NIC Esthetician Written ExamScientific ConceptsEasy
An esthetician is performing a skin analysis and observes a client with small, non-inflamed, white-to-flesh-colored bumps, usually found around the eyes, cheeks, and forehead. These bumps are firm to the touch and do not have an opening, making extraction difficult. What is the most likely identification of these lesions?
- APapules
- BPustules
- COpen Comedones
- DMilia
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Correct answer: D. Milia
Milia are small, non-inflamed, keratin-filled cysts that appear as white or flesh-colored bumps, often around the eyes, without a visible opening.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Papules are small, red, inflamed bumps, not typically white and non-inflamed.
- B. Pustules are pus-filled lesions, which is not described here.
- C. Open comedones (blackheads) have a dark, open pore.
Milia
Tiny, white or flesh-colored, keratin-filled cysts that typically appear on the face, especially around the eyes, without an obvious opening.
- Keratin-filled cysts
- No visible opening
- Common around eyes, cheeks
Memory trick: Milia are like tiny, pearl-like 'M&Ms' trapped under the skin.