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Bumps on face with sand-like crystals inside

I have several bumps on my face that I recently one opened up and found a very hard, sand-like grain inside that is yellowish-white in color.  They are pretty well attached and do not squeeze out, had to practically cut them out with a hypodermic needle tip.  They start out small and enlarge until there is a bump which is noticable.  What causes these and how do I avoid getting more of them?  Thanks for your help.
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Do any of you have fiberglass insulation in your attic, or have you recently had any ducts replaced?  We had some dampers replaced in our ductwork, they got fiberglass all in the ductwork, and it spewed throughout our whole house.  Problem was that we didn’t know this had happened.  I started getting ill, felt like things were in my eyes, my skin got acne like lesions, and there were pieces of hard glass pieces embedded in my skin.  We did testing in our house, and it was positive for high levels of fiberglass.  If you turn a flashlight on your counters, floors, furniture, you will be able to see it.  It is like smoke, it gets into everything and it is impossible to remove from any textile.  We had to throw all fabric items away.  All of our clothes, mattresses, everything fabric.  Silica dust from fiberglass are completely invisible, and regular biopsies of the skin do not reveal them, you have to use a special microscopic procedure.  Our contamination was so bad, we were ingesting it, breathing it, and it was penetrating our skin for 5 weeks before we realized what had happened.  Find a lab that tests for it, or you can buy a kit online.  You can take a piece of tape and and stick it all over your counter, furniture, whatever, put another piece of tape over it (do not touch the area with your fingers), then send it to a lab (ED Labs is one who does it).  Must be tape, cannot be a swab test.  I have thousands of pieces of silica (which is what fiberglass is made out of) in my skin.  It may take years to all come out.  It comes in waves,  i won’t have any outbreaks for awhile and then bam, a whole area will start pushing the glass pit, it is awful when it happens on my face, it’s embarrassing, and the scars are pretty bad.  I have also developed hyperkeratitis, where the skin will get thick and roll off in chunks, especially when in the shower or applying lotion.  This is an immune response to the foreign bodies to try to push the silica out, an attempt by your body to remove it quickly.  There is nothing a dermatologist can do to get it out.  It has to happen on its own.  When the glass comes out, it starts like a hard cyst below the skin, then it looks like a pimple, but becomes a lesion, it scabs, and it will stay like that for weeks.  I wish I could post pics so you can see what it looks like to compare it to what is happening to all of you.  No one ever thinks to check for things in the home like this!  You are not crazy.  Get your house tested for fiberglass!
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I forgot to mention, my husband and some had it, but not as bad.  As a woman, I wear tighter clothes, so a lot of the areas are where my bra touches the skin, or on the back of my thighs, in crevices.  It was bad on my face because I used a cleansing brush and then would sit it on my counter, it would get full of fiberglass that was blowing out of the ducts and circulating throughout the house, and then I was scrubbing it into my face without realizing it.  The vent affected was right above my bed, so I was sleeping in it.  Please note that only 1 in 10 react badly to it, maybe as an allergy to the resin used to bind the glass to the fibers.  You guys are the 1 in 10.  Please note that silica is also in some drywall, so if you have had that work done, it could also be the culprit.  It may also cause rashes..  also, if your significant other works in certain industries, like HVAC or is exposed to silica dust at work, then you wash your clothes with theirs, it will infest your clothes.  You cannot get it out of clothes by washing them, we tried several methods with industrial 5 stage washers that restoration companies have, and it still would not come out, we had to get all new clothes.  We had a TON in our house, you might just have a little if your symptoms are minor.  Either way, get it checked out to rule this out.
