Bumps on face with sand-like crystals inside

[DoxieMommy]

I have several bumps on my face that I recently one opened up and found a very hard, sand-like grain inside that is yellowish-white in color.  They are pretty well attached and do not squeeze out, had to practically cut them out with a hypodermic needle tip.  They start out small and enlarge until there is a bump which is noticable.  What causes these and how do I avoid getting more of them?  Thanks for your help.

[Kludo1]

I have a similar sounding problem (sharp, embedded granules that I believe may be caused by cellulose in food. It seems to worsten when I eat shredded cheese, low fat ice-cream, but I am not certain of all potential causes. What are your thoughts? I find it incredibly frustrating that no one, including doctors, seem to know what it is.

[Kludo1]

P.S. it's been a big problem for a few years now,mostly on my face, but also my upper arms and shoulders, neck. I am 47, I don't get acne anymore, I know it's not acne.

[REDFOX71]

I agree. I have that problem also. But mine will clear up for about a week and then start back with one bump. Then about a day or so later there a few more. I usualy never have more than 4 or 5 at once. And most of them are around my chin

[REDFOX71]

I am 46 i know what your saying. My wifes a nurse. And i have RA she seems to think it has something to do with that. Or maybe tension, or stress. Seems like when i under more stress its worse

[sharin]

Quit eating all dairy. Excess fat and calcium from dairy.  

[sharin]

This is dairy related.  Promise. In fact one of the post even said it gets worse after eating a lot of dairy. But u don’t have to eat a lot of it.  Just eating consistently can cause this.  get off dairy. ALL DAIRY FOODS. Try for one month. U will see improvement the first 10 days. Keep going.   Drs don’t know jack about food and body/ skin.  Its not taught in school. I figured it out when I was about 23.    I’m 60 now.  Gotmy kids and grandkids  clear of this, when I removed all dairy from their diet. That means any food from a cow. Cept the meat.
Butter , creamin ur amaeticano or other coffee drink. Cheesecream sauce. Yogurt. Allthe dairy foods u eat. Stop them.  Once u have it under control u can eat dairy. Justnot as much.

[wellandjac]

These are definitely not whiteheads and the only connection with people who use meth is toluene used in the meth process causes crystals in the skin and morgellons patients biopsies have shown toluene to be present, a benzene derivative with the theory that an oil-eating bacteria has invaded the body and is producing plasticines. most people with these symptoms are not drug users so something else is causing the crystals, seeds, hairs etc to form from the skin. it could be in the gmo foods we are ingesting or could be related  to these oil-eating bacteria used to clean up spills.

[Sennfull]

I'm 37 and have been dealing with a multitude of symptoms in addition to the crystals and sores. I found this site that I believe may be related. It's the best info on Morgellon's Disease I've found to date. It's the best answer I've found. There are many theories about it, but NO ONE here is crazy. The site is www.Morgellons.org It's the Charles Holman Foundation. Please let me know what you all think. I'm not giving up on this search. The antifungal cream does seem to help mine, but once I think they're healed, something flares them back up. I have figured out, in my case, sunlight, humidity, and dairy really **** them off. You'll read about B.spirochetes bacteria found on dairy cows. I wonder if it's related. I have degenerative spine disease, with spinal stenosis, EDS HM (Ehler-Danlos Syndrome type 3). It's a protein defect in the body's collagen. The fibers they found are made of melanin, collagen, and keratin. I had a punch biopsy which found a non-biological fiber of unrecognized origin. The End, no advice from Dermatologist after that. Docs tell me I'm crazy. Family has begun to come around and understand. Hang in there everyone, because none of us are alone.

[Kpater]

I am going to get some allergy testing done, in a few weeks I cannot handle fiber, and I believe that diet can have a lot to do with issues we are all having, I cannot wear any cotton , wool, rayon, only polyester or I sting like crazy .My bladder has a bad bacterial infection that they are trying to help me deal with, this all started about eight months ago, the problem is I have to see so many doctors that no one seems to know what is really going on and I am not getting the proper testing to determine what I have, they just sluff you off and say  they don't know what you have, I almost have to be my own Doctor and tell them what I need done, so that's why I research my issues on the internet.

