Fordyce spotsFordyce spotsFordyce spots are whitish-yellow bumps that can occur on the edge of your lips or inside your cheeks. Less often, they can appear on your penis or scrotum if you're male or your labia if you're female. The spots, also called Fordyce granules or Fordyce glands, are enlarged oil glands.https://www.healthline.com › health › fordyce-spotsFordyce Spots: Identification, Treatment, and More - Healthline: These harmless, tiny (1 to 2 millimeter) white bumps inside the lips are visible sebaceous, or oil-producing, glands. These spots tend to get bigger as a person gets older. A person may have one small bump or as many as 100 bumps on the lips, typically on the inner portion.
What are the balls in my bottom lip?
Mucous cyst They're usually caused by an injury, such as a bite to your inner lip. This leads to mucus or saliva collecting in the tissue of your inner lip, which creates a raised bump. These cysts are most common on the inside of your lower lip, but they can occur in other areas of your mouth, such as your gums.Oct 26, 2017
What are the balls in your cheek?
What you are feeling are called accessory salivary glands. The main salivary glands are in the cheeks and under the tongue, and they produce a more watery type of saliva, especially when you put food in your mouth (or even think about it sometimes).