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I believe what we all have is likely caused by Cheyletiella or Neocheyletiella mites.  Likely from a rabbit, dog, or cat.  I have struggled with these for three years now.  Family thinks I'm making mountains out of molehills, and that i am overly sensitive.  I've done so much research, i probably know more than most people would ever want to know about parasitic mites.  It all started when my stepson's mother got an indoor pet rabbit as an "emotional support animal".  I see the same white sand on my family members, my eyes feel like there is sand constantly being sprinkled in them, my skin is insanely dry, despite copious amounts of moisturizing, i feel them moving around my scalp an pinpricks all over, mostly my scalp, ears, nose, and lower legs and feet.  I purchased a microscope to look at the "sand" and dry skin, and have found they are tiny light orange mites.  The orange mites are hard to find as they are buried in loads of skin flakes, but after spraying myself and my dog with topical ivermectin (intended for cattle and sheep), you will find them.  The ivermectin causes them to move which you can definately feel as it basically makes them unable to stop moving and thus eventually die.  They eat keratin, which is in skin, hair and nails.  I am now giving my dog oral iver mectin every week and she has much less itching and her extreme "dandruff" is receding.  Her nails were crumbly, split and weak, but with treatment are much healthier and stronger and look more normal under the microscope.  I also notice less sand in my eyes and ears, less pin prics and less itchiness myself.  I have been treating her for 3 weeks so far, but it can take months of treatment to get rid of them.  My biggest problem now is the constant re-infestation from my 12 year old stepson, who carries the mites into our house every week from his mother's apartment.  The rabbit lives in his bedroom, sleeps under or on his bed at his mother's.  She is in denial and threatened to not allow him to come stay with us when i alerted her to the possibility that her rabbit is probobly an asymptomatic carrier of these mites.  There is A LOT of misinformation about these mites on the internet and with veterinarians.   I have yet to find a vet that knows anything about these mites, been to three, but can't afford any more.  This is one of the best articles i have found on the subject.  Look up "what's eating you? Cheyletiella Mites" by HH Reynolds.  There is a free pdf available from the Semantic Scholar website.
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Well I know mites ain't what I have
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You probably have high uric acid levels.  Follow a low oxalate diet.
It’s basically a form of all-over-body gout.  
Trust me.   This is what all of these people that complain about morgellons and crystals penetrating their body parts have.
I discovered this after seeing every specialist on the planet and people looking at me as if I was on crack.
I began also drinking Braggs raw apple cider vinegar and go and buy concentrated red tart Cherry juice (made form montmorency and morello cherries)
It’s expensive but it works!!!
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Also. Drinking those things and following the gout diet and low oxalate diet works.
Cherrys lower uric acid levels as does organic Raw apple cider vinegar.  
I was finding what amounted to Kidney stones all over my house.  
I took all of this to a University hospital and lab and they confirmed that what I handed them (about 25 of them) were made up of mostly uric acid and other types of crystals that form from toxins and waste on your body.  
Thank you very much man . I'm gonna try this and I'll let everyone know how it worked out
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Working on a few theories
Elbows:  Propped up on elbows on sandy beach?
Face: Exfoliation beads lodged in open acne to heal over and sit in skin?

