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small white spots on inside of lips
A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Fisher answered
32 years experience Dermatology
Fordyce Spots: Small, white spots on the lips ranging in diameter from 1mm to 3 mm may be due to Fordyce spots or Fordyce granules. These spots are painless and harm ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Richard Tholen answered
41 years experience Plastic Surgery
Fordyce spots.: These sound like Fordyce spots, which are slightly enlarged sebaceous glands visible through the thin skin of the vermilion (red part of lip). They ar ... Read More
A 51-year-old female asked:
Dr. Powlin Manuel answered
51 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Vitiligo or fungal?: White spots are due to an absence of the skin pigment, melanin which maintains the dark pigment of normal skins. The most common cause of loss of colo ... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Roman Bronfenbrener answered
9 years experience Dermatology
Probably: fordyce spots, these are oil glands that can be present on oral mucosa
A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Tomeo answered
38 years experience Dermatology
Perioral dermatitis : Can be allergic or acneiform in origin.
A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rifat Naghmi answered
46 years experience Internal Medicine
Lips: Quit biting lips. Repeated trauma may predispose to cancer.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered
57 years experience Dermatology
Milia? acne???: See a dermatologist. Might benefit from tretinoin or adapalene cream or gel by prescription.
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Feola answered
31 years experience Internal Medicine
MILARIA: It sounds like MILARIA inflammation of the ducts in the oral mucosa . It usually responds to a course of antibiotics and antihistamines.
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A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
33 years experience Pediatrics
May be trapped...: Spots along the lips may be trapped dead skin cells, which is called a comedone. If it is covered by a thin bit of skin, then it is called a closed co ... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sandra Eleczko answered
36 years experience Dentistry
Trauma: You traumatized your tissue while shaving and this area should heal quickly, a week or so.
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