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Question about stubborn milia under a client's eye
A regular client came in with a tiny, hard milia spot right in the delicate area under her eye. I figured I'd just extract it during her facial, no big deal. That single spot took me over 25 minutes of careful work with a sterile lancet and comedone extractor, trying not to damage the thin skin. It was lodged way deeper than it looked. Has anyone else had a simple extraction turn into a major time sink like that?
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paul_taylor213mo ago
25 minutes on one milia seems like a lot. I've had deep ones before but they usually pop after some steady pressure. Maybe the tool wasn't sharp enough or the angle was off. Sometimes clients call any little bump a milia when it's actually something else, like a tiny cyst. That thin skin can be tricky but I'd worry about causing more irritation spending that long on it.
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Actually had a client last month with the same thing. A tiny white dot that felt like concrete. Sometimes they just anchor themselves in there. You can have the right tool and perfect angle and it still fights you. That skin is like tissue paper, so you can't just lean in with force. It's not always about the tool being sharp. Some of those little things are buried.
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robin628 got it right about that under-eye skin being the worst for these things. Had one last week that was so deep I swear it was holding on for dear life, kept thinking I was done and it'd still be there. Makes you wonder if those little bumps are trying to start a resistance movement or something.
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