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I know it feels good sometimes and that pus is annoying to look at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no, it\u2019s best to leave it alone. If you attempt to\u00a0pop\u00a0a\u00a0pimple\u00a0and end up breaking your skin barrier, you risk permanent acne scarring and infection. It means that it could lead to more acne and it may make the\u00a0pimple\u00a0more inflamed and noticeable. It also delays the natural healing process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know it feels good sometimes and that pus is annoying to look at. But no, it\u2019s best to leave it alone. If you attempt to\u00a0pop\u00a0a\u00a0pimple\u00a0and end up breaking your skin barrier, you risk permanent acne scarring and infection. It means that it could lead to more acne and it may make the\u00a0pimple\u00a0more inflamed and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"bwfblock_default_font":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[191],"doc_tag":[106,111],"class_list":["post-50119","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-consultations","doc_tag-acne","doc_tag-bacteria"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","woocommerce_thumbnail":"","woocommerce_single":"","woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

I know it feels good sometimes and that pus