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normal or not?? (tmi)

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tlmetraveii · 30/01/2021 13:29

hey everyone

a couple years back i started getting these little bumps down there, just next to the crease in between my thigh and vagina. at first i thought they were pimples, but they werent.
they were sort of... sideways?? the best way i can describe it is by comparing it to putting your hand in your pocket; the opening was on the side, and it looked like something had gotten stuck under the skin.

so i squeezed it; it didnt hurt whatsoever. what came out was white and chalky, and i was sort of confused.
ive always brushed them off as whiteheads. i dont know how pores work down there, but i know they can get clogged (blackheads and acne have taught me that well), so i supposed it was normal.

i looked down there recently, and where one of the bigger ones was, theres a small area of skin that looks strange. its purple, like a blemish, and looks like something akin to scar tissue. it looks like a tiny patch of loose skin.
i dont get many now, maybe one or two occasionally, and theyre easily removable. im not unhygienic; im quite the hypochondriac, and that drives me to wash even more than would be considered "normal", so they arent a result of poor hygiene. my family has a history of bad skin, particularly my dad (blackheads, enlarged pores, acne, cysts)

but i suppose im wondering... does anyone else get these? or ever has? are they normal, or should i be more concerned about it?

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Ludo19 · 30/01/2021 15:16

Have you ever mentioned it when going for a smear?

Alonelonelyloner · 30/01/2021 15:24

I've had these a lot! I just assumed that they were spots/blocked pores. I did Google them and can't exactly remember what it said but it was reassuring. They have a name. I may try and Google again.

tlmetraveii · 30/01/2021 18:25

@Ludo19

Have you ever mentioned it when going for a smear?
never been for a smear; not yet 25.
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tlmetraveii · 30/01/2021 18:28

@Alonelonelyloner

I've had these a lot! I just assumed that they were spots/blocked pores. I did Google them and can't exactly remember what it said but it was reassuring. They have a name. I may try and Google again.
im glad in not the only one! and thats so weird, ive tried googling it SO many times but no results aside from articles talking about acne, and one random thread of people talking about worms in their arms...? strange results lol. maybe i just wasnt phrasing it right.
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