Fordyce spots under the eyes
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free skin care · Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:46 pm

Do you think she's right in her diagnosis?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordyce%27s_spot

Most common under-eye conditions are milia and syringoma. They can be lasered and zapped with an electric needle. My derm uses a pen to mark things like syringoma that are too small or light for the laser to "see."

A lot depends on how well the patient can shut up and sit still and how willing the doctor is to get involved with what some think is nonsense.

A cosmetic dermatologist is probably better for this sort of work than one who went into medicine to cure sick people.

free skin care · Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:13 pm

8-)

The bottom line is that you want the bumps removed and your current doctor says it's impossible. Try somebody else and keep trying until you find the one who can and will try to do what you want in an informed, state-of-the-art manner.

You help your own cause by being familiar with what the dermatology machines can do and then finding the derm who has the machine you want in the office. Fraxel has a wonderfully informative site with an excellent photo gallery: http://www.fraxel.com/

In fact, I got ALL the manufacturers of skin lasers by clicking the "similar pages" feature beside the fraxel entry in google. You'll have to copy and paste:

< http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=xJi&q=related:www.reliant-tech.com/fraxel-repair-laser.cfm >

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