Sjogrens: Dehydration?
Graves Disease: Autoimmune?
Osteoporosis: Taking Magnesium, Calcium or other bone supplements?
Medication: hypertension medication, hormonal pessaries?
Skin: Link to Psoriasis
Lifestyle: Alcohol, paracetamol?


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I have the EXACT same thing, I'm 53 and has always had flawless skin. You described it perfectly, red bumps, very short, when there is a skin opening, there is no liquid or pots, just dry crystalline, glass sliver like "stuff" that comes out. I feel it under my skin and camn"push" it through tho get it out. On please share Judd you've found a cause ore treatment. It's painful every day
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I am 47 and I've been getting these for a few years. I have had some problems with food allergies (e.g. gluten intolerance) and gut pain too but I was recently hospitalized for anxiety and a lot of my symptoms, including these spots cleared up whilst my stress level reduced. As soon as I got home again my skin flared up again. It seems to almost settle and another flare up occurs.
I'm sure they're not milia or morgellon's (there are no fibres)or any of the other suggestions above. But I do wonder if it's related to emotional conditions. Some say that skin problems are related to anger. Another theory I have is that it might be caused by acidity. I wish someone had an answer as no GP I've seen seems to know.

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I can rule out your thoughts of it being caused by methanphetamines .... I have NEVER done drugs. I have never done anything illegal and I don't drink much or often. This has been happening for 10 years longer than I've been in pain clinic. I don't know where your thought process originated, but there has to be another common denominator for all of us that have this... I'm not sure what yet but we will figure it out...
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I've never done Methanphetamines either and I have literally millions of these crystals coming out of my face! TO GET THEM OUT US COCONUT OIL, RUB IN A UPWARD DIRECTION...POP GOES THE CRYSTALS! Oh and some of these crystals are black.
It's ok, we are not here to judge. Using drugs can be a good thing if it helps you to function. Methanphetamines are good for long work shifts, make sure to detox your liver once a week. If you need help using methanphetamines for prolonged periods let me know. There is nothing to be ashamed of, KoreXeilethyia.
I have exactly the same thing, have found no help but also attribute it to Meth use as it flares when I use. I think you may be spot on about the dehydration and uric acid, because I am having a bad flare up at the moment after a big weekend and have noticed the beginnings of a possible UTI. Also, immune system compromised as well obviously. I also, noticed quite a few people mention they have some immune deficiencies and kidney issues. These posts have me a bit worried as mine can get bad and are painful (like tiny little pins stuck in the skin) and if I manage to get one out even part-way the colours can range from clear, white and black (although the black ones feel more "sandy"), but they are still somewhat manageable if I take the time to detox, drink water, get some good sleep on days I am not smoking (I don't do IV btw only smoke it but have the exact symptoms). My point: I am only 33 years old and it seems they get worse! Even though I can diminish them they don't really go away and when one heals there is often one in the exact same spot waiting for the next day I slip up, or even just have a stressful week!

