There’s just something about pimples that makes me want to squeeze the life out of it. I’m constantly being told not to touch them so I repeat that advice to anyone who asks. But I am a big fat hypocrite. I burst my pimples, pick at it, irritate it till I’m left with a scar or a crater. To top it off, I burst it the wrong way.

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The WRONG way to pop a pimple:

- Never touch or pop with nails (there are bacterias, germs, dirt under your nails that can cause skin irritation)

- Allowing blood to surface to the skin (will cause scarring)

- Picking at your skin with makeup on it

The right way to pop a pimple: (CLICK HERE for video if below is not working)

- Wash skin with soap and water or wipe it down with anti-bacterial wipes

- Exfoliate dead skin around to prepare the pimple to burst

- Cover your fingers with “finger mitts” or rubber gloves and tissue

- Steam your skin if possible to open up pores

- Instead of squeezing the skin around the pimple but stretch it out to make it taut

- Wipe the contents of the pimple (dead skin, sebum, white blood cells AKA puss) making sure you don’t get it anywhere else and spreading it

- Apply Benzol peroxide (pimple zapper) which sends oxygen to the area to heal it

Is there anyone out there that has more self control than I have? and which pimple cream works best for you?