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The ultimate guide to banishing your spots - by Britain's Dr Pimple Popper: The perfect time to squeeze that zit. The DIY way to drain a cyst. And why you should never touch a blemish on your nose By Dr Emma Craythorne Published: 21:11 EDT, 4 May 2024 | Updated: 21:11 EDT, 4 May 2024 e-mail View comments Love it or loathe it, we're a nation obsessed with pimple popping.
As bizarre or gross as it might sound, video-sharing apps and websites heave with footage of people squeezing spots, cysts and boils. On TikTok alone there are more than 570,000 videos tagged 'zit popping', and 670,000 tagged 'satisfying pimple pops' – many of which have been viewed tens of millions of times. And these clips are not for the faint-hearted.
It seems the more stomach-churning – and explosive – the better. As a dermatologist with more than 20 years' experience in the NHS and in my Harley Street clinic, OneWelbeck, I understand why these videos can be oddly satisfying. I've treated some extraordinary cases myself over the years.
In fact, talking about pimple popping is one of my favourite things. People are fascinated by the (admittedly sometimes rather gruesome) things their bodies produce Skin guru Dr Emma Claythorne is a dermatologist with more than 20 years' experience in the NHS and in her Harley Street clinic On my Warner Bros Discovery Channel show, The Bad Skin Clinic, we cover every skin disease you can think of which involves spots or pimples, lumps or bumps. Briefly, most spots.