Oh also, I am very susceptible to fungal infections; namely ringworm, toenails and candida-type rashes on my body but never had it on my face before ever, which is weird. Also, I have never had it 'spread" or pass it onto someone and I have had this (fungal affliction) since I was a kid. My mother and my brother have it worse though, and my mother had it since she was a kid too. A factor? I would be interested to see if anyone gets an answer.*gulp*
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For most of you if you have what you're describing as crystals/stones biopsied the lab can confirm the osteoma cutis diagnosis.  The calcifications are classified as bone although they form in the dermis and are not near a bone.
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Ladies,  
you are suffering form Multiple Miliary Osteoma Cutis as am I.  This is a very frustrating disorder and I have tried laser removal (never again), retina-a (doesn't make a big difference) and manual excision by a doctor (best results).  I'm desperate for a name of a doctor or esthetician that will remove as the plastic surgeon I saw said his practice is too busy for him to now do this type of procedure. Any success on removals or info would be appreciated.  I believe my case is auto immune related.  They seem to get multiple when I am run down.
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Wow! yes that sounds spot on! i'm watching a video now that was posted on youtube.... couldn't comment or figure out what it was until i saw this posting! its tiny pieces of bone forming in the dermis! incredible and terrible
https://youtu.be/9tic85Z6A9g    are these what you're suffering from?
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I am 59 and have suffered with a very similar problem. It has spread since the initial very sore red lump on the upper chin under my lip. This cleared after months and now is in three spots of the chin that are painful and hard to hide.
I describe it as `tiny shards of glass`. Using a mirror outside in the sun once to look at them I literally saw a prism-like spectrum of colors on a tiny piece of this whatever it is. The skin oozes clear fluid which hardens shiny forming deep vertical and horizontal lines, mostly at a slight angle, making the patches appear very wrinkled, but it happened within a couple of days,not years. The dermatologist wouldn't let me tell him anything, said `this should take care of the crusts` and gave me Bactroban.
This has made me miserable.
Anything sound familiar to anyone?
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i have exactly what you have described. After 10 years of torturous pain these razor like lesions are moving all over my body leaving infected skin in the aftermath moving to ears, eyes, nose, and feet, these feel like shards of glass attacking major extremities. The crystals also breed smaller ones in mass numbers now feeling like a Parana  attack. I have to tape the trails they make to stop them.
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So does this mean the drug Naproxen could alleviate symptoms as well? It won't hurt to take a small dose. I am going to experiment with both this and the anti-fungal route and see what we see.
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they usually form after prolonged use of methamphetamines, if you take a break, it should clear up. Try not to use your needles, save them for your drugs instead. Keep those tips clean.
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I thought this was the cause. No one seems to know and doctors don't agree that's it but they look like crystal to me. They are very painful. And yes long term meth has occurred.
I thought this was the cause. No one seems to know and doctors dont agree. They look like crysals to me. They are very painful. And yes long term meth has occurred.
Lots of people get this that have NEVER DONE METH OR ANY OTHER DRUG.  Read about morgellons. Hope ur better. But if not. Read.
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I recently was told of crystalline globs that can form under the skin, and when they break through they can be removed but if not, the doctor won't remove them due to risk of infection. The doctor didn't know of a cause, although he said it might be more common in diabetics. They occur in my eyelids and when they break through, they scratch my eyes. Very painful. The treatment so far has been heat pack for 5 minutes in morning and evening, to help break down the crystal structure, and daily eye drops. He said they normally break down and get reabsorbed or whatever, but that process could be impaired in a diabetic. Interesting condition. Maybe we can name it for the medical community, since we seem to know more about it than they do.
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I answered the question to doxiemommy....
They are toxins coming out of the body.
Almost a form of gout.  
Gout sufferers have a buildup of uric crystals that affect their joints mostly. But this form is all over and can affect anywhere.  
For me I suffered and still do but have learned how to manage it with avoiding foods high in Oxalates and following the goutsufferers diet.  
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I have a similar sounding problem (sharp, embedded granules that I believe may be caused by cellulose in food. It seems to worsten when I eat shredded cheese, low fat ice-cream, but I am not certain of all potential causes. What are your thoughts? I find it incredibly frustrating that no one, including doctors, seem to know what it is.
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P.S. it's been a big problem for a few years now,mostly on my face, but also my upper arms and shoulders, neck. I am 47, I don't get acne anymore, I know it's not acne.
