1000's appear out of nowhere: a slew of tiny and painless — albeit pesky — white bumps. They're minuscule, almost undetectable even, but you work you'll be able to attempt to pop them anyway because textured skin is not what you are going for. If you do give them a squeeze, though, nothing happens — no puss, no blood, nada. It's a very unexplainable popping fail. Naturally, you start to wonder, What's the deal?The deal is that thousands are, in brief, cysts product of keratin, says Latest York City-based board-certified dermatologist Shari MarchbeinMD. Keratin, she explains, is a protein within the outermost skin layer, called the stratum corneum, which forms your hair, nails, and skin. South Florida-based board-certified dermatologist Jeffrey FromowitzMD,...
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