EXCLUSIVEWhy popping a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す could kill you if it is in the 'triangle of death': Britain's Dr Pimple Popper 明らかにする／漏らすs her ultimate guide to banishing your 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs -? 含むing the perfect time to squeeze? (and why doing it incorrectly really could go 本気で wrong)

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Love it or loathe it, we're a nation obsessed with ?pimple popping.

As bizarre or 甚だしい／１２ダース as it might sound, ビデオ-株ing apps and websites heave with （映画の）フィート数 of people squeezing 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs, cysts and boils. On TikTok alone there are more than 570,000 ビデオs tagged 'zit popping', and 670,000 tagged '満足させるing pimple pops' ? many of which have been 見解（をとる）d tens of millions of times.

And these clips are not for the faint-hearted. It seems the more stomach-churning ? and 爆発性の ? 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 ビデオs can be oddly 満足させるing. I've 扱う／治療するd some 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の 事例／患者s myself over the years. In fact, talking about pimple ?popping is one of my favourite things.

People are fascinated by the (admittedly いつかs rather gruesome) things their 団体／死体s produce

肌 guru Dr Emma Claythorne is a dermatologist with more than 20 years' experience in the NHS and in her Harley Street clinic

TRY TO AVOID 'TRIANGLE OF DEATH'?

One ビデオ on TikTok has had millions of 見解（をとる）s and been 株d by several 主要な dermatologists. It shows a man trying to burst a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す on the inside of his nostril without using his 手渡すs. He contorts his 直面する in 失望／欲求不満, ゆらめくing that whitehead to the world, but 辞退するs to 現実に touch it.

Why has it drawn so much attention? Because it's a neat illustration of what we dermatologists call the 'triangle of death'.

基本的に, you should never touch a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す if it's 含む／封じ込めるd within a rough triangle on your 直面する ? imagine one drawn from the point in between your eyebrows to the corners of your mouth.

There is a 危険 ? albeit very low ? that it could kill you or, at least, leave you 本気で ill. It might sound like an 都市の myth, but I've seen the consequences myself ? I've had two 患者s 結局最後にはーなる in 集中的な care for squeezing a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す which 爆発するd in this danger zone.

It can happen because this area is 直接／まっすぐに linked to your brain 経由で the cavernous sinus - a 網状組織 of veins behind the nose and 注目する，もくろむ sockets which help drain 血 away from the brain. Popping a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す ? or having an injectable filler or piercing here ? leaves a small 穴を開ける which 許すs bacteria to be drawn 負かす／撃墜する into this area and 原因（となる） an 感染. And any 感染 here can have an 衝撃 on the 残り／休憩（する） of the 団体／死体 and the brain. In 極端に rare 事例／患者s, this can 原因（となる） an abscess or a 血 clot, which creates a 危険 of 一打／打撃.

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On my Warner Bros 発見 Channel show, The Bad 肌 Clinic, we cover every 肌 病気 you can think of which 伴う／関わるs 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs or pimples, lumps or bumps.

簡潔に, most 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs are 原因（となる）d by a blockage to the tiny follicles, or sebaceous 導管s, in our 肌 which produce hair and ? from the sebaceous （分泌する為の）腺 at the 底（に届く） of the 導管s ? sebum, which is mostly an oily 実体.

Normal 肌 bacteria get 罠にかける inside the 導管 and start to multiply, 原因（となる）ing an inflammatory 返答 that leads to whiteheads, blackheads or even cysts and boils. I've seen 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs the size of grapefruits, and even 蜜柑-sized cysts on the scrotum.

There's something pleasing about the moment a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 爆発するs. People are also fascinated by the (admittedly いつかs rather gruesome) things their 団体／死体s produce.

Is there an evolutionary element to it also? ?Monkeys groom one another, 選ぶing or squeezing lumps they find. The 勧める serves a 目的, say scientists, as bumps may hide parasites.

This isn't much of an 問題／発行する for humans (although I have seen some 事例／患者s, 含むing a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す on a man's 支援する that, when squeezed, was 現実に the larvae of a botfly which burst across the ?clinic 床に打ち倒す).

