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You can use your fingers too, she says, but make sure they are clean; popping a pimple breaks the skin and you don’t want to introduce germs and bacteria that might lead to an even worse infection.
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Sandra Siew Pin Lee was born in the Flushing section of Queens, New York City, on December 20, 1970, to Asian parents; [8] [4] her father, a retired dermatologist, is Singaporean while her mother is Malaysian. Her parents migrated to New York in 1969, and the family relocated to Southern California when Lee was five years old. [8] [9]
Excess keratin combined with sebum can plug the opening of the follicle. [3] [8] This small plug is called a microcomedo. [8] Androgens increase sebum (oil) production. [3] If sebum continues to build up behind the plug, it can enlarge and form a visible comedo. [8] A comedo may be open to the air ("blackhead") or closed by skin ("whitehead"). [2]
A pimple or zit is a kind of comedo that results from excess sebum and dead skin cells getting trapped in the pores of the skin. In its aggravated state, it may evolve into a pustule or papule . [ 1 ]
Symptoms can range from looking like a pimple that doesn’t heal to a shiny, skin-colored bump, a white or waxy lesion, a flat, scaly patch or a lesion that is black, brown or blue.
The term "acne" itself describes the occurrence in which hair follicles (also known as pores) in the skin get clogged by oil, dead skin cells, dirt and bacteria, or cosmetic products and create a pimple. Pimples can vary in type, size, and shape, but the sole basis of them occurring is the same - the oil gland in the pore becomes clogged and ...