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HERBERT J. BERNHARDT, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1958;77(1):106.

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The routine treatment for milia that sometimes occur after dermabrasion consists of incising the cysts and expressing the contents with a comedo extractor. This procedure proved impractical in a patient who approximately eight weeks after planing developed literally hundreds of such milial cysts, averaging from 0.5 to 1 mm. in diameter. A trial area, therefore, was gently abraded with a solid pumice stone. This in a few moments eradicated the milial cysts from an area the size of a silver dollar.

It was then suggested to the patient that she scrub her face with a face cloth upon which had been springled some powdered pumice. The patient performed this gingerly and on alternate days. Within two weeks all the milial cysts had disappeared completely, with a beautiful cosmetic result.

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Garden City, N. Y.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 25, 1957.

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