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After digging though this thread, I felt compelled to point out that there are two distinct types of bumps being discussed.
1. Many very tiny bumps occurring on the front of the chin and around the edge of the mouth in nearly every pour that can be "popped". and
2. Some larger bumps around the chin area that don't seem to ever come to a head.
Perhaps this thread should be split or something because towards the end it's hard to remember who is talking about what kind of bump.
After digging though this thread, I felt compelled to point out that there are two distinct types of bumps being discussed.
1. Many very tiny bumps occurring on the front of the chin and around the edge of the mouth in nearly every pour that can be "popped". and
2. Some larger bumps around the chin area that don't seem to ever come to a head.
Perhaps this thread should be split or something because towards the end it's hard to remember who is talking about what kind of bump.
It may even be more than one type, I think that is why you see so much frustration in this thread - people aren't sure exactly what they have. It could be scarring, enlarged glands, milia, closed comedones, keratoses, calcium deposits. It doesn't really seem like we need to divide it, and I think it would be impossible to know where to begin dividing it. I think reading various experiences helps people compare their own condition and narrow down what it might be or might not be.
Okay, I'm finally getting the rest of those chin bumps zapped after work today. A little worried about how I'm going to look over the next few days, but I really want to get rid of these things! I took tomorrow off from work so I can have time to heal at home.
Wish me luck!
glad to hear your on your way to clearing those bumps...question for you..i received my metazine gel and was wondering where and what you apply it to? I need moisture but need something to clear my dreaded chin from building up with clogged hard sebum. I can figure out
I apply it all over my face, both over clear areas and cloggy areas. The gel shouldnt clog you.
thanks willow..i see you mix it with your moistuizer..do you find it drying on its own? I have taken oral nicotinamide which is essentially niancinamide, folic acid and copper and it made my rosacea flare something awful. I have tested it several times and it always flares me. Im thinking of just trying it on my chin and under my lip as thats the area I cant stop from getting this weird buildup. Its dry and flakey yet clogged. Ive never known how to treat and seem to get mixed adivse from my derm. I have recently been getting Dermasweep treatments and I'm not sure if it helps or not. Its basically a gentlier version of Microdermabrasion. What exactly do you think the niancinamide has helped you with most..By the way how are your spots this morning? You're very brave to be dealing with 12 scabs at once...I dont know if I could do it...You should post a pic so we can see what your journey has been like with these..If might be helpful to others...
thanks willow..i see you mix it with your moistuizer..do you find it drying on its own? I have taken oral nicotinamide which is essentially niancinamide, folic acid and copper and it made my rosacea flare something awful. I have tested it several times and it always flares me. Im thinking of just trying it on my chin and under my lip as thats the area I cant stop from getting this weird buildup. Its dry and flakey yet clogged. Ive never known how to treat and seem to get mixed adivse from my derm. I have recently been getting Dermasweep treatments and I'm not sure if it helps or not. Its basically a gentlier version of Microdermabrasion. What exactly do you think the niancinamide has helped you with most..By the way how are your spots this morning? You're very brave to be dealing with 12 scabs at once...I dont know if I could do it...You should post a pic so we can see what your journey has been like with these..If might be helpful to others...
Well, if you think the niacinamide might flare you, definitely test it in a small area first. I don't know how much metazine gel is going to help with clogged pores. Its not really comedolytic, so I don't think it will help prevent clogged pores. I do mix it with a tiny bit of moisturizer, but not all the time. Its not drying, its hydrating - the niacinamide + glycerin is actually quite moisturizing. Its helped me most with keeping my skin moisturized without having to use a heavy moisturizer.
Yeah, the chin full of scabs isn't fun, but hopefully it will be worth it! The bumps didn't photograph well, so I didn't do any before pics. Probably not much point to take pics now since there will be nothing to compare them to.
Day 2: The healing continues. The swelling is gone, and most of the dead white skin that was flaking off all day yesterday. The spots are very red and some are still a little raw, so still looks scary today! Definitely going to be another hide at home day today. 
Or at least no hot dates this evening. 
Wow, the spots are flaking so much that i look like I have some bizarre skin disease! I've been putting aquaphor on them to keep the scabbing moist - otherwise the skin gets dry and hurts if I move my chin muscles. Hopefully it will look better by Monday when I have to go back to work!
Day 3: There's definitely been improvement this morning. Swelling is totally gone, less redness and scabbing (although there is still some). I can tell that a few of the bumps on the side of my chin have gone flat for sure. Harder to tell with the ones in the center because there is more dead skin and scabbing in that area.
