Sentences with phrase «oil glands called»

If you find a hard bump on your eyelid, it's possible it could be a sign of a rare skin cancer that starts in oil glands called sebaceous gland carcinoma, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.

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These are called Montgomery's glands, and they secrete oil that fights bacteria, lubricates and softens the skin, and adjusts the pH balance.

These dots are called «milia» and are caused from immature oil glands and dead skin cells being trapped underneath your baby's skin.

But that skin had only one or two layers of tissue, and lacked features such as hair follicles and the glands that secrete sweat and oil called sebum, he said.

«Adolescent acne is a skin condition of puberty, when the body is producing increased levels of hormones called androgens, which, in turn, cause increased production of increased oily sebum and increased blockage of the oil glands, facilitating the growth of acne bacteria,» Dr. Orlow explains.

The bumps are called Montgomery tubercles; they secrete oil (produced by glands beneath the skin) that helps lubricate the areola and nipple during pregnancy and lactation.

If the at - home version of this remedy doesn't work, ask your doctor about unblocking your oil glands in his or her office with a procedure called LipiFlow.

Highly protective lauric acid should be called a conditionally essential fatty acid because it is made only by the mammary gland and not in the liver like other saturated fats.65 We must obtain it from one of two dietary sources — small amounts in butterfat or large amounts in coconut oil.

Acne is caused by excess oil called sebum which originates in the sebaceous glands at the root of the hair follicles.

These hair follicles are connected to the oil glands, also called sebaceous glands.

The sebaceous glands secrete a kind of oil called sebum.

Oily skin is caused by over-active sebaceous glands that produce excessive amounts of skin oil, called «sebum.»