What are milia and how do you get rid of them?
Milia are little sebaceous cysts that sometimes occur as a response to skin trauma. They can occur around a woman’s eyes,sometimes from makeup application. Milia sometimes occur after laser resurfacing, and can also be an expression of sun damage. Many older people – especially men – get them on their cheekbones and around their eyes. They can be best treated by extraction. TOP • Smoking “I’ve been a smoker (one pack/day) for ten years, and have quit on and off. I went to see two plastic surgeons who told me I had to stop smoking before I could have any surgery.” If your skin is being destroyed from the inside, there isn’t much you can do to make up for the damage from the outside. Smoking robs your skin of vital oxygen by restricting the vessels that allow blood to flow through capillaries to the top layers of the skin. Depriving your skin of oxygen results in wrinkles, roughness, dryness, and interferes with the skin’s natural ability to heal itself. Smokers make lousy candidates for
