Popping Pimples

Popping Pimples can aggravate acne by spreading the bacteria that causes it and this can cause severe acne scars.

If you try to do extraction using your dirty fingernails, you're actually breaking the skin and creating an injury.

Keep your hands away from your face as much as is possible.
Avoid rubbing, touching, or itching your skin with your hands since they contain a lot of bacteria that can cause acne flare-ups. It is probably one of the most difficult things to do but is absolutely necessary to avoid severe acne scarring.

And what about blackheads?

Blackheads are blockages of oil glands. Their black color is not dirt, but it is caused by the oxidising effect of air on the sebum.

Avoid the temptation to squeeze your blackhead. This will send the infection deeper into the skin and can cause severe scarring.

Extraction may be used by a health care provider on open comedones. This process is performed using a device called a comedone extractor, a small, metal, circular instrument that is centered on the comedone and pushes down the surrounding skin, causing the plug to extrude.

For Home use you can try Sephora Brand Double-Ended Blemish Extractor.

It's a long-handled Stainless Steel Double Loop Extractor two-sided, featuring a small loop for white heads and a flat side to extract blackheads.

To use: prior to using the Double Ended Blemish Extractor, steaming the face, or using a hot water compress is strongly recommended to help soften comedones. This will make them much easier to remove. When you're ready to begin the extraction process lay the preferred side on top of the blemish, basically encircling this area with the loop. Apply slow and even pressure lightly until the trapped sebum is forced out of the follicle.
Do not continue to attempt the extraction if the trapped sebum is not released easily to avoid scarring your skin. Use the small loop for whiteheads and the flat side for blackheads.

A deep, cystic pimple should not be opened with a loop extractor. When dealing with deep acne, it's best to visit a dermatologist.

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