I agree. I have that problem also. But mine will clear up for about a week and then start back with one bump. Then about a day or so later there a few more. I usualy never have more than 4 or 5 at once. And most of them are around my chin
I am 46 i know what your saying. My wifes a nurse. And i have RA she seems to think it has something to do with that. Or maybe tension, or stress. Seems like when i under more stress its worse
Quit eating all dairy. Excess fat and calcium from dairy.  
This is dairy related.  Promise. In fact one of the post even said it gets worse after eating a lot of dairy. But u don’t have to eat a lot of it.  Just eating consistently can cause this.  get off dairy. ALL DAIRY FOODS. Try for one month. U will see improvement the first 10 days. Keep going.   Drs don’t know jack about food and body/ skin.  Its not taught in school. I figured it out when I was about 23.    I’m 60 now.  Gotmy kids and grandkids  clear of this, when I removed all dairy from their diet. That means any food from a cow. Cept the meat.
Butter , creamin ur amaeticano or other coffee drink. Cheesecream sauce. Yogurt. Allthe dairy foods u eat. Stop them.  Once u have it under control u can eat dairy. Justnot as much.
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These are definitely not whiteheads and the only connection with people who use meth is toluene used in the meth process causes crystals in the skin and morgellons patients biopsies have shown toluene to be present, a benzene derivative with the theory that an oil-eating bacteria has invaded the body and is producing plasticines. most people with these symptoms are not drug users so something else is causing the crystals, seeds, hairs etc to form from the skin. it could be in the gmo foods we are ingesting or could be related  to these oil-eating bacteria used to clean up spills.
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I'm 37 and have been dealing with a multitude of symptoms in addition to the crystals and sores. I found this site that I believe may be related. It's the best info on Morgellon's Disease I've found to date. It's the best answer I've found. There are many theories about it, but NO ONE here is crazy. The site is www.Morgellons.org It's the Charles Holman Foundation. Please let me know what you all think. I'm not giving up on this search. The antifungal cream does seem to help mine, but once I think they're healed, something flares them back up. I have figured out, in my case, sunlight, humidity, and dairy really **** them off. You'll read about B.spirochetes bacteria found on dairy cows. I wonder if it's related. I have degenerative spine disease, with spinal stenosis, EDS HM (Ehler-Danlos Syndrome type 3). It's a protein defect in the body's collagen. The fibers they found are made of melanin, collagen, and keratin. I had a punch biopsy which found a non-biological fiber of unrecognized origin. The End, no advice from Dermatologist after that. Docs tell me I'm crazy. Family has begun to come around and understand. Hang in there everyone, because none of us are alone.
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I am going to get some allergy testing done, in a few weeks I cannot handle fiber, and I believe that diet can have a lot to do with issues we are all having, I cannot wear any cotton , wool, rayon, only polyester or I sting like crazy .My bladder has a bad bacterial infection that they are trying to help me deal with, this all started about eight months ago, the problem is I have to see so many doctors that no one seems to know what is really going on and I am not getting the proper testing to determine what I have, they just sluff you off and say  they don't know what you have, I almost have to be my own Doctor and tell them what I need done, so that's why I research my issues on the internet.
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I have a cure for whiteheads!  The cure is obvious when you come to understand their cause isn’t acne, and the substance that fills whiteheads isn’t sebum or dead skin cells trapped in sebaceous glands, and it’s not a hereditary condition.  It is a *FUNGAL* infection, and easily treated:  (A) Every night, apply Tolnaftate 1% cream (trade name, Tinactin), an antifungal cream that treats ringworm and athlete's foot, available in every drugstore without a prescription.  And/or, (B) Once or twice a day apply Castor Oil plus 2 drops each of these essential oils: Tea Tree, Neem, and Lavender. The oils are easily found in most health food stores, or online.  Of course, many essential oils have anti-fungal properties, but these three were suggested to me, and they worked. Do google searches on Castor Oil and the essential oils, and you’ll discover many uses for them after your bumps clear up. I hope you will benefit from my happy experience!  These two treatments rapidly cleared up more than 80% of my whiteheads - including big, conspicuous ones I’d had for 30 years. (I am in my 60s now.)  
