Fleshy Plugs Under Skin In Pores on Face

[M7166]

there is a spot on my nose that i've rubbed raw washing, trying to get these "things" out of my pores.  these are not whiteheads, nor blackheads.  these are clusters of white or fleshy hard and sticky plugs-- not filled with anything, but they stick straight out from the pores. They are not bumps.  If I rub the area w/ a towel they do not rub off at all.  I tried to remove one with tweezers, and it was very tacky (as in sticky)  and clearly goes deep under the skin.  Part of it broke off but I could still see that the pore was plugged and a day or two later top of the plug was sticking out again. i can't find ANYTHING online that looks like it.  

[GISGRL]

It might be Morgellons. Have someone look at the area with a 60 x handheld microscope. They Are very cheap on Amazon ( $5.00). Have them look for filaments. They can be black, white, red, blue or other colors. You may want to. Heck other areas of your body also, since the filaments can occur in unbroken skin. The discovery of these filaments indicate an underlying borrelia burgdorferi infection which causes Lyme Disease. If you do find the filaments,  I would suggest getting tested for Lyme Disease, but with the knowledge that the testing is very unreliable, and should be diagnosed by Lyme litterate MD.  Here is a link to give you information from a reliable source on Morgellons Disease. There are is a lot of misinformation on the subject, as well as a lot of ignorant  people out there. I hope you do not have  Morgellons, but if you do, it can be treated, and it is not as bizarre as it seems. It is a part of Chronic Lyme Disease, and coinfections.

[Circuspunk]

It's called a milia or milium plural. Look it up.

[AnTMaNUK]

It's not milia, that's something different to what's going on here. These white rubbery masses are rooted and have a different consistency to milia.

[Feenfeen]

1. MICROSCOPE instead of spending money on doctors appointments save yourself the trouble and just buy a microscope. You can do a skin scraping and see for yourself if it’s dermodex, staph, fungus. Easy. I do it in my college bio classes all the time with a old compound microscope. (You can also use it to check if products are killing them)

2. BIOFILMS.
Tough microbes colonies have a protective coating. Dermotologist don’t even talk about this... though it’s basic microbiology (I hypothesize this is what these plugs are made of, whether your suffering from fungi or bacteria or dermodex)

So a product did not working for you like it did others?
-Did you remove the biofilm with another product first? Otherwise you aren’t
touching the bacteria or fungi you want to fight.

Did a product work a while and then seem to build resistance?
-It didn’t build resistance it just rebuilt its biofilm
remove it and the product should work again

Fighting skin conditions is a 2 INGREDIENT PROCESS. The recommendeds product I’ve been seeing on here are wasted unless you combine them. You need
Step 1) a biofilm remover
Step 2) a fungal or bacteria fighter.

It’s surprisingly not common knowledge that you
must remove the biofilm before you can fight stubborn skin (and stomach) conditions. Not much scientific research on this most info can be found on other skin forums/blogs.

Many people (like myself) have seen great results with xylitol. (I use it as a scrub in the shower) Garlic, Manuka Honey, apple cider vinegar, and Aloe also help remove or prevent build up. Trial and error depending on what you are dealing with. I personally find dermarolling beforehand helps products penetrate this layer. (maybe you could use acupuncture needles on individual sores)

Good luck!

[Feenfeen]

Please ignore all the spelling errors. I’m having issues with the sites text box.

[Feenfeen]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zmescience.com/science/what-are-biofilms/amp/?source=images

A link with some basic info about biofilms !

[SA7119]

Hello, I would like to ask some questions regarding your knowledge on Demodex mites. Is this possible? Thank you!

[Feenfeen]

Whatever the cause of this ....You’re products are useless and your skin appears to build resistance to them because they have a tough biofilm barrier. This stuff can even prevent diagnosis.  Got to remove the biofilm before you can fight the fungus or bacteria etc. idk why no one knows about this or researches it. BP not working,  well ya got to remove the biofilm or it isn’t touching the bacteria. Sulfur not working ? Remove the biofilm first... antifungal not working... remove the biofilm then apply it and just might. If you get confusing results from products this might be why. Xylitol seems to wor well for me. I just mix a little in some of my products. Garlic and aloe also do an alright job.

[provitom]

So FeenFeen, were you suggesting to put these on the lesions?

[Feenfeen]

Whatever you’ve already been using but make sure to you use a biofilm destroying product thours before. Like apply aloe all night and then in the morning shower and apply whatever product was supposed to help.

[Feenfeen]

Sorry I posted a second comment that makes more sense. I’m having major problems with the sites comment box!

[Feenfeen]

Some things could potentially irritate lesions. I’m talking of more of a preventative measure. But some users were saying garlic or honey helped and the reason for this is probably because they help penetrate these films. So using honey on your skin for a while then applying something like tea tree oil In theory should work better than using the products separately!

[dennide]

Sounds like mites.

[NK227]

I began supplementing with iodine after reading a book: Iodine : Why You Need It, Why You Cant Live Without It. And approximately after 3 months all sores healed, and new ones stopped occurring. I cant say for sure that iodine deficiency causes our problem, but after reading tons and tons of research articles on iodine, I think it is quite possible. It is the first time in 7 years my skin looks decent without any hardcore antibiotics, accutane, antifungals, or other poisons that we all put inside trying to fix this ****.

[Btaki]

I have suffered with hard cysts on my face, some on my back. They start out as smooth round bumps then turn into what many people here are describing. Over a year ago I remember I pulled a white long rubbery tube through a pore in my nose but never knew what it was.  Before my lesions appeared I had some minor stomach troubles that would come and go. Just recently I discovered I maybe I am infected with tapeworm from eating the eggs from either sashimi or under cooked beef or pork. I am waiting to get a colonoscopy and endoscopy.The tapeworm larvae can migrate to other parts of the body other wise known as cysticercosis. Also another possible culprit maybe filariasis  from flea or mosquito. Seems to me these parasitic worms are getting more common.  So to keep it short if you have some even minor digestive issues research tapeworm and hopefully it may help your condition.  Good Luck

[Trixny]

Are you taking it orally or topically?

[NK227]

Orally, 200 mcg of Iodomarine (potassium iodide) in the morning. Sometimes during first 3 months I tried to take Iodoral 6mg (half of a 12 mg tablet), but it gave me heart palpitations, so that i decided to stick with lower doses. Now however, after 6 months of 200 mcg/day Iodomarine supplementation, I can take Iodoral full dose 12 mg without side effects. I take Iodoral may be once a week, or once in two weeks. But read a book first, it's available for free somewhere on the internet.

[nw2this]

I put castor oil on my face, then I apply a steaming wash cloth 4 or 5 times wiping off the oil off on the last application. this coaxes them out but not all the way. Your pores feel much clearer, but looking closely at your skin in the mirror after doing this shows that every pore on your face even the small ones has something white poking out of it.    

do any of you also have toenail fungus? I'm wondering if the conditions are related.