical removal method, detailed instructions will help. The milium is pierced with a sterile needle, and the body of the milium is carefully removed from it. It must be removed together with the capsule, otherwise milium will form again in the same place.
How to remove milium yourself: step by step instructions
- Hands and needle should be disinfected before starting the procedure.
- Cleanse the face and steam with a hot towel for 10 minutes.
- Gently pierce the milium with a needle.
- Try to remove it completely including the small pouch. If part remains the milium will reappear.
- After removing the milium with clean hands, apply a regenerating mask to the face. For this you need to mix:
- 25 g wet yeast;
- 1/2 lemon juice;
- 10 g hydrogen peroxide;
- 10 g of liquid honey;
- Apply the resulting composition to the skin affected by milia for half an hour.
- Wash off with water and treat skin with lotion.
- In order to prevent the reappearance of milia, it is necessary to regularly apply a facial scrub. To prepare a scrub, you must take:
- 100 g oat flour;
- 10 g of soda;
- 10 g fine salt;
- 20 g of neutral liquid soap;
- Apply scrub 2 r. per week, apply to a wet face, massage for 2 min. Wash off with water after use.
Peelings, masks and scrubs recipes
Miliums on the face - how to get rid of with a golden mustache. Grind the leaves of the plant to make 2 tbsp. apply on steamed face skin (in order to steam, you need to apply a hot towel to your face for 10 minutes).
Fix with gauze bandage. Leave overnight until morning. In the morning, remove the remnants of the mask with a cotton sponge, then wipe the skin with lotion. Apply 1 p. in Week.
To prepare a honey-protein mask you will need:
- 1 protein;
- 10 g of liquid honey;
Beat the protein with a whisk, mix with honey. Keep such a mask on your face for 10 minutes. After use, rinse with running water.
Garlic mask. To prepare a garlic mask, you need 3 garlic cloves, crush and chop, add 1 tbsp. l. natural vegetable oil. Rub the resulting mask into the affected areas of the face skin 3 r. in a day.
To prepare a cucumber mask, you need to take:
- Grated cucumber (pre-filled with boiling water, and infused for 2 hours).
- Cloth mask according to the shape of the face.
Dip the mask into the solution. Apply to face for half an hour. If the mask dries up, then periodically it must be dipped in a cooled cucumber solution. Apply up to 3 p. week.
To prepare a coffee-based peeling you will need:
- 1 tbsp. l. steamed natural coffee.
- 1 tbsp. l. foams for washing.
Mix and rub face in circular motions. After the procedure, rinse your face with running water. Apply no more than 3 r. in Week.
To prepare the peeling, you need to take:
- 1 tbsp. l. salt.
- 1 tbsp. l. soda.
- 1 tbsp. l. neutral soap.
Mix everything, use 2 p. in Week. Then rinse off the remains of the peeling and apply a neutral moisturizer to your face.
Electrocoagulation
Miliums on the face - how to get rid of with electrocoagulation. He acts in such a way that he acts with an electric current on each milium pointwise. After removing the milium in this way, a crust forms in its place. You cannot remove it yourself so as not to leave a scar.
This method works for milia of all sizes. The duration of the cosmetic procedure is up to half an hour. In extremely rare and advanced cases, you need to repeat the procedure after 30 days.
The electrocoagulation procedure is carried out exclusively in the beauty parlor. The skin is pre-cleaned before the procedure. Then they apply an electric current to the affected areas. Impact on one milium from 5 s to 60 s.
After removing the milium by electrocoagulation, a crust forms in place of each whitehead, which separates itself after 7-8 days, leaving no marks on the skin of the face.
The undoubted advantages of electrocoagulation are that the effect is made directly on the problem area, the skin that is located nearby is not damaged. This procedure makes it possible to remove even the deepest and oldest milia.
After removing the milia, you need to treat the skin with lotion until the crust is exfoliated. When using this procedure, local anesthesia is performed.
Laser removal
Laser removal of neoplasms is one of the safest methods. The effect on the skin of the face is absolutely safe. When exposed to a laser, the skin areas in the immediate vicinity of the milium are not affected. Also, infection and inflammation of the treated area is excluded, since contact with the skin is excluded.
After the laser procedure, a dry brown crust remains on the affected area. It will exfoliate itself within 10 days; it is strictly forbidden to remove it yourself until the wound heals. The wound healing period is up to 14 days.
After the keratinized crust peels off, the skin evens out the color, and after a month it is impossible to find the place where the milium was. The laser is most effective for extensive facial skin lesions. A carbon dioxide laser is used to remove deep milia. There is no bleeding from wounds after laser application.
Cryotherapy
When cryotherapy is used to treat milia, controlled destruction of the milium occurs. Cryotherapy treatment of problem skin areas occurs due to exposure to low temperatures.
Cryotherapy uses liquid nitrogen to treat milium. When cryo-destruction is applied, milium is removed due to the formation of ice in the affected cell. The lower the temperature of liquid nitrogen, the faster the affected cell is destroyed. Cryotherapy is performed in cycles of freezing, then thawing of the milium. The period between cycles is from 1 to 5 minutes.
Cryotherapy has a short preparation and treatment time. The advantage of its use is the low risk of infection of damaged tissues. There is no need to care for the wound after cryo-removal. The procedure is performed without local anesthesia. No scars or scars remain.
