Bumps under eyes
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Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:50 am

I've had these annoying little bumps on the skin under my eyes (kind of looks like 'chicken skin')for about a year or so now and recently they have started multiplying! I can no longer hide them with concealor as the skin texture is very dry and uneven and makes it look worse! Does anyone know what they might be? I don't think they are milia as the photos Ive seen dont really look like them...
I've tried several eye creams and none seem to lessen their appearance.. Does anyone know how i can get rid of them? They make me look much older than I am (25).

Hope you can help! Thanks in advance.

p.s Im not sure how do attach a photo of the eye area to show you. Anyone know how?

free skin care · Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm

Sounds like milia. Often cause by using heavy creams. You can try using a retinol or AHA but it takes a long time to get rid of them.

free skin care · Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:59 pm

I agree that it sounds like milia. I would ditch whatever eye cream you are using - maybe check the ingredients on the ones you have used and see if there's a common denominator. I have gone through that - it does take a long time. I agree with Girlygirl that retinol's and AHA's can help.

Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:07 pm

Thanks. Can you make any suggestions on eye creams/gels? I'm currently using Lancome Primordiale eye cream. I also have an eye gel by REN skincare that I use now and again.

Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:10 pm

Sazza wrote:

Thanks. Can you make any suggestions on eye creams/gels? I'm currently using Lancome Primordiale eye cream. I also have an eye gel by REN skincare that I use now and again.

Hi,
I have been getting more as well.
I've been going through a dreadful menopause and never had high cholesterol but it rises with menopause for many of us Sad

I see these areas looking like milia as you do more and more..my sister is a dr. and I'm a nurse and are aware when blood lipids are higher sometimes fatty milia-like deposits form..I know the difference between the milia and the fatty bumps but sometimes they are quite similar...and it can be confusing.
Have a complete lipd profile...if you did great.
Meanwhile, I'm using a 2 percent BHA in a tiny amount on these spots (the ones abouve the lower orbit bone) and they are finally comong up to the surface Smile

it took about 2 weeks..I'm a product label nut, but know salicylic acid 2% is just that no matter what brand so
I' use 'clean and clear gel' [drugstore] on the areas very carefully. A BHA is the only thing to really get down deep enough for these to be come to the surface..unlike my AHA's.
It is so helpful for me a skinsaver.

I've used a thin gauged needle from work (removing the syringe part of course) and carefully removed a few milia in my day quite well I may add lol Wink

...wish I was the doc!!!
But please dont do this yourself, I'm speaking for myself.

free skin care · Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:12 pm

Sazza wrote:

I've had these annoying little bumps on the skin under my eyes (kind of looks like 'chicken skin')for about a year or so now and recently they have started multiplying! I can no longer hide them with concealor as the skin texture is very dry and uneven and makes it look worse! Does anyone know what they might be? I don't think they are milia as the photos Ive seen dont really look like them...
I've tried several eye creams and none seem to lessen their appearance.. Does anyone know how i can get rid of them? They make me look much older than I am (25).

Hope you can help! Thanks in advance.

p.s Im not sure how do attach a photo of the eye area to show you. Anyone know how?

Another possibility is that they may be syringomas (small growths of sweat glands) or sebaceous hyperplasia (overgrowth of sebaceous glands that produce sebum). You could have them checked out by a dermatologist, since they are multiplying. If that is the diagnosis, then they can be dealt with by ablative laser. And you would have to use a retinoid cream prescribed by your doctor to prevent them coming back (e.g. Renova, retin A). They are not caused by incorrect use of skin care or cosmetic products and no creams apart from prescription retinoids would make a difference to them.

It's best to get a dermatologist to give you a proper diagnosis or you could be wasting your time and money trying out all sorts of eye creams when your problem might actually need laser treatments.

Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:53 am

Thanks for all the info. I recently went to the derma and she said that they were tiny glands under the skin that are visible because my skin is so thin. She said they can be removed by using using a tiny bit of electricity. She didnt advise this as she said they werent that noticable (but I really do notice them and they are bothering me a lot). Other than that she just said use a good moisturising cream amd to deal with them.
Im thinking I might go get a second opinion see if there is anything else that can be done.
I'm really curious as to why they seem to be multiplying lately (I seem to see new ones every day!)..is it something I am putting on my eyes or not putting on my eyes that is making them worse?

free skin care · Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:57 am

I had something like that a couple years' back, but the doctor just told me it was a clogged pore. He made me wear a metal 'contact lens' to protect my eyeball, and then he just pricked it with a needle and squeezed it out. Charged me a fortune for it too.

They do keep growing back after a while, so now I just wait as long as I can tolerate those things and then get them extracted once a year

free skin care · Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:37 am

could it be milia seeds? it could be genetic too, and if they are indeed milia seeds, you have to stop using those eye creams which are rich.

free skin care · Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:24 pm

I've had a few different bumps under my eyes and on the edge of my lower eye lid. The ones on the edge of the lid and in the undereye area were cleared by an opthamologist with a very thin needle during a regular eye exam and which I barely felt. In fact, I was relieved because sometimes they itched. I cleared another bump which was a small pea-sized sebaceous cyst with a non-greasy retinol product. However, if you see them multiplying very quickly, it might be flock warts - very tiny raised bumps which should be removed by a dr.

free skin care · Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:28 pm

Did the doctor give you any cream to put on? What did she mean by removing with a little bit of electricity?

free skin care · Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:42 pm

I have a few of these and went to the dermatologist and she told me it was milia. Basically using creams that are too rich on the thin skin under my eyes. She zapped them off with lazer and I;ve been only using eyegels amd they haven't come back. Hope this helps~

Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:48 am

ruk1 wrote:

Did the doctor give you any cream to put on? What did she mean by removing with a little bit of electricity?

She gave me an eye cream by La Roche-Posay but I'm scared to use it incase it makes the bumps worse. She said that they can be removed by a procedure which basically puts an electric current on the skin. She said didn't recommend this though.

free skin care · Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:35 pm

My undereye bumps also seemed to multiply as I got older. Maybe it's because of general loss of elasticity in the skin due to ageing. I had one round of ablative laser and one round of electrocautery to reduce them. They are not completely gone but much better than before. My derm gave me a tretinoin cream to apply around the eyes to prevent them coming back and to help get rid of the smaller residual bumps. Tretinoin cream needs a prescription. My version is Retacnyl (also known as Renova) which is the most emollient form of tretinoin cream which my derm said is more suitable for using under the eyes compared to retin A which contains alcohol and is more harsh on the skin.

Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:03 am

I've been using the Janson Beckett products and really like them. I was using Alphaderma CE all over including upper and lower eye area followed by their OkuSil Eye Serum. I started noticing the same thing as you. I stopped useing the Alphaderma CE since it's a cream and had read on Eds this could cause this to happen. I now just use OkuSil Eye Serum in the eye area being its a gel.
Also I take a spoon and put it between my back and the couch while I watch TV and let it warm up a little. Then looking in the mirror I gently smooth the back of the spoon along from inside out, along and just above the ?orbital socket? in the evening. The next morning my tear ducts leak out gunky stuff and the bumps are now gone.
Go Figure

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