More individuals find tight white spots on their lip area mouth nose and genital areas which worries others.
People come to different discussion platforms and medical waiting areas asking about the unknown nature of these bumps.
People worry about these spots meaning diseased skin, allergic reactions or STDs.
The sudden discovery of spots on the body creates unneeded worry and embarrassment as people try to solve the mystery of their appearance.
Many people contact a specialist doctor for medical help while others turn to internet searches but find themselves more uncertain and distressed.
Photos typically show several small whitish bumps of yellow color that are painless but hard to ignore in noticeable skin areas.
People misidentify the bumps as warts, cysts or early signs of herpes which makes them panic and receive improper medical care.
The medical field shows that sebaceous glands form these skin bumps in 80% of adult people between their pubertal years or later.
Despite their common presence people have never heard about these growths creating risk of harmful scientific assumptions.
These bumps arise most frequently in male individuals though women also encounter them mainly near the v@ginal lips or inner 0ral region.
People suffer added emotional pain since these skin abnormalities bring societal judgement and cause them to be mistreated for purported s*xually transmitted infections.
Medical professionals mistake these bumps repeatedly as molluscum contagiosum and genital warts because they appear in similar parts of the body.
The illness remains undetected for several consecutive years until medical experts confirm the issue.
That truth? The growths belong to a type called Fordyce spots and pose no health problems whatsoever.
Dr. John Addison Fordyce gave his name to these spots that researchers call Fordyce spots.
Sebaceous glands appear on the skin as Fordyce spots and they pose no health risks because they are normal body features not connected to any disease and cannot spread between individuals.
People get treatment only when Fordyce spots bother their appearance using lasers or special creams.
The Cleveland Clinic confirms: “Fordyce spots are not s*xually transmitted and pose no health risk.”
These marks are simply a normal aspect of human physical diversity.
The skin tags are not signs of an illness so relax when you find them as they are a natural human body process.
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