Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Blackheads vs. Sebaceous Filaments Part 1 #shorts

18 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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Shereene Idriss, a board-certified dermatologist, explains the difference between sebaceous filaments and blackheads. Sebaceous filaments are uniform in size across the nose, while blackheads vary in size. Both are hard to remove, but sulfur-based products can help.

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These are not blackheads, but these are. These are sebaceous filaments. I'm a board certified dermatologist. And these right here, these are sebaceous filaments. They are very, very different than blackheads. They're completely normal. We all have them. And the biggest way to differentiate them from blackheads, if you guys look closely, is that they're all equal in size across the nose, whereas blackheads are not. And neither one of these are easy to get rid of. So how do we treat sebaceous filaments? Sulfur based products. And they come in a multitude of different ways from.