Hi! I reckon these are definitely sebaceous prominence! It sounds just like them and actually nothing else except ordinary pimples look like that.
Sebaceous cysts do grow around the hair shaft. Under the skin there are a lot of
oil glands that produce the oily substance called
sebum. These glands are connected to the skin shaft under the skin and sebum ends up on the skin through the hair shaft.
The sebum gets out to the surface, so that it could lubricate the skin, make it moist, prevent from drying and protect it. When the ducts that lead sebum to the surface get blocked, the sebum starts accumulating and making these little cysts that look like pimples. The hair sticks out of them because the glands are on the hair shaft and this is where the bumps form-around the shaft.
I understand that they may be a nuisance but they are actually not being removed since they are harmless. There are drugs used for shrinking the oil glands but they are used for severe acne problems and not sebaceous prominence. These drugs cause severe side effects.
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