About half of all newborn babies get them, most often on the upper cheeks, nose, chin ... any treatment in two or three weeks. Unlike baby acne, milia don't cause inflammation or swelling.

Medically reviewed by Marisa Garshick, MD Milia, also called milk spots, are small, pearly white cysts that form under the ...

Often referred to as milk spots, milia present as little raised white dots that appear around people’s eyes and eyelids, but also sometimes appear around the nose, cheeks or other areas of the body.