Skin Bumps with hard white centers?

i know all too well

have you had any luck finding any more info? These sound like what my daughter has too, they started on her bum cheek & are slowly multiplying (over the last year...) they are whitish opaque & when I pop them a big white ball comes out that if looked at super closeley & slitely squished looks like califlower... gross I know but I have been trying to figure out what they are. also they do seem to be affected by heat, a warm bath, or just a super hot summer day seems to make them get really red & burst with a puss-y filling. would be interested to know if this sounds like yours & if you have had any diagnosis?

it sounds like ingrown hair. if you can see hair, it is definately an ingrown hair.

white balls under skin of scabs that dont heal

i have the identical problem it started on my forearm and now has spread to my thighs buttocks neck and face they start as a small red blotchy mark that has a small head of puss that is easily removed but then the mark does not heal and scabs over when i remove the scab a white piece can be seen and although attached can be removed with tweezers which causes the wound to bleed alot if however the white thing is not removed it sinks back into the skin and will only reappear when the scab dries up and brings it back to the surface of the skin
occasionally if the wound heels many months later a white bump can be felt under the skin which if the skin is pricked with a pin and squeezed a hard white ball pops out unattached
i have suffered from this for the last 4 years and have experienced it on my face for the last 2 years which gets me down if anyone has any treatment or advice or has suffered from these symptons please post on here thanks

um, i have this problem too =\
all over my body even on my back. and near my chest area. and now there are giant skin balls? on my skin =\. and theres nothing inside of it.. just a white giant bubble. but on my arm theres tons and tons of these.
and doctors seem to not know what it is =\
but recently all of the bumps in my skin are clearing up
this might help,
i installed a soft water system all around the house. and after 3 months of using the soft water system, my arm has less of those bumps and scars are removing and it is slowly becoming smooth again.

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Try "Molluscum Contagiosum". You'll need to look at a variety of photos, since some are extreme cases and some are very mild cases. The mild cases may resemble what you have. My children have had some of these bumps, and when scratched the white litte "fatty" ball comes out. It did seem like they spread...and come to find out they do. I suspect they got them from dad. I've never had one, but dad still does and I occasionally see them on the kids.

my daughter has something similar. the hard white center does not come out easily, (not easily expressed). my dermatologist says its molluscum contagiousum which is contagious and spread thru direct contact, swimming pools, and sharing baths. my 2 daughters do all of that, and only one has it!

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5 Reasons Little White Bumps Are On Your Face and How to Get Rid Of Them

Maybe it's Milia

I have been experiencing the same things. I am trying to figure out what it is too. It started a few months ago and seems to be triggered by stress alot. My dr gave me some perscription RosaCha but I am not sure that it even helps. Mine doesn't look like the pics of the Molluscum Contagiosum. They don't get red. They start out like normal pimples you can't "pop" and scabe over if you try to get the hard middle out. Anyone know any suggestions on what to look for?

I have the same thing and have been told that it's keratosis pilaris. Mine cleared up completely for about 3 months this past winter, but they're back in full force now and making me nuts.

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I have the same problem. I have had one large bump on my leg, and many above my elbow on my arm. I went to my family doctor who surgically removed the one on my arm and sent it in for testing. He told me it was a little cyst. About a year later another bump grew back in the same place. I just remove them myself now. It's crazy because the white part is like a perfect sphere. I have mostly small pin-point bumps on my arms that my doctor thought was the 'chicken skin' thing. But he is wrong. It are these little white sphere-filled bumps. I hate them!! If anyone has figured anything out please reply. I have lived like this for too long. BTW I looked into the Molluscum Contagiosum and my bumps really don't look like that.

it's called keratosis pilaris. There are no known cures for it and 1/4 people have it. Exfoliating helps some people. It just means that your body produces more keratonin. It is not contagious but it does mostly affect your arms, legs, butt, etc..