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My skin is pretty good except for those annoying things around my jawline.  I read all the comments, and some said is Milia which is not (it is really tiniest grain/sand like bumps not visible to the eyes and only felt by rubbing fingers on skin or by the itching/aching feeling felt from the skin from the skin.  Someone posted a link of a youtube video of getting something physically removed from the skin which looked barbaric.  When i read your comments, I initially dismissed it as i thought if it is fungal, why does it not spread?  But then I have tried everything and thought, why not give it a try.  I almost did not buy the Tinactin when realized it is the same thing I  used for my foot fungus.  Anyway, bought a tube, put it on before bed and woke up the next day and no bumps.  I thought it would take a while.  I did not think it would be instant!  I've tried everything, AHA, BHA, and every form of acid treatment available, not including the thousand of dollars spent on various beauty products and in office treatment.  Nothing could get rid of those sand like bumps until this.  In the past, I would scrub the night before, hoping my skin will get some relief only to wake up the next day with them back with a vengeance.  With the Tinactin (only around my jawline affected area), all gone!  Thank you so much for this.  Now, i am just waiting for the scaring from scratching, extracting and all the scrubbing to fade and I will soon have the perfect skin I always dreamed of.  
There is some truth to this! I recently read an article called "What your acne can tell you about your health" and it said that forehead acne is a sign of overgrowth of yeast in your intestines which is fungal. Well, I have seen 5 doctors (3 were dermatologists) about these tiny sand-like "whiteheads" that never really came to a head. I have had these in varying places on my face  for 6 years now. When they first arrive they look like a pimple, but itch like hives. then they turn into the hard whitehead thing that will not budge. One day I decided to see if I could extract one.  And then I realized it was not actually a whitehead because the skin on top of it was extremely tough. There was no pore through which I could squeeze out the white stuff.  I had to break through the skin with a needle which was difficult! I finally reached the clearish white thing and had to pull it out with tweezers. It was hard.  I am prone to body yeast. I have at times got rashes wear clothing is tight: under bra bands, under the the elastic of my underwear bands, etc. My doctor had prescibed a topical antifungal cream to treat those areas. The last time this happened she said that if the cream did not clear it up, I might have to be treated from within for an overgrowth of yeast. Well, your post and the body yeast experience made something click in my brain. When I read this thread last night, I thought well, I don't have any tinactin, but I do still have some prescription antifungal cream (clortrimazole and betamethasone). I rubbed this all over my forehead and some of the other "spots" on my face. When I woke up this morning I was shocked to find that some of the bumps had completely disappeared and others were visibly reduced! I am going to continue to teat this way and see what happens. I wanted to share my experience in the event it could help someone. I have been scouring the internet for years in search of an answer, and now I may have found one.
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I should add that although they are often found in the genital region, they can also appear on the face - particularly around the eye
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Could they be Fordyce spots? They can be grainy
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I don't know what they are. I'm almost 45. I've had them since I started nursing my youngest son at birth... He's 21 now. It comes and goes over the years. I have it again and it's always on the left side of the left breast on the areola and that is it. They hurt severely ... I also have several chronic conditions that make me highly sensitive to the pain. I have to scrape them off after they work their way out of the skin... It's a major event and I admit I have been in tears from how much it hurts. My chronic conditions simplified I have 6 blown discs arthritis of the spine scholiosis sclerosis in the lower back 2 pinched nerves arachnoiditis fibro and the list goes on. Everything makes it harder to cope when trying to get rid of them... They have nothing else to do with the crystals but they affect how it affects me when it happens I can feel them growing now. Couldn't before. WHen my youngest son and my young daughter were nursing I was told not to use the left side when they were occurring as the crystals could affect the babies... I don't know what Millia is but I will be looking it up and would love to talk to others who deal with this as well.
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        I am 53 and have had one on my cheek near my nose and mouth. When I wash my face it feels like its cutting me. I have had a few milia that I removed myself with a needle. This one is bigger and the dermatologist said to me, its just a whitehead, go home and pop it. I didnt bother trying to argue that it was not that. So, I just went on for years, then decided to remove it myself, with a needle. I broke through the skin and it hurt and bled a lttle. It was srubborn. The next day I took a cotton ball with peroxide and rubbed it firmly and let it bubble a while. Then I took another cotton ball with a little rubbing alcohol and it came out. It had an irregular shape, like a tiny stone.
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I too have been struggling with the grainy sand under my skin since I had chemo and radiation for breast cancer in 2006.  All doctors I have seen say they are milia but they're not!!  I am 65  and have been given a couple of options. (1) use retin-a as it will slowly slough off the skin and hopefully the "sand" and (2) have a procedure called a skin pin that takes off top layer and over time and a couple of these procedures done shows to be very promising. Also helps with acne scars.  Also, not to leave out, I developed kidney stones around the same time, and they are made of calcium oxylate.  All of this shows to me to be some kind of mineral problem in my body.
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Hi,

