If you feel small meatballs under the skin of your arm, it doesn’t hurt or itch, it may be lipoma, sebaceous cyst, periosteal keratosis, etc. According to the different causes of the disease, you should take targeted treatment, usually there are methods of observation, topical medication and surgical treatment.
1. Lipoma: Lipoma caused by the proliferation of adipose tissue in the upper arm, painless and itchy, similar to a small meatball, asymptomatic people generally observe and follow up, and those whose volume is large enough to affect the aesthetics or symptoms of pressure should be surgically resected.
2. Sebaceous cysts: formed by sebaceous gland duct blockage leading to sebum retention, painless and itchy when not accompanied by infection, similar to small meatballs, generally require complete surgical excision of sebaceous cysts.
3. Perifollicular keratosis: it occurs in the upper arm and the extensor side of the thigh, the affected area of the skin is a special roughness, the lesions are pinpoint to corn size follicular papules, similar to the small meatballs, generally no treatment is needed, but also can be used locally with salicylic acid ointment, urea cream, etc. to soften and dissolve the keratin, to improve the symptoms.
The arm subcutaneous feel small meatballs do not itch should be timely to the hospital, improve the examination, clear the cause of the disease in a timely manner to give targeted treatment. The above drugs should be used in accordance with medical advice.