How to Pop a Pimple
Are you a teenager? Or are you a young adult? Do you have pimples? Chances are you have already tried popping your pimples. However, you might be reading this article because you want know and learn how to pop a pimple correctly. You are probably worrying that popping your pimples might cause undesirable effects on your face. Well, you might not be wrong.
Generally, most people advise against popping pimples. Still, there are also some people who agree that popping pimples is a good thing. So what should you do? Well, there is no hard and fast rule to popping pimples. To cut a long story short, you should only be popping pimples if it is ready to be popped! You could check my other post, When to Pop a Pimple, to know how to determine if a pimple is ready to be popped or not.
For those who do (I was one of them when I was younger…) pop pimples, I guess most of us are guilty of popping them the quick and easy way. That is, by squeezing them, either with 1 or 2 hands, and letting the puss spurt out! That works, but there is a better and healthier way of doing so.
Before popping a pimple, make sure your hands and face are clean. Wash your hands first then your face with your favorite cleanser. You would also need some utensils such as a needle, alcohol and a face towel. Once you have them then you are ready.
First, sterilize the pin by heating in a low flame. 5 seconds is enough. Then, splash some alcohol onto the tip of your face towel. Go in front of the mirror, find the pimple you want to pop and make sure it is ready to be popped. If not, stop following this instruction. If it is, lightly prick the pimple’s surface with the tip of your needle. If the pimple is really ready to be popped, liquid should easily flow out from that pimple.
Once the puss is out, take your face towel with alcohol and wipe the spot where the pimple was popped. This would kill-off the bacteria still residing in that popped pimple.
Again, I would like to emphasize that popping pimples not ready to get popped is a bad thing. Not only is it painful, it could also cause harmful effects to your face and cause scarring (sometimes permanent). To know more about the effects of popping pimples, you can read the post, Is Popping Pimples Bad?.
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