A tiny white ball on the face is characteristic of a milia.

MILIA

A milia is a tiny epidermal inclusion cyst. It is very common on the faces of women--but not so much men.

Clinical

The classic milia present as 1-2 mm white dots on the face--usually of a woman. Some patients may have multiple lesions, particularly about the eyes. Milia may occur virtually anywhere and are not uncommonly seen in recent scars. Milia en plaque is the presence of multiple grouped milia within an erythematous plaque.

Multiple milia

A milia in a healed scar after a big tear on the arm.

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