I have Keratosis Pilaris which has similar symptoms "small hard white or yellowish balls in the pore sometimes containing a hair" Keratosis Pilaris is caused when there is a build up of keratin (which is the vitamin that builds hair) in the pore. It's basically a defect in which the keratin ceases to form hair properly and instead just builds up in the pore. Keeping your skin well moisturized and using bodywash containing peroxide helps but it has to be used consistantly. Also, look up folliculitis. It is a skin infection thet causes red bumps that contain a thick silky fluid. Usually your dermatologist can perscribe minocyclene or some other form of antibiotic.

I have the same issue on my arms, neck, and occasionally on my face. As another poster stated, mine usually disappear during the winter (October to March), and they return again when the weather starts warming up. I have had these for nearly 10 years and have determined that it is definitely not coincidence that they disappear over the winter, because it happens EVERY year. I just wish I knew what it was and could figure out how to treat it!!! Please post

Hard Bumps

About 8 -9 months ago I noticed that my 9ys old son had small hard bumps on his neck. Then it looked like white was was coming out of them. The white stuff was very hard. I try to "pop" the bump to get the white stuff out and I have used tweezers to pull the white stuff out but neither works and hurts my son in the process. Now he has about 10 on his neck. couple on his stomach, collar bone, back and legs. The ones on his neck are worse. It is not Molluscum Contagiosum. Can find any info or pics.

Strange skin bumps with hard white centers

I am a 54 Year old Female & I've had them for over 6 years! if I leave them be, they only grow larger. The small ones (that look like pimples but are not red or inflamed) have something that looks like a hard grain of sand inside & the larger ones have a large solid sand-like chunk that when removed leaves a crater. The interesting thing is, I feel no pain when I cut on the large ones or dig the smaller ones out. It's like the nerves in that area are totally dead! These hard white chunks are not free-floating & have to be dug out, which can be difficult, but if I do not remove the hard centers they only grow larger. Mine are NOT ingrown hairs & they are not red or inflamed. Sometimes they are in a group, & sometimes they are by themselves. The hard center, when removed looks like a calcium chunk & resembles a tiny rock or a large piece of white sand. When I first got them they appeared where the phone rested against my face (where I prop the phone) but now they have spread to my shoulders & other parts of my face! I now clean my phone regularly & am careful of public phones that others also use. At first I thought it was ringworm but I have used every sort of fungus cream made & nothing removes them, not even rubbing alcohol, diluted bleach, daily swimming, Listerine, Vicks (for fungus) Neosporin or any type of acne cream. I always bleach my pillow cases & towels & never share them because I'm nearly certain that these strange things are contagious! WHAT ARE THEY!?!?

I have these very same bumps with white looking balls. They have to be dug out as stated in previous posts by others. I have been to so many doctor's and they say they are self inflicted, WHAT. I am not crazy, these are the real thing. I find sun tanning booths make mine shrink or sunshine. I have horrible scares from digging these things out. A doctor I finally found wants a bio but it has to be brand new and not scratched. Well sometimes I can't tell if it is one or just something else. Waiting on one to pop up but I am in the sun a lot right now so no new ones.

omg i have the same thing. i can't believe i found this blog. it doesnt look like that disease he mentioned, it is red around the whiteish center, you can pop it by putting fingernails on either side and removing a hard, fatty like squish ball that is somewhat sturdy. its on face, legs, bikkini line and bottom. it sucks ass. can anyone help. also after "popping" them they bleed a lot.

wtf

I'm sorry others have to put up with this crazy crap but so happy I'm not the only one! I've had this for a few years now and I looked up that condition others were speaking of and its not that. I wish I knew what it was though! I have to perform surgery on my face daily trying to get this damn little white ball of flesh out of the middle of these pimples in order for it to start healing, bcuz leaving it alone DOES NOT WORK it will never go away until the ball is out! Been to Family doc and derm and they just say its acne and give me cream that seems to just make it worse, and when you try to tell them about the ball they think your nuts. I wish I could find a solution, it is painful!