Milia

[Phantasmagoria]

The skin under my eyes is horrific :boggle:
Seems like the skin is very thin and translucent, so you can see the bluish veins underneath. This wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't for the wierd texture.
There are little bitty *bumps* under my eyes, and when I try putting on concealer, they only become more obvious. Someone in another forum said that this "chicken skin" is called milia.
Moisturizer doesn't work at all, nor do creams made specifically for dark circles. Does anyone else have this, and is there a way I can get rid of it?
TIA!

[Kuchen]

Milia are tiny white heads which are completely sealed under the sksin - I don't think they look like chicken skin though. You can have them lanced by a beauty pro. I really don't think that's what you've got though.

[Stephanie]

I get milia when I use an eye or face cream that's not quite right for my skin. I've tried lancing them myself, but it's far too painful and I'd rather just let them go away on their own.

If milia is really what you have, take a good look at your skin care routine. Maybe you could avoid any sort of cream or other facial products there for a couple of weeks to see if there is any improvement? When I get these bumps, they always take a good week to shrink and then another week to completely go away. That's only if I'm paying attention and purposely avoiding the area with extra creams, oils, and makeup.

Another thought is that perhaps you have an allergy to something?

Have you always had these bumps or are they a recent occurrance?

[golden_gal]

I've heard that milia is caused by creams that are too heavy/oily, usually eyecreams. Maybe you should try switching products.

Hope that helps!

[killerswallow]

It's most probably your eyecream that is causing them I think...

Also, you might want to use a less creamy eyecream; I've heard horror stories where plastic surgeons could scrap off residual eyecream from under patient's eyes because the skin under them is alot thinner and eyecreams don't really get absorbed :boggle:

[Kuchen]

What Stephanie said...

Since I switched to almond oil as a moisturiser and eye cream I've had fewer, but now that we're in sunscreen season, I think I'll probably get a bunch more.

[Phantasmagoria]

I don't suppose I've always had them. I've always had the darkness, so for a long time I've been doing my best to cover them. I'd use all kinds of concealers (still use one). Maybe that caused them? I'll lay off the eye cream (it can't be helping), but I'm kind of reluctant to give up concealer - my circles are pretty bad. Is there a good product, or natural remedy that will diminish/cover them while I wait to see if the bumps go away?

[SpiralingWaves]

I got milia when I used one of Burt's Bees eye creams. Once I stopped using it, the little bumps went away. It took about a week or so.

As far as concealers go, maybe try a MMU concealer until things clear up? You could probably get a sample to try out.

[Stephanie]

Phantasmagoria, I have horrible darkness under my eyes from genetics (also get worse when I drink cow's milk). The only thing I've found that does anything is my serum, but the key ingredient in that is the rose oil. Since I've begun using rose in my products, I've seen huge improvement all over but remarkably so under my eyes. It's kind of an expensive oil to buy, but if it works, it's worth it. I buy an infused rose oil for my everyday use to help cut down the cost. It's very calming, smoothing, soothing, and, well...kind of an everything woman's oil. I'm obsessed with it. :lol:

It's always a battle for me to go out without concealor (and I rarely do). Perhaps you could try a different concealor? Maybe a lighter formula?

[brunette]

I had what I believe to be were milia too, I found diligence massaging my oils into the area with firm movements (not dragging the skin though) helped get rid of them, I believe they just absorb themselves back into the body (not very scientific of me I know!) and I always blot my face with tissue a few minutes after oiling to prevent any heaviness making it recurr.
HTH :flower:
x

[Phantasmagoria]

I guess I can find rose oil at a health food store?
Brunette, what kind of oils did you use?

[LadyofShalott]

I have often wondered what those were! I have one under my left eye that has gotten smaller but has not gone away yet. So they aren't able to be popped? I always wonder what would happen if I tried. Where would I go to have someone take care of it? Just a dermatologist or somewhere else? How much does it normally cost? Thanks!

[Kuchen]

I'm not sure about the cost, but I think the beautician uses a very fine needle and pierces the side, then sort of edges the white stuff out. It's oddly dry - perhaps the reason why it doesn't form a head as such.

Stephanie that's interesting about the cows milk. My dark-under-eyes is genetic too, but this morning they were really bad. And I had plenty of dairy yesterday. Maybe I should experiment a little.

[brunette]

Phantasmagoria - back then I would have been using a blend of jojoba, almond oil and apricot kernel oil with added borage, rosehip, and essential oils. I reckon any good facial oil would work, my current favourite all round oil is hazelnut on it's own as it absorbs well into the skin and promotes healing. You could use the rose oil to fragrance it, between 12 and 30 drops in 30ml of base oil :flower:

[manderly]

I have had millia for YEARS. I actually think I've had some since before I actually used any skincare products. They do not go away unless you get them out. I've never experienced one dissapearing on it's own, and I've had the same couple for at least 10 years.

I have managed to pop a few of them over the years.

The first was a fluke. I accidenentally scratched one with a sharp fingernail. It scabbed over and I picked the scab off and it pulled out the hard white pustule along with it (like a pore strip!). It was then that I discovered that they were actually little pimples that could be popped.

The other couple I've gotten rid of was very carefully. I've used sterile needs and the corner of a razor blade to just open up the thick covering of skin keeping it in. This hurts, and it's really hard to do. I've been unsuccesful with a few of them. Even once you open up the skin over it, sometimes it's just impossible to push it out because that skin is sooooooo sensitive and hard to put too much pressure on.