Milia are small, superficial cysts filled with flakes of skin cells, not pus. This child has several milia on the nose and right cheek. Tiny seed-pearl-like bumps of milia are common around the eye.
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Treatments Your Physician May Prescribe
If your doctor diagnoses primary milia in an infant, no treatment is necessary as the condition will go away on its own within a few weeks.

If your child has secondary milia, the doctor will likely treat the other skin condition at that area, if it is still present. Other treatments for milia include:
  • Topical retinoid cream such as tretinoin, tazarotene, or adapalene
  • Removal with a sterile blade (lancet) or scalpel followed by use of a special tool called a comedone extractor
  • A series of fruit acid peels or microdermabrasion procedures at the dermatologist's office
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2007

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