What is miliuma

Problems with skin – destiny not only teenagers. Skin infectious diseases often occur also at adult population. They are shown by various rashes and emergence of spots, including milium or whiteheads. These educations represent small white-yellow pro-barrels which cork channels of sebaceous glands. They can be the different sizes, be located is single or groups, usually area of a rash is the face.

What represents милиум

The term милиум came from the Latin name millet ordinary (R. of Miliaceum) therefore such rashes are called still corn-bunting. By outward these eels really remind prosyany grain – round educations on skin of whitish or white color of the size of a pin head.

In fact, miliuma on a face are the close pores which saved up skin fat which cannot come to light. It does not contact to a surface therefore the heat-spot does not inflame and has white color. But at hit during a time of microbes inflammatory process can begin. In dermatology distinguish 2 types of milium on a face:

• Primary – are formed spontaneously, often are result of influence of ultraviolet;
• Clinical – appear at injuries of skin of inflammatory or traumatic character, in hems.

Most often whiteheads pour out in zones where skin thin: in around eyes, on cheeks and temples, sometimes on a nose, is more rare in the lower part of the person. The amount of educations usually does not exceed 2-3 mm, miliuma can appear odinochno or groups.

Emergence of milium, reasons

Skin – body which is completely updated within 25-30 days for which keratinotsita have to rise to its surface and peels. If this process is broken and cells of skin do not peel regularly and in the necessary volume, they create a barrier to an exit of skin fat. There is a blockage of a hair follicle and a sebaceous gland the horn masses therefore miliuma are formed. Usually it occurs during puberty, but it is possible also at more mature age, at the same time women more often than men, face this problem.

It becomes frequent the reason of milium on skin the wrong care of skin, but also use of komedogenny cosmetics, a xeroderma or, on the contrary, excessive release of fat can provoke their emergence. Factors which promote this unpleasant phenomenon still are not clear up to the end. Specialists dermatologists connect existence of milium with disturbances of activity of the alimentary system and a liver. Dominance of greasy food in a diet can be one more cause of milium. In the presence of a similar problem it is recommended to limit the use of fat, fried and smoked dishes, spices.

Treatment of milium

Often at emergence of milium on a face of people begins to peel actively face skin about use of abrasive substances. It is incorrect approach as a sebaceous gland – hormonal the controlled body performing protective functions. The more often and more intensively to carry out the peeling procedures, the more actively it will work therefore by such method it is possible to achieve opposite effect. Cosmetologists recommend to address for treatment of milium to beauty shops, but not to try to get rid of them independently. There are several methods of removal of milium:

• Mechanical way – the most widespread and very effective method which assumes a puncture of an eel and mechanical removal of its contents. The procedure has to be performed by the cosmetologist with use of a sterile needle after careful clarification and disinfection of skin. If not to meet these conditions, it is possible to bring an infection which will cause an inflammation. Besides, miliuma have the small size and strike sensitive areas of the person, inaccurate influence during their removal can lead to damage of other layers of skin;
• Electrothermic coagulation – one more popular way of removal of milium which consists in impact on affected areas of alternating electric current of high frequency. After the procedure on the processed leather the crust which quickly passes is formed, without leaving marks;
• Laser coagulation – at this method influence the injured skin the laser. On site processings the crust which disappears in 2 weeks is also formed;
• Curettage – a scraping of eels the special tool – the curette, in a form reminding a spoon. The least effective way of removal of milium, after it on skin there are long not beginning to live hems.

There is also a set of recipes of treatment of milium folk remedies. It is possible to distinguish several most effective from recipes of traditional medicine:

• Lotions from cucumbers – to clean a cucumber, having removed seeds and a thin skin, to cut, fill in small with the boiling water or mix of water and milk, to insist 4 hours and to filter. To make preparation for a mask of cotton or linen fabric, having cut out openings for lips and eyes, to moisten it in the turned-out infusion, to put on a face and to leave for 20 minutes;
• Guelder-rose juice – fresh berries to pound a wooden pestle, to apply the turned-out gruel on areas of a rash of milium. Influence time – not less than 45 minutes;
• Oat srub – a half-glass of the Oat-flakes oat flakes to grind the blender, to add a soda teaspoon. Daily after washing to mass skin the turned-out mix.

It is necessary to consider that folk remedies of treatment of milium are not universal therefore if after 2 months of regular holding similar procedures there does not occur improvement, it is necessary to address the cosmetologist.

Prevention

Preventive measure of emergence of milium is the correct care of skin: regular careful clarification of the person using various cosmetics, according to skin type. Certainly, it is important to watch the general state of health, to eat properly, not to allow development of chronic diseases, to refuse addictions and to lead active lifestyle.