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I have little bumps under the skin inside my mouth where could this be coming from? also starting have some close to lips.
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Difficult to say: Oral diagnosis often requires a careful physical exam and it's difficult to say. My suspicion is you are seeing a common thing called Fordyce granules which are yellowish small bumps which are oil or sebaceous glands of the oral mucosa. It is common and a normal finding.
Answered 2/19/2015
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Sebaceous papules: The little bumps under the skin in and around the lips could be oil glands that are referred to as Fordyce spots.
Answered 2/19/2015
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