Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 25-year-old creator based in Louisiana is cautioning against popping pimples on your face after contracting a staph infection as ...

A TikTok user popped a pimple above her lip, waking up to swelling and pain hours later. She was diagnosed with a staph infection, which required treatment. Staph bacteria naturally occurs on some ...

While it may be tempting, you’ve likely heard that popping a pimple is a bad idea. But with November marking National Healthy Skin Month, why is that exactly? “When you pop a pimple, things are not ...

Most of us are freakishly obsessed with the tiny abscesses extra oil, dirt and grime trigger on our skin. Pimples, blackheads, acne, it’s all the same — and it’s a massive industry. There are TV shows ...

Alisha Monaco, like many of us, has a habit of occasionally picking her skin when she notices a new pimple. Monaco, 32, tells PEOPLE she is prone to cystic acne, often breaking out ahead of big events ...

Lindsay deOliveira woke up one morning with an average looking blemish near her nose and, as many would, she decided to sort it out by popping it. While the 32-year-old had thought it would go away as ...

One of your skin pores gets blocked by dead skin cells or dirt and bacteria (that is always on your face) and causes an infection in the blocked pore. The redness is from the infection. As simple as ...

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At any age, pimples may be annoying. Most individuals panic when they show up and try everything that promises immediate ...

The Rated Red Crew challenges pimple-haters everywhere with the Pop It Pal and pure discomfort.