Dermat sheds light on the risks of pimple popping and urges only to pop if it's absolutely needed, as there are safer alternatives as well.

Everyone! It's just a fact of life. But of course, it's Women's Health's duty to remind you that zit popping can do some serious damage to your skin, especially if you don't do it the right way.

No matter which of these you're suffering from, there's one kind of acne we can all relate to: the kind that you just can resist popping. These blackheads and whiteheads just stare back at you ...

Everyone! It's just a fact of life. But of course, it's Women's Health's duty to remind you that zit popping can do some serious damage to your skin, especially if you don't do it the right way.

If a dermatologist opts to extract or “pop” a pimple on your face, they use “sterile and delicate instruments to extract blackheads and whiteheads,” explains Dr. Sharghi. “We can [also ...

You may think of this pesky form of acne as merely a pubescent person's problem, but 10 to 20% of adults get them too, according to the Cleveland Clinic. That makes these red, irritated skin bumps ...

The correct way to pop a pimple with your fingers depends on if it is a whitehead or blackhead: This method only works for pimples with large, obvious whiteheads that are close to the skin surface ...

With all that being said, some people are unable to resist the temptation of popping a pimple as soon as they see a whitehead appear. If you’re going to pop a pimple once in a while, follow ...

There’s not enough time to zap the zit with acne-fighting cleansers and face masks, so, you get your trusty fingers in position and go in to pop the pimple, hoping to drain all of that bacteria ...

So, your best bet is to leave popping a pimple to the pros. Instead of squeezing a zit, you could hide it with makeup. Choose a cover-up that's "noncomedogenic," Rice says. That means it won't ...