Day 4: Slight improvement over yesterday, but still red, scabby and peeling. Makeup does very little to cover it up, just helps hide the redness a little. Kinda wishing I had taken one more day off from work to heal more. At least I don't have any important meetings today - I can just sit at my desk and work on the report I am writing. Got a bunch of meetings Tuesday though, so hopefully I will be looking a little better by tomorrow!
Day 5: Again, slight improvement. This is a really slooooow healing process! The spots on the sides of my chin and the ones closer to my lip area were smaller, so those are healing well - not too scabby and I can cover the red marks pretty well. The ones in the center of my chin are still pretty scabby (although less each day) and red. Trying to keep the area moist so I don't get hard, crusty scabs.
Day 6: More gradual improvement. Most of the scabbing is gone, but a few spots still have a little bit of dead, flaky skin. Still lots of redness/red marks. It looks like at least half of the spots have flattened out for sure - mostly the ones in the less fleshy area of my chin - the sides, near the tip of my chin, and near my lip. The ones in the center are still up in the air, I think they need to heal more before I know for sure if they have flattened out or not.
Day 7: Still not sure about how the center of my chin is going to respond. I guess it looks a little better than yesterday - less flaky and some spots are less red. One spot on the left-center side of my chin looks redder today. Its an area that I had some superficial scarring before, so I don't know if that's why its healing slower than everything else. The smaller spots are continuing to heal well, definitely less red.
I have a facial scheduled for tomorrow - not sure if I will have them skip the peel on my chin or not. It might help get rid of some of the dead skin and lighten the red marks, but I don't want it to slow down the healing process.
Still pleased overall with some of the results, but getting impatient with this slow healing process!
Its been 10 days since the electrodessication surgery. Minimal flaking at this point, still redness, but I can cover that with makeup. I think that it worked well on the smaller spots that weren't in the middle of my chin - those seem to be flat and are just red marks that are gradually fading. I don't know if it totally got rid of the bumps in the middle of my chin though. I think it got rid of some, and the others are smaller and less noticeable, but I think some of them are still there. I'm going to give it a month and see how things look then. Not sure if the derm could do a 2nd pass on these or if something else might work on them (he suggested a bit of botox for relaxing and smoothing the chin muscle). I'd say overall at this point, I have about 70% improvement over what I had before the surgery.
Hey Willow,so good to hear you are having a great results.
from reading this thread I understand you have 2 kinds of bumps on chin area.
Which ones were responding well to the electrodessication surgery?
It seems to be the ones that were on the sides of my chin that responded the best - these had actually developed a few years ago, so had been there quite awhile. They are still a tiny bit red, but the bumpiness is gone.
Its the spots in the middle of my chin that aren't responding as well. I think they shrunk somewhat, but I can still see some small bumps and roughness (and lingering redness on a couple spots). These are the bumps that just popped up suddenly, about 6 months ago. And there are two on the tip/edge of my chin that I'm not sure about yet - there is still some redness, so its hard to tell if they are gone or not.
I really don't know what the difference between the spots is or why some responded better than others. I'm going to give it another 2 wks healing time and see how it looks then. If I still think it doesn't look better, I'll check in with my derm and see what he says. I don't know if some bumps take more than one treatment, or maybe I can try the botox to smooth this area like he suggested.
Its now 15 days post-procedure.
Thanks Willow,
I'm thinking seriously to have mine electrocauterized. mine are the type you dont fill there is something hard under the bumps, there are the same color of my skin, and when i stretch the skin, they go away.
I dont think it's keratoses like your derm said. Im posting a picture so you can see.
if you have some before & after photos I'll be glad to see it too.
why cant you just post pictures... your explanations are not enough.
Sorry - they don't really show up well in pics. My meager explanation is going to have to suffice. Plus, there are no before pics to compare the current pics to, so it wouldn't help clarify the difference between the bumps that are gone and the ones that are still here.
Thanks Willow,I'm thinking seriously to have mine electrocauterized. mine are the type you dont fill there is something hard under the bumps, there are the same color of my skin, and when i stretch the skin, they go away.
I dont think it's keratoses like your derm said. Im posting a picture so you can see.
if you have some before & after photos I'll be glad to see it too.
Sorry, I don't have pics to compare (and the ones left just don't show up well in photos).
Yours look a lot like the bumps that the procedure worked well on for me. I didn't have as many, but they were clustered like that and in about the same spot - mostly just on one side of my chin. I'd definitely give the electrocautery a try.