[MissyFerguson]

I have a cure for whiteheads!  The cure is obvious when you come to understand their cause isn’t acne, and the substance that fills whiteheads isn’t sebum or dead skin cells trapped in sebaceous glands, and it’s not a hereditary condition.  It is a *FUNGAL* infection, and easily treated:  (A) Every night, apply Tolnaftate 1% cream (trade name, Tinactin), an antifungal cream that treats ringworm and athlete's foot, available in every drugstore without a prescription.  And/or, (B) Once or twice a day apply Castor Oil plus 2 drops each of these essential oils: Tea Tree, Neem, and Lavender. The oils are easily found in most health food stores, or online.  Of course, many essential oils have anti-fungal properties, but these three were suggested to me, and they worked. Do google searches on Castor Oil and the essential oils, and you’ll discover many uses for them after your bumps clear up. I hope you will benefit from my happy experience!  These two treatments rapidly cleared up more than 80% of my whiteheads - including big, conspicuous ones I’d had for 30 years. (I am in my 60s now.)  

[les4real]

My skin is pretty good except for those annoying things around my jawline.  I read all the comments, and some said is Milia which is not (it is really tiniest grain/sand like bumps not visible to the eyes and only felt by rubbing fingers on skin or by the itching/aching feeling felt from the skin from the skin.  Someone posted a link of a youtube video of getting something physically removed from the skin which looked barbaric.  When i read your comments, I initially dismissed it as i thought if it is fungal, why does it not spread?  But then I have tried everything and thought, why not give it a try.  I almost did not buy the Tinactin when realized it is the same thing I  used for my foot fungus.  Anyway, bought a tube, put it on before bed and woke up the next day and no bumps.  I thought it would take a while.  I did not think it would be instant!  I've tried everything, AHA, BHA, and every form of acid treatment available, not including the thousand of dollars spent on various beauty products and in office treatment.  Nothing could get rid of those sand like bumps until this.  In the past, I would scrub the night before, hoping my skin will get some relief only to wake up the next day with them back with a vengeance.  With the Tinactin (only around my jawline affected area), all gone!  Thank you so much for this.  Now, i am just waiting for the scaring from scratching, extracting and all the scrubbing to fade and I will soon have the perfect skin I always dreamed of.  

[Pheres01]

There is some truth to this! I recently read an article called "What your acne can tell you about your health" and it said that forehead acne is a sign of overgrowth of yeast in your intestines which is fungal. Well, I have seen 5 doctors (3 were dermatologists) about these tiny sand-like "whiteheads" that never really came to a head. I have had these in varying places on my face  for 6 years now. When they first arrive they look like a pimple, but itch like hives. then they turn into the hard whitehead thing that will not budge. One day I decided to see if I could extract one.  And then I realized it was not actually a whitehead because the skin on top of it was extremely tough. There was no pore through which I could squeeze out the white stuff.  I had to break through the skin with a needle which was difficult! I finally reached the clearish white thing and had to pull it out with tweezers. It was hard.  I am prone to body yeast. I have at times got rashes wear clothing is tight: under bra bands, under the the elastic of my underwear bands, etc. My doctor had prescibed a topical antifungal cream to treat those areas. The last time this happened she said that if the cream did not clear it up, I might have to be treated from within for an overgrowth of yeast. Well, your post and the body yeast experience made something click in my brain. When I read this thread last night, I thought well, I don't have any tinactin, but I do still have some prescription antifungal cream (clortrimazole and betamethasone). I rubbed this all over my forehead and some of the other "spots" on my face. When I woke up this morning I was shocked to find that some of the bumps had completely disappeared and others were visibly reduced! I am going to continue to teat this way and see what happens. I wanted to share my experience in the event it could help someone. I have been scouring the internet for years in search of an answer, and now I may have found one.

[curly_yo]

I should add that although they are often found in the genital region, they can also appear on the face - particularly around the eye

[curly_yo]

Could they be Fordyce spots? They can be grainy