You can be confident that the bumps are completely normal and that most people have them on some part of their body.

In medicine, the lumps are referred to as “Fordyce spots,” after the American dermatologist Dr. John Addison Fordyce, who originally identified them in 1896.

Imagine spending your entire life researching and studying medicine, only to have your name eternally linked to little lumps that develop on someone’s intimate areas.

In actuality, they are oil glands that release a chemical known as sebum, which aids in the body’s defense.

In case it wasn’t obvious, Fordyce spots can appear on your penis, foreskin or scrotum, or the labia of your vagina