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"later, after i took the postgraduate entrance examination, i got a stone on my face. i went to the hospital to boil it and take it out." recently, talk show actor xiao lu revealed in a variety show that he did not take a shower for 40 days in order to take the postgraduate entrance examination. it was because i didn’t wash my face that i developed stones on my face. this incident triggered heated discussions among netizens. one netizen said: "i have heard of kidney stones and ear stones, and now i have added face stones." some netizens also wondered: "can stones develop on the face?"

xiaolu said in a variety show that he had "stones on his face." video screenshot

on september 27, a reporter from upstream news interviewed jia yu, director of the dermatology department of chongqing emergency medical center (chongqing university affiliated central hospital), about this matter. he said: "stones will not grow on the face. this (the situation mentioned by xiaolu) should it’s not stones, it’s milia, a very common skin disease that we encounter almost every day.”

jia yu introduced that milia are tiny cysts formed by the retention of epithelial keratin in the epidermis or adnexal ducts of skin such as hair follicles and sebaceous glands. in simple terms, the explanation is that skin secretions are blocked in the skin and are not eliminated, resulting in cysts.

xiaolu revealed that he did not take a shower for 40 days in order to take the postgraduate entrance examination. video screenshot

will milia develop if i don't wash my face for 7 days? jia yu responded: "although there is a certain connection between miliary papules and not washing your face, it is not necessarily related. some people will develop it if they wash their face normally. it is mainly due to individual differences. some people's sebaceous gland openings are easily blocked and the keratin plugs are not easy to fall off. , not only adults, but also children will develop milia.”

jia yu gave an example of a case he received: "last year, i received a patient with severe milia. her face was covered with dozens of milia. after disinfection in the outpatient clinic, we used a needle to pick out the milia. break the skin and pick out the milia one by one. this kind of rash is white particles with a certain hardness, and sometimes it will bounce very far. "

when xiaolu shared his experience of "stones on his face" in a variety show, some netizens revealed that they had also had "stones on their face" and took out a milky white stone-like object. jia yu explained: "this kind of thing that looks like stones may be a disease called calcinosis cutis. it looks like stones when cut out, one by one, but this disease is relatively rare and is related to not washing your face." it doesn’t matter, the treatment cannot be done by laser burning, but requires surgery.”

although there is no necessary connection between miliary papules and whether to wash your face, jia yu still reminded: "not washing your face for a long time will lead to skin scaling. i have met a patient with skin scaling before. she had anxiety herself. after surgery, i didn’t wash my face all the time, and later on my face became covered with what is called ‘old jiajia’ (meaning: dirt on the body) in chongqing dialect. it was difficult to clean it off, so i had to go to our dermatology department to deal with it.”

source: upstream news reporter zhao yingji