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Keywords: Comedone, Pore, Sebum, Bump, Clogged
a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
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a build up of oils and dead skin that plugs up your pores
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a clogged pore below the surface of the skin
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a closed comedo, a plugged follicle that has stayed beneath the skin and caused a flesh-colored bump to form
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a closed comedone as sebum has built up beneath the surface
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a firm acne laser surgery white bump that appears because your acne laser surgery pores are clogged with oil acne laser surgery as well as sebum that cannot reach acne laser surgery your skin's surface
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a noninflamed plugged pore, notes Dr
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a skin pore clogged with oil and sloughed-off skin cells
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a skin pore that is blocked by a plug deep down
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A closed acne lesion.
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See closed comedo.
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a small plug that blocks the skin pore; actually, a closed blackhead.
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A painless, small, white bump; usually occurs in groups on the nose, cheeks, or around the eyes.
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Also referred to as a closed comedone; it is a white bump filled with sebum and matter.
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Small, white bump found under the skin caused by retention of the secretion of a sebaceous gland.
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Whiteheads are small white spots (about the size of pinheads) which are caused by collections of oil and skin in pores.
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Milia or closed comedone.
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Also known as a closed comedone. A collection of sebum and keratin that plugs the opening of the pilosebaceous unit (skin pore) and imbeds itself in the follicular canal under the skin so that it looks like a raised, white bump.
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