Freckles and sebaceous filaments can both look like brown or dark spots on your skin, but they have very different causes and characteristics. Your skin can develop a variety of lumps, bumps, and ...

Sebaceous filaments are structures that allow sebum to flow to the surface of the skin. Tiny glands beneath the skin create sebum, which is an oily substance that helps lubricate the skin. When the ...

That stubborn blackhead may actually be a sebaceous filament. Fact checked by Isaac Winter Medically reviewed by Hadley King, ...

Look closely at your nose or chin and you’ll probably notice tiny dots in your pores. Many people assume these are blackheads, but more often than not, they’re something else entirely: sebaceous ...

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Neither pores nor blackheads, Saskia Kemsley breaks down exactly what sebaceous filaments are and how to get rid of them safely The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase ...