There’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning, looking in the mirror and noticing a new breakout has erupted across your face.Whether it’s blackheads, blemishes or painful cysts, it can be very tempting to start poking and prodding away at your skin. We’re all guilty of it.But before you start picking a new hole in your face, you might want to make sure you’re first aware of what it is you’re picking at – as squeezing certain types of spots will leave your face looking worse.This includes those tiny white milk spots which have a habit of cropping up under eyes or on your cheeks and forehead.So what are they?We’re of course talking about milia, the tiny white bumps which are often mistaken for tiny spots or whiteheads.

Milia are tiny cysts filled with a buildup of keratin which can appear pretty much anywhere on the body, such as your face, chest, back and sometimes even genitals.Fortunately these bumps are completely harmless, forming due to dead cells getting trapped under the surface of the skin.They’re not contagious either, which means close having contact with a person who’s got milia doesn’t mean you’re going to wake up and find a cluster of white bumps.They form when dead skin cells get trapped instead of shedding properly,” Dr Nora Jaafar, known online as Dr Nora, told The Independent, adding that heavy skincare products can sometimes trigger them.Meanwhile Cleveland Clinic adds that sun exposure, steroid creams and autoimmune responses can also lead to a person developing milia.