How bad is it to pop a pimple, really?

How bad is it to pop a pimple, really?

Maybe we’ve been scolded for it. Perhaps we’ve borne the consequences. Yet, when a pimple starts to form … don’t you just want to pop it?

We know it’s bad. Maybe parents or partners have scolded us for it. Perhaps we’ve borne the consequences, in the form of angry red sores on our chins and brows. And yet, when a pimple starts to form … don’t you just want to pop it?

“Lots of people pop their pimples,” says Dr Howa Yeung, assistant professor of dermatology at the Emory University School of Medicine. “But that process, if done incorrectly, often leads to more inflammation.”

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