医療の advice is if you squeeze 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs, you 危険 感染s and scarring ? and even, rarely, death. But people will still do it. So, with that in mind, here's my 専門家 guide to the do's and don'ts of pimple popping to keep your 肌 healthy and blemish-解放する／自由な…

Warm your 肌 with a boiled egg?

Some 傾向s are 潜在的に dangerous. In one TikTok ビデオ a man microwaves a cup of water before placing a metal spoon inside the cup to warm it up. He then puts the spoon on to his 直面する to warm his 肌 to make a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す easier to squeeze. But wh ile warming the upper 層s of the 肌 can be helpful for 取り組むing a zit, please don't do it like this.

A hot metal spoon can 損失 the 肌. What started off as a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す could 結局最後にはーなる as a spoon-形態／調整d 燃やす. Instead, use a clean flannel or cotton wool pads. Soak in warm water from the tap, so you can 実験（する） the 気温 on your 肌. If it is comfortable, 圧力（をかける） gently on the area around your 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.

持つ／拘留する it there for around two minutes to 軟化する the 肌 and open the pores.

This should make it easier and いっそう少なく painful to squeeze that pimple or blackhead, and will 削減（する） the 危険 of 付加 損失.

Make sure your 手渡すs are clean before you squeeze, and use two cotton buds on either 味方する of the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す to 適用する gentle 圧力. If the 長，率いる doesn't budge, it's not ready. Leave it alone until it is.

If the pus does come out, don't keep squeezing until you see 血 ? that's a 調印する you've 損失d the 血 大型船s around the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, so it will take longer to 傷をいやす／和解させる with scarring 危険.

適用する some salicylic 酸性の ? 利用できる in blemish gels from High Street 化学者／薬剤師s ? to 減ずる swelling and redness. You can also 最高の，を越す it with a hydrocolloid patch, or ?'pimple patch'. These are popular on social マスコミ の中で beauty influencers, and they really work ? it's like a small blister plaster that creates a 障壁 against bacteria and 促進するs 傷をいやす／和解させるing.

You could also use a peeled boiled egg to warm the 肌.

１０年間s ago we used to recommend them to warm the 注目する，もくろむ area when a 患者 had a stye ? a pimple-like blockage of an oil （分泌する為の）腺 in the eyelid.

If the egg is 冷静な／正味の enough to peel, then it is 冷静な／正味の enough to use on the delicate 肌 around the 注目する，もくろむ. It's also sterile, having been boiled, and is just the 権利 形態／調整 for the 注目する，もくろむ socket.

Drain a cyst yourself with a sterile needle?

The internet is 十分な of clips of ?people taking a DIY approach to their own cysts. They 挿入する a ?needle and ? bang! ? it 爆発するs.

Cysts are 基本的に 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs that don't have a whitehead, meaning the pocket of pus is 罠にかける under the 肌. It's better to get it 扱う／治療するd by a professional. You 危険 deeper 感染 and scarring by doing it yourself, because cysts 侵入する the 肌 に向かって the fat 層s. If part of that fat 層 is 損失d, that's what 原因（となる）s a scar.

It's hard to get a GP referral for minor cosmetic problems such as cysts, and then there's a long ?waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） for an appoi ntment with a dermatologist.

If your cyst is on your 直面する or neck, it can be very 苦しめるing. So ? while I can't 容赦する it ? here's how I'd do it myself in clinic, which is a safer approach than the techniques shown in most of the ビデオs 広まる online.

First I 洗浄する the 肌 with an alcohol wipe or antiseptic wash.

Do not 試みる／企てる to sterilise a needle yourself. I've seen online advice to rinse them in alcohol or put the point in a 炎上 until it's red hot, but the reality is ?people either don't keep it in the liquid long enough or they char the ?needle, and 危険 transferring that charred 炭素 into the 団体／死体. Instead, buy 選び出す／独身-use, 罰金 ?needles called

lancets, which are sterile and 個々に 一括d, from your pharmacy or online.

Wear clean gloves and gently 挿入する the lancet into the 最高の，を越す of the cyst until liquid or pus starts escaping. Then 適用する gentle 圧力 on either 味方する of the 団体／死体 of the cyst ? you want the pus to 現れる slowly, so that you are 原因（となる）ing as little 外傷／ショック to the follicle as ?possible.

