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What Causes Small White Spots Appearing Inside My Cheeck?
Question: a small white spots appearing inside my cheeck with no pain where the number of these spots start increasing
some doctor confirming that this called fordayce spot
please check and let me know?
some doctor confirming that this called fordayce spot
please check and let me know?
Brief Answer:
"Oral Fordyce spots";normal natural thing of skin
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.
I can understand your concern for white spots on inside of your cheek.
After thoroughly analyzing all the pictures let me first and foremost reassure you that these dots and spots are the normal natural thing of our skin. I favor the clinical diagnosis of "Fordyce spots" given by the other doctor and cent percent "Oral Fordyce spots".
To tell you simply about these spots- these are formed due to more prominence of the sebaceous glands (oil glands) of the skin. As in your it is present inside of mouth, the same kind of spots can be present most commonly on the lips and on the genital area too.
The clinical diagnosis do not require any special aid and just mere close visible examination is enough to diagnose the condition. Thanks a lot for your good resolution pictures that the diagnosis of Oral Fordyce spots is beyond any doubt.
The important of the differentiating feature from any other of the skin problem or any disease state is that these are typically painless eruptions and never increase in size more than 1-3 mm.
Many a times I consult persons with your kind of query and being anxious for one or the other things (most commonly warts or oral thrush or anything related). I reassure all of these cases including you also that this is very normal and natural to find such eruptions.
To give you a very important reassuring fact that almost more than 50 -75% people can have lower to higher number of these spots at one or the other places. So if these are increasing in number then is not unnatural.
As it is totally a natural thing in mouth so there is no treatment required for the same. Do not pay any attention and just relax about this normal natural thing of skin.
I finally reassure you again and request you to not to pay so much of attention on these spots.
I hope these information will help you. I will be glad to answer any further of your queries.
Wish you good health.
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology and Sexually transmitted diseases)
"Oral Fordyce spots";normal natural thing of skin
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.
I can understand your concern for white spots on inside of your cheek.
After thoroughly analyzing all the pictures let me first and foremost reassure you that these dots and spots are the normal natural thing of our skin. I favor the clinical diagnosis of "Fordyce spots" given by the other doctor and cent percent "Oral Fordyce spots".
To tell you simply about these spots- these are formed due to more prominence of the sebaceous glands (oil glands) of the skin. As in your it is present inside of mouth, the same kind of spots can be present most commonly on the lips and on the genital area too.
The clinical diagnosis do not require any special aid and just mere close visible examination is enough to diagnose the condition. Thanks a lot for your good resolution pictures that the diagnosis of Oral Fordyce spots is beyond any doubt.
The important of the differentiating feature from any other of the skin problem or any disease state is that these are typically painless eruptions and never increase in size more than 1-3 mm.
Many a times I consult persons with your kind of query and being anxious for one or the other things (most commonly warts or oral thrush or anything related). I reassure all of these cases including you also that this is very normal and natural to find such eruptions.
To give you a very important reassuring fact that almost more than 50 -75% people can have lower to higher number of these spots at one or the other places. So if these are increasing in number then is not unnatural.
As it is totally a natural thing in mouth so there is no treatment required for the same. Do not pay any attention and just relax about this normal natural thing of skin.
I finally reassure you again and request you to not to pay so much of attention on these spots.
I hope these information will help you. I will be glad to answer any further of your queries.
Wish you good health.
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology and Sexually transmitted diseases)
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