I signed up on here just to post to this thread.  

I too have sharp, hexagonal, translucent crystals that break through my skin and quickly melt there after.  When these attacks occur, if I have any wound that is scabbed over, these crystal structures appear in great concentration and can be seen with the naked eye embedded into the scab (when the scab is removed).

Now, I only have this condition occur under 1 extremely specific circumstance:  When I am coming down off of IV Methamphetamine

I have verified that I am not hallucinating these symptoms by verifying visual symptoms with multiple sober individuals.  

These crystals then start to come out of my tear ducts, my skin, my saliva glands, they are in my snot, and even in my ears as verified by collection and preservation in ear wax.  They are sharp and some break the skin, others form a large red bump that looks like a pimple.  You can feel the solid structure beneath the skin and sometime the structure will cause red lines in the skin in the exact width of the structure.

I've told a few doctors and they scoff at me even when I very clearly tell all of my lay recording (while on drugs...)

I believe these crystals coming out of several membranes are  related to one of two things.

1) Uric/Urate Acid in extreme levels such that it is able to solidify and break the skin.

2) Possible adulterants in the Methamphetamine.  My research says that the most likely crystal causing cutting agents are:  Hi,

I signed up on here just to post to this thread.  

I too have sharp, hexagonal, translucent crystals that break through my skin and quickly melt there after.  When these attacks occur, if I have any wound that is scabbed over, these crystal structures appear in great concentration and can be seen with the naked eye embedded into the scab (when the scab is removed).

Now, I only have this condition occur under 1 extremely specific circumstance:  When I am coming down off of IV Methamphetamine

I have verified that I am not hallucinating these symptoms by verifying visual symptoms with multiple sober individuals.  

These crystals then start to come out of my tear ducts, my skin, my saliva glands, they are in my snot, and even in my ears as verified by collection and preservation in ear wax.  They are sharp and some break the skin, others form a large red bump that looks like a pimple.  You can feel the solid structure beneath the skin and sometime the structure will cause red lines in the skin in the exact width of the structure.

I've told a few doctors and they scoff at me even when I very clearly tell all of my lay recording (while on drugs...)

I believe these crystals coming out of several membranes are  related to one of two things.

1) Uric/Urate Acid in extreme levels such that it is able to solidify and break the skin.

2) Possible adulterants in the Methamphetamine.  My research says that the most likely crystal causing cutting (or production residue) agents are:  Xanthine, Toulene, or Naphthalene

I think that in a condition of moderate to severe dehydration that my kidney is compromised and by some method, an abundance of crystals emerge from my skin.

There are several forum postings around the internet where people claim to have crystals coming out their [put whatever here: nose, ears, eyes, urine, skin, nail beds, etc] and this is especially true when you include 'methamphetamine' into the search.  

There is not however even one medical journal about this.  At the very least, I would like to see a study on why methamphetamine users report such a specific, but to the Medical Professionals, false or hallucinated symptoms.

Thanks for any insight any one may have.
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I have them on my scalp ..nasty and itchy...I am sure it is caused by what they are spraying ..look up
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I have the same problem on my chin for months..it's driving me nuts. I havnt been out in weeks confidence shot and I get no sleep over this.. from it growing membrain like over chin with a thick gel like substance filled with little balls that when hit hair turn into a ball of black hairs to mile long feathery tape like substance that literally unravels off my chin and shoots off my chin for hours. This **** is transparent cotony hair like substance that at some times showers my arm or legs coming out at a crazy rate. All of it is stuck and stitched in by these crystaly tooth pic like things that if you break turn into more immediately.i have spent hours pulling them out and thenot something moves around my chin covering and layering more on over and over and never ending. The doctor would even let me finish my sentence and acted like I was making it up. He then prescribed me my 5th antibiotic and told me to put hydrogen peroxide on it twice a day.. I'm like wtf!my parents thunk I'm hallucinating the whole thing and I'm at my wits end. If anybody knows a remedy to this madness that has completely taken over my life please email me immediately.  It's quality of life at this point and I need help. My name is Alex I am 36..please help
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I have the exact same thing as well, but on my eyes.  At first I thought it was a worm because I could feel it moving in my eyelid all the time....eventually it started spewing something that was almost like a massively long kinky super thin hair....but it never ended!   If I kept pulling it, I could literally feel it unraveling under my skin all throughout my face! This is miserable.   Everyone thinks I'm delusional..I constantly have this feeling of a string in my eye,  yet eye doc sees nothing!   My eyelashes are completely hidden under these crystal things that just look like my skin...so I just simply look like I have no eyelashes.  I'm run down all the time, and my face is a constant wreck.   I have never had a problem with acne....until this.  Have toy figured anything out?  I'm desperate.   Ive noticed that everybody who complains of similar symptoms have somewhat of a compromised immune system, or autoimmune disorders....I myself have a severely low thyroid.    
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So fascinated to read all these comments, thought i was the only one suffering, the one i most relate to is 'ejny's comment, frustrated as going to party tomorrow, and they have caused small bumps under my eyes. can tell its crystals under each eye, yet cannot get them out.
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