Hi SSS!
Okey, thanks for the reply! I have been using tretinoin now the past week every other night, and I even bought the lactic acid cream so i'm good to go now i think ;) I'm going to give this a try and see what happens. I hope this works and that in the future I just need to maintain the effect by applying tretionin once a week maybe. Even now after just a week i notice that my upper lip is softer and that my spots doesn't stands out as much as before.
Do you want to share your before and after pictures? I don't know if it's possible on this site though. Good luck with the co2, hopefully it will work just fine!
Hey guys I see some of us are still in this struggle with fordyce spots on the lips. Well I have been experimenting and having some success in making these spots less noticeable using salicylic acid from Clean and Clear astringent. I have dipped a q tip in the astringent and rubbed it on my lips. The lips turn white and it hurts like hell, but you can see the lips begin to peel before your eyes and the fordyce is less noticeable. Afterwards I apply lots of lip balm and go to sleep. I refuse to accept fordyce as normal and am not just going to sit there and not try remedies. I will update you on how things go.
Update on the clean and clear. It makes your lips peel and the new skin is nice and soft, but these damon spots don't go away. Incredible that we still have incurable lip conditions.
Hey Kobe I see you've been off the forum for awhile. Did you ever find a way to treat this fordyce sh*t?
I have done the co2 laser but a word of caution. Spots are very deep and co2 may not clear all and they will come back. However in my case where i went deep enough by forcing my doctor some scarring happened and also my lips are always dry since the oil glands are no longer there. Consider permanent make up first which is what i should have done. Good luck everyone.
hey guys im back sorry for not keeping you guys posted.... well i didnt go back and try to get my lips tattooed again because i didnt think it would of helped due to the fact the fordyce came back just as noticeable as before.... but i did try something different that helped a little bit.... i got this treatment done callled the "thermapen" which was basically like a lil hand held machine with lil pens in it and it was basically stabbing and expolating my lips but didnt go really that deep into my lip and then i had stem cells enjected into 4 parts of my upper lip.. there therory was that the stem cells would give me a fresh start kinda deal because its new cells and it would look like the way it was before i hit puperty before my lips got screwed up with fordyce spots.. they took before pictures and two weeks after the treatment i went back for a checkup to compare the before and after and there was a difference... some of the spots were gone and alot of the spots were about 40-50% faded so things are better. but yeah the spots did come back but also noting they told me stem cells take a long time to start really working.. they said anywhere from 2months to a year before you start noticing a big deal even tho i already noticed a difference 2 weeks after the treament.... also they told me a 2nd treatment would help even more in reduces the appeareance..... now its been about 2 and half months since the first treatment and i still havent had the 2nd treatment done due to my work schudule and school schudule because it takes atleast 3 days to heal..... only thing is ive notice more spots coming in but there still not as noticeable as before.. all the new spots i get are 40-50% faded even tho that there new so i guess its good and bad.... but i think its due to my bad eating habits lately of eating alot of greasy fastfood and sweets which i used to never do before.... because of now im a really fit athletic guy i workout atleast 3 times a week and have muscles and six pack and all that other sh*t that no one gives a sh*t about lol im just trying to give you a picture.... its just now since im done playing sports in college i eat out more and im not as strict on my diet so that could be the reason im getting more here and there but who knows.... ill update again when i get the 2nd treatment done... maybe a couple weeks after the 2nd treament so i can really see... so be patient guys ill be back again....
Hi everyone first i want to say sorry for my bad english (i'm french) I'm 28 years and 3 years ago i was really in a bad moments in my life and my doctor gave me anti-depressive pills called DEROXAT, i took this for 2 days and i stopped it because i got too much side effect, one of my side effect was that my lips were very dry... And even when i stopped it my lips didn't come back has before, it was still dry ! I applied lip balm and a day later i've noticed a white dot at the cupid part of my upper lips, i was wondering what is it but i didn't care much, but then i saw another one and another one and i started to get worried... i checked on internet and i saw it's called fordyce spots...
- i don't know if i got my fordyce from the lip balm or from DEROXAT, to me it's from the pills because i also got this sh*t inside my mouth (in the cheek) but no one can see that so i don't care of it.
- I saw that jojoba oil helps so i applied this every day morning and evening before to sleep, the fordyce didn't move but it didn't get worse too, it was also a nice moisturiser because my lips was still dry (especially after brushing my teeth, don't know why). - I got a new girlfriend 2 months ago, i love her so much already and a 1 week ago she wanted to leave me for some reasons, i was so sad, i wanted to puke etc... and finally a day after she said that she will stay with me, i was happy but... i saw new spots on my lips... i'm wondering if it's because the emotions, stress or something made them appear... - my new girlfriend use also lip balm often and when i kiss her i feel i have it on my lips too, maybe my spots get worse because of this.
- another thing is, i have also poor liver fonction because i have a DNA disease that make my cholesterol VERY low, i stock fat around my liver because of this sh*t, i take care but well, there is nothing to heal from this, just take care and don't eat fat stuff too much. Recently i drinked alcohol a bit more than usual maybe i got new spots because my liver got worse, i cannot know... - i'm looking for a solution, first to don't make my lips worse, my lips are still "ok" but i'm very shy about it, i don't even know if my girlfriend noticed them already or not. Now my BIG problem to try to cure them is i feel that EVERYWHERE on internet there are fake stuff that people say to make people lips worse, maybe i'm paranoid but i'm sure i'm not.
Some say that VINEGAR cured them, other say that it makes their lips worse, other say Jojoba helps and some say no it makes them worse, same for toothpaste and everything ! SO i'm scared to try anything, jojoba oil doesn't seem to make my lips worse because i apply it for 3 years now but it doesn't cure anything too. My BIGGEST question is : Is there someone that CURED his fordyce with home remede for REAL or not ? i don't want to talk about CO2 laser or else. I read that Garlic helps, i bought some garlic pills with aillicin inside, but i didn't get it yet so i cannot say.
There is another "solution" it's the tattoo, but some people say the color doesn't stay on the fordyce, so it doesn't work but i also read it worked for someone, so i'm confused ! Some people pop the fordyce themself and it works fine for them and other say popping them makes it worse !! SO what should i do ?? i would like to talk with honest people that have experience about fordyce spots.
thank you !!
I have tried this to and it works. The only problem is after the use of lip stain my lips get worse. Spots become more swollen and more come out. But I can say that lip stain does a great job of covering the spots and if you pick the right color it is not even noticeable.
Guys... Has anyone who has thses spots onthe lips gotten married? i want ot know if it is possible to live with these spots and still find a life aprtner
I am glad to read that the lip stain balm by Revlon has worked for you. Covering the spots is all that I'm really concerned about at this point. I have tried everything else and I am happy with putting on the Revlon lip stain balm before I go out. It only takes me about 30 seconds to carefully go over the spots, and they aren't even noticeable. I'm glad that you have used the lip stain balm just like me. If I could make a difference for just one person, then I know that I did my job, and the previous post that I made was worth my time.
1 Wish every time I put on lip stain my spots get visibly worse. Do you experience this as well?
Guest- No I don't experience that at all. All this lip balm does is conceal the spots I have, never making them worse.
1 wish I really appreciate the advice you gave and I would love to continue using lip stain but for some reason every time I put lip stain on it makes my dots more swollen and new spots come out. Do you think this is unrelated to the lip stain?
It might be unrelated to the lip stain. I can't figure out why your lips would have that adverse affect just by using the Revlon Lip Balm Stain. Are you allergic to anything?