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Spartus625 Newbie  Posts: 4 |
posted 10-10-2003 05:12 AM
  
I have never been one to pop pimples but my Girl friend just won't stop doing it and well, it taught me a bad habbit...i assume poping pimples is bad correct? IP: Logged |
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latayy26 Member Posts: 31 |
posted 10-10-2003 08:03 PM
Yes, it's bad. It can cause scarring. I never pop a pimple unless it looks like all the pus is out from underneath the skin. Don't try to pop pimples after you get out of the shower either or else you are more likely to tear your skin. Put ice on it to take down the swelling or a hot washcloth for 10 minutes to try and bring everything to the surface and to get it to open on its own. IP: Logged |
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optio230xxx Member Posts: 38 |
posted 10-12-2003 03:27 PM
In my opinion it doesnt matter how you pop it, becuase your still ripping open the skin, just use one spot treatment and try to dry it out. IP: Logged |
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CLC1 Junior Member Posts: 9 |
posted 10-13-2003 12:37 AM
This is a horrible habit of mine. I know it's terrible for my skin yet I can't seem to stop doing it. It's like an obsession. IP: Logged |
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optio230xxx Member Posts: 38 |
posted 10-13-2003 01:59 AM
I have been there lol. IP: Logged |
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SkinTastic Junior Member Posts: 14 |
posted 10-13-2003 02:13 AM
YES we all have been there. I just hate my pimples cuz it just pops by itself. Im so carefull of not popping it because i dont wanna get scars. Like when im washing my face or after shower, I would notice that the puss on my pimples are ozzing out. GROSSSS... Then im left with red scars that just wouldnt go away. Scar for life IP: Logged |
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colleenredmond Senior Member Posts: 81 |
posted 10-13-2003 01:18 PM
I used to pop everything, and I mean EVERYTHING to some days hours and hours. Then this past year I started to get cystic acne and I had scarring before this but GOT REALLY BAD with cystic acne. I tried picking a cyst once and then got a secondary infection which by the way LOOKS GROSS and didn't leave my house for 10 days. I have also made a little whitehead TURN INTO A HUGE BUMP the next day which scarred cause of poking and prodding. I got so bad that I started to use lancets needles or sharp things so I went to a therapist. Now the hardest for me to not pop now are the ones with THIS HUGE HEAD and have so much pressure, I mean I get them with heads the size of a pencil top just the head not the zit, and I know if I squueze them the pressure and itching is gone. But now I found that the hot compress thing works great. It takes a few days or so for some of them to all come out but if you put heat on them the do drain. Yeah it's gross but they leave a mark that does not look bad. I had a few two this weekend right next to eachohter like it was a hydra or something that oozed out but I didn't have time in the morning to sit with a washcloth for ten to fifteen mintues so I popped it, yuck I got a scab, wish I did the compress thing instead. But I found that if you leave them ALONE they usually look alot better, unless of course they are just hanging out there, and sometimes they do look better when you pop but usually no. I also found that when I had scabs all over my face I looked wierd like chicken pocks or rash or burned or something. See when someone sees you have zits they know OK she has zits big deal. When you have oozing sores and pock marks or little finger print cresents allover then you look really wierd. But the many times I made things worse and made a little zit turn into a big zit or that one time I had green infection from popping a cyst has made me AFRAID to pop. I wish I could show you my scarring from my picking then you would stop. IP: Logged |
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BlueGreen Member Posts: 61 |
posted 10-13-2003 04:00 PM
Colleen, you are so right! I've never had a scar from a pimple I just let run its course but I have some nasty scars from picking at things and I even know what you mean by the fingernail marks! Some times you just get so angry its hard to stop. Well, I'm stopping now. I had this one zit by my hairline that hurt but it didn't look that bad until I gave in and picked at it yesterday, now it is all gross and the whole area is red and upset. Thats it, I give up. No more picking especially with the ouchy ones because those are the ones that never pop and just cause frustration and scarring. Its hard, but its worse to feel that its your own fault you have such an ugly yuck. I am going to change the part in my hair to hide this sucker at the top of my forehead and try not to think about it again. IP: Logged |
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