Side effects of cryotherapy:
- Minimal bleeding may occur.
- Blistering at the site of the removed milium is possible.
- Hyperpigmentation around the affected area.
- Scars and scars at the site of milium removal.
Cryotherapy types:
- The method of applying liquid nitrogen using a special spatula. This method is rarely used due to the inability to control the temperature, the area of application and the area of penetration of liquid nitrogen.
- Spraying liquid nitrogen all over the affected skin area at once. Suitable for extensive milia skin lesions.
- Cryo probes are used to treat milia around the eyes and on the eyelids. The cryo probe directly contacts the skin and precisely removes the affected areas without injuring the surrounding skin.
The time and depth of freezing the affected skin area depends on the size and depth of the milium.
Drug treatment
For the treatment of milia, the pharmacy offers the following drugs:
- Creams and gels based on Retinol vitamin A.
- Salicylic acid.
- Benzene peroxide in its pure form and in the composition of the cream.
Milium creams and ointments
- To treat the affected area of the skin of the face, it is necessary to apply Vishnevsky's ointment pointwise on each milium. You need to do the procedure at night, apply cotton wool on the ointment and glue it with a plaster. Apply before the milium opens itself, then it will need to be removed with a curette or a needle treated with alcohol.
- Ichthyol ointment is used if an inflammatory process has formed after its removal. Ichthyol ointment is used daily, until the inflammation disappears and the wound heals.
- After removal of milia mechanically, the drug is used bodyaga. It is used in the morning and evening until the brown crust has completely healed and exfoliated, at the site of the removed milium.
- Benzene peroxide is used very carefully. It is applied pointwise. If applied over the affected area, a white spot may appear on the skin. It slows down the exfoliation of the skin and thus heals milium.
- Vitamin A retinol is applied pointwise to the affected areas of the facial skin and promotes cell renewal. Easily deals with scars and scars after unsuccessful removal of milia.
How to remove milia on the eyelid
It is not recommended to remove milium on the eyelid in order not to infect and aggravate the situation. Milium on the eyelid can be removed mechanically in the beautician's office. After preliminary cleaning of the facial skin, the milium will be removed using a curette. In this way, the affected areas will be manually cleaned.
When using electrocoagulation, the affected areas are exposed to current. After the procedure, white pimples become covered with a crust, which will exfoliate on its own after 7 days.
When removing milia with a laser, there is no risk of skin infection. The impact of the rays is non-contact. The most effective method for removing milia on the eyelid is a radio wave. With this method of treatment, scars and scars are not left. Skin infection is impossible.
Skin care rules after the procedure
To prevent the appearance of new rashes, it is necessary to minimize injuries to the skin of the face:
- Do not touch your face with dirty hands.
- Do not squeeze out neoplasms by hand.
- All manipulations with the skin should be carried out with previously disinfected hands and instruments.
- Use scrubs and peels no more than 3 times a week.
Always remove dead skin cells from the skin on time:
- Use 1 p. a week scrub with oat flour.
- 1 p. treat your skin with a salt and soda scrub a week.
- When using a scrub, apply it to the skin not with your hands, but with a special sponge.
- Remove keratinized cells in a circular motion along the lines of facial expressions.
It is necessary to normalize the fat content of the epidermis:
- Choose face care products that are low in lipids and alcohol.
- Face creams, gels and serums should be for oily or combination skin.
- The gel and foam for washing must be correctly selected.
- Do not rub your face with a washcloth.
- Washing with soap and hot water is prohibited.
- 1 p. Salicylic peeling must be used per week.
- Use a face cream with UV filters - all year round.
- The use of foundation for the face should be reduced to a minimum.
- Face powder should be natural, with a mineral content.
Homemade face masks should be used no more than 2 times a week. - 1 p. use a mask of blue or white clay per week.
- 1 p. use sea salt lotion at 10 days. For this, 1 tbsp is bred. l. sea salt in 2 tbsp. water, dipped gauze and applied on the face for 10 minutes.
- For the face, it is better to use products with retinol, they effectively renew the cells of the face.
- 1 - 2 p. visit the sauna per month.
How to prevent milia
- After removing the milia, you need to switch to proper nutrition. The following foods should be excluded from the diet:
- Dessert.
- Chocolate.
- Sweets.
- Sweets, ice cream.
- Flour and bakery products.
- Butter baked goods.
- Foods high in salt.
- All types of canned food.
- Fried meat and fish.
- Fried vegetables.
- Marinades and pickles.
Eat more of these products:
- Porridge.
- Vegetables.
- Fruit.
- Greens.
- Observe proper skin care for the face and problem areas:
- 2 p. wash with special foams a day.
- 2-3 p. wipe your face with lotion for problem skin a day.
- Apply retinol face cream after each wash.
- Carry out the procedure for removing dead cells. 1-2 p. peel the skin with special scrubs per week.
- In case of problems with the stomach and intestines, it is necessary to be treated, otherwise the milia may come back again.
- Don't go out in the sun without sunscreen. Always use a cream with UV filters in the morning.
- To refuse from bad habits:
- Excessive consumption of alcoholic and low-alcoholic beverages.
- Smoking tobacco products.
- It is necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle. Start exercising.
To get rid of milia on the face forever, doctors recommend increasing immunity. To do this, you need to drink a course of immunomodulators. With good immunity, pathogenic microflora does not multiply, and the return of milia is impossible.
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