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Milia: How to Get Rid of Those Tiny White Bumps Under Your Eyes

Dr Finbar

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Milia: those tiny white bumps under your eyes that won't pop — what they really are, and how to get rid of them safely.

They're one of the most common things people bring me, usually after weeks of trying to squeeze them at home.

What You'll Learn:
🔍 What milia actually are — and the simple reason they can't be squeezed out
⚠️ The look-alike bumps near the eyes that are worth showing your doctor
✅ How to clear them safely, and what never to do with a needle at home
💡 The everyday eye creams and habits that quietly make them more likely
🩺 When a small white bump is harmless, and the one time to get it checked

Timestamps:
0:00 Little white bumps that won't pop
0:45 What milia actually are
1:35 Why squeezing never works
2:50 When a white bump is worth checking
4:02 How to get rid of milia safely

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20 Comments

@drfinbar Creator 1 month ago Pinned

Reading these comments, a lot of you are saying the same thing — you take them out yourself with a sterilised needle and it works. You're right, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. Here's what I should have made clearer: they won't pop like a spot, because there's no opening to begin with — but nick the skin to make one, and that little keratin pearl does come out. Which is exactly what you're all describing.

The one place I'd still stop you is the eye itself. On the cheek or body, a properly sterilised pinprick is one thing — but right on the lash line the skin is paper-thin, and there's a comment on this very video from someone left with a lump and a scar after one went wrong. That's the line I'd draw.

And since a couple of you asked — I don't charge to remove these. In clinic I usually pass them to our beautician. I see them because I'm checking skin for cancer, not selling removals.

Last thing: "harmless" doesn't mean it isn't bothering you. If they're knocking your confidence, that's reason enough to deal with them. I hear you.

@ChristineFraina-nj1vi 2 months ago

I remove them myself with a sharp sterilized needle. Takes seconds and the tiny pinprick heals in a day or so.

@promisso 6 hours ago

Enjoyed that Thank you so much

@spafanatic 1 month ago

I saw a reel like this saying to put a dab of castor oil on them nightly.

@JamesClarke-n9v 1 month ago

love his accent

@sakuraonisan2673 1 month ago

Me: sure doc, I picked and picked on it till it was gone. Lol

@theladythatlikescats 1 month ago

I just gotta say...Love your Accent! :D

@yotak8456 2 months ago

I was able to remove one under my eye, and yes it was like a tiny pearl or rock. 😊

@annklonl5207 2 months ago

Oh dear! I had one on the inner side of my upper eyelid. Now I have a fat bump underneath a scar. 😐

@gloriawoods9848 1 month ago

I have the ones caused by high cholesterol. They do pop.

@thepenultimateninja5797 2 months ago

I get rid of mine with a needle too, but I don't dig it out. I just scratch the surface of the skin with the needle.
A day or so later, a scab forms on the skin where I scratched it. I pick the scab off, and the milia comes off with it.

@buddyboy4x44 1 month ago

Good, honest explanation and advice. Thank you.

@betula-pendula 1 month ago

Super gut aufgearbeitet und zusammen gefasst! Vielen Dank

@lisainsthnme 1 month ago

Warm compress then Vaseline layer for an hour or so. They squeeze right out. Little plugs of wax. Dab of bacitracin and the area heals right up.

@lorraineolsen2377 1 month ago

I use a sterile needle to pick at it until the skin bleeds a little...by the next day it is a scab and can be scratched off. They are very hard balls that will not pop out

@dianapalmer4185 1 month ago

Love your Irish accent!! Love how you say “now”

@ronrothrock7116 2 weeks ago

Squeezing works just fine if you lance it with a sterile needle first to break the skin.

@pamelamiller6951 1 month ago

Mine seem to swell when I sweat. I was never much of a sweater my whole life, but now in my 60s, I tend to, so the spots are now there.

@sct4040 1 month ago

I often use Adapalene on it and it gets smaller, it also works on other bumps.

@DaveBjornRapp 1 month ago

I've had them since my 20s and I HATE them. I have more right around my lower eyes, more than most people I've ever met. The docs always say 'oh, they're not harmful, just leave them', but I want rid of them, badly.