Pimple popping is the best-kept secret of millions. It's gross, it's unhygienic, and it can cause us knock-on problems - but ...

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It’s a hard no on the nose, folks. Board-certified NYC-based dermatologist Dr. Mark Strom has taken to TikToK to reveal the one place where he would never pop a pimple. Strom refers to the center of ...

Yes, Dr. Pimple Popper is among them. Whether you love them or hate them, you can’t seem to look away from good pimple-popping videos. While dermatologists say you shouldn't be zit popping on your own ...

Pimple popping videos are disgusting. Period. And yet — for the millions of people who can't stop watching them online — they're also deeply satisfying. There's just something cleansing about seeing ...

Alisha Monaco, like many of us, has a habit of occasionally picking her skin when she notices a new pimple. Monaco, 32, tells PEOPLE she is prone to cystic acne, often breaking out ahead of big events ...

A blemish isn’t worth potentially losing your life over. Hope, a TikTok user known as @imlesbianflavored on the app, revealed to her followers that she contracted a staph [staphylococcus] infection ...

We all know you’re not supposed to pop a pimple. Not only can it leave you with a lasting scar, but you may inadvertently push bacteria deeper, causing an endless cycle of zits cropping up in the same ...

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When it comes to facial skincare, there’s a zone that demands extra caution: the “triangle of death.” This area, extending ...

One side of Alisha Monaco's face started drooping hours after she tried to pop a pimple Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, Stylecaster ...