Hey man, did you ever find out what this is? I have it too, only found one other case on the web. For years I am looking for the answer.

I have the exact same thing! Interested in what it is

I too have had the same similar white bumps on my skin since I was a teen. I seem to notice more of them here and there. I've tried several different things to attempt at ridding these pesky white spots, of course nothing seems to work. I have them on my back, chest, and a few on my neck and jawline. I've been told it's a few different things: some sort of clogged pores, oil trapped under the skin, and scars. Still waiting to see a dermatologist so I can find out what the heck these really are, they drive me absolutely nuts and they make me feel so self conscious.

On 11/01/2018 at 10:09 PM, JhonnyBravo said:

Hi,

I'm a 30 yr old fella and I would like to know what medical treatment / procedure I must partake in order to get rid of these white underskin pimples that cannot be squeezed. I have had these since I was a teenager and still remain unchanged. I was wondering if i can poke them with a sterile needle or where can I go to be removed by a doctor and how is this procedure called so I can do a search on the internet. Also does this desease have a name because I could not find explanations for my particular case.

Thank you!

On 30/07/2018 at 6:47 PM, Banana8008 said:

I too have had the same similar white bumps on my skin since I was a teen. I seem to notice more of them here and there. I've tried several different things to attempt at ridding these pesky white spots, of course nothing seems to work. I have them on my back, chest, and a few on my neck and jawline. I've been told it's a few different things: some sort of clogged pores, oil trapped under the skin, and scars. Still waiting to see a dermatologist so I can find out what the heck these really are, they drive me absolutely nuts and they make me feel so self conscious.

I have these stupid white bumps too on my thighs, sides of my back, upper arms, shoulders and jawline. They cover large portions of my body. They are just scars from previous zits that have healed. I had severe acne growing up all over my back with some folliculitis on the buttocks, thighs and keratosis pilaris all over my upper arms, back. My face has several pits from acne as well but they are hardly noticeable. My jawline however has a few of these from previous cysts also. 

There's no treatments out there that make scars totally disappear. You could pay a tons of money to resurface the skin with a bunch of ablative lasers. It might improve their appearance. The raised ones can be flattened with steroid injections but they will never disappear. Laser resurfacing can make everything a lot worse and steroid injections might shrink the scars to the point of forming pits on the skin instead. Therefore, finding experienced doctors is always recommended. 

When an injury happens to the skin, the body tries to repair it fast, It doesn't care about aesthetics or the appearance of the healed injury. Some people don't get scars at all while others do. It's all genetics. When an injury happens including acne lesions, the body responds by either closing the wound with too much collagen forming a thick raised scar or not enough collagen creating pits or depressions on the skin. Anything that looks like depressions on the skin are classified as atrophic scars.  

The scars shown on the picture can be anything from the following: 

1) atrophic macules: these are scars left behind from healed cysts and nodules on the body. Initially, the scars are red, pink or purple and slowly turn ivory white over the years. They are generally flat but some may have a slightly sunken appearance on the skin as there is too little collagen. They are generally a darker color in the beginning because of all the blood vessels that are being regenerated underneath as the lesions heal. This is also known as hyperpigmentation that fades over time. 

2) Papular acne scars or papular hypertrophic scarring: these are small slightly raised white scars that are soft to the touch and have a wrinkly appearance. They are formed due to loss of elastic fibers on the skin. They resemble whiteheads or small pimples that haven't fully evolved. They also go by other names like mid dermal elastolysis, follicular macular atrophy or perifollicular elastolysis. They are definitely scars. The body seems to flatten them over time as it tries to repair the missing elastic fibers but they never totally disappear. However, literature seems to suggest that after a few years, they disappear. I still have them for many years. They are related to another similar skin condition known as anetoderma. Anetoderma however happens spontaneously. 

3) Hypertrophic scars: these are normal scars that everybody gets after a deep wound has healed. They are raised and lumpy with an excess amount of collagen, no hair follicles and no sweat glands. They might be painful in the beginning as the body tries to repair damaged neurons. Over the years, they become less lumpy and turn white. If the zit was large enough to create a deep wound, the end result will be a white raised scar. 

Not much can be done for them today. Ablative lasers burn the scar tissue, go deep enough and the body responds by creating more collagen. This can create more scar tissue in the process. Non-ablative lasers don't go deep enough to provide great improvement on this type of scarring. Micro-needling stimulates collagen raising sunken scars. Raised scars can be flattened with steroid injections. This is the best treatments we have for scars currently. They also costs a fortune. Most health insurance plans don't cover the costs as it is considered cosmetic surgery. 

We need to be patient and wait for a miracle solution that will make scars vanish one day. 

I found the name for them, it's Steatocystoma Multiplex. I saw a video on youtube and it's deep and hard, and also hard to get the cyst inside it. I have a lot of them on my chest and shoulder T.T so sad