Wipe away the pus with a sterile piece of gauze, and keep 適用するing ?圧力 until no more pus is ?coming out.

You can use the same technique to 除去する milia, which are tiny white pearls of keratin ? dead 肌 独房s ? that get 罠にかける under a 層 of 肌.

Use a needle to break the 肌 and they should pop out. Don't 試みる／企てる to do it yourself if they're anywhere 近づく your 注目する，もくろむs.

...But never lance a boil?

A 患者 （機の）カム into my clinic one day who 手配中の，お尋ね者 to show me a ビデオ of themselves taking a knife to their own boil. I was horrified.

Boils are serious. They're what cysts can turn into if bacteria 原因（となる） a more wides pread 感染, and are usually large and inflamed and filled with a denser, harder-to-抽出する pus.

Usually needles aren't 厚い enough to 侵入する them fully, and they may 要求する a scalpel to create a wide enough 開始.

The 患者 I saw had been left with a scar, which is harder to 扱う／治療する than the 初めの boil. Other people who've tried this 設立する the boil returned because they hadn't managed to 抽出する all the pus.

Although lancing boils might have been a 基準 DIY 治療 in 中世 times, we now know it's important to drain boils 適切に and keep them as clean as possible, さもなければ you put yourself at 危険 of a more serious 感染, or 永久の 肌 損失.

Bumps that used to be bashed with a bible?

Fluid-filled ganglion cysts, which develop on the wrists or feet, are also known as 'Bible cysts' because people used to burst them by smacking them ? hard ? with a Bible or other 激しい 調書をとる／予約する.

But while this might drain some of the fluid, it's not a technique

that 作品 very 井戸／弁護士席. The cysts are 高度に likely to recur, and you also 危険 breaking the delicate bones in your wrist.

The synovial fluid they 含む／封じ込める ? the same fluid that lubricates your 共同のs, which escapes and develops into a cyst ? should be 除去するd using a needle by a dermatologist.

The sac is usually too 深い under the 肌 to do that yourself, and there are 決定的な tendons and veins you want to 避ける piercing.

There's something pleasing about the moment a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 爆発するs, 令状s Dr Claythorne (在庫／株 photo)

Pliers can 除去する a crusty 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 長，率いる?

いつかs blackheads, known as comedones, can 拡大する into a 噴火口，クレーター and develop a crusty plug.

One ビデオ 広まる online shows a woman 取り組むing one with a pair of pliers ? grabbing 持つ／拘留する of the crusty 最高の，を越す and 緩和 it out. There's nothing wrong with using small pliers, or any other small 道具s to dig out these 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs, as long as they're 最高の clean.

Sandra 物陰／風下, the US 'Dr Pimple Popper', has a 範囲 of 道具s, 含むing one with a metal 宙返り飛行 to 適用する 圧力 around a blackhead. It's 罰金 to use these for the 時折の 位置／汚点／見つけ出す or blackhead, but if you've got lots the ?follicles will just fill 支援する up again, and it's more 効果的な to get a topical retinoid cream on prescription. It's the same with nose plasters. You 適用する them across the nose then pull 支援する and the sebaceous plugs come out of the follicles. But it's a 一時的な 直す／買収する，八百長をする.

Why acne can 影響する／感情 babies too?

About 20 per cent of babies develop a form of acne, called cephalic pustulosis, on their 直面する and neck. It's 一般に a reaction to a natural yeast organism on babies' 肌. Their little hair follicles are brand new, and いつかs they just get a bit clogged, causi ng a 無分別な-like 集まり of 罰金 pink pustules but no blackheads.

Don't be tempted to squeeze your baby's 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs. 肌 at this 行う／開催する／段階 is delicate and can scar ?easily. Just keep their 肌 clean using lukewarm water and a gentle 直面する cloth. 避ける 激しい moisturising creams. It 普通は disappears by eight weeks old.

When a blemish could be 癌?

Watch out for a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す which has been there for six to eight weeks. The most ありふれた are basal 独房 carcinomas, which might look like a pearly or shiny lump or a scaly area, and may ゆらめく up and then 部分的に／不公平に 傷をいやす／和解させる again.

They can appear anywhere, but mostly on sun-exposed areas around the nose. Get anything unusual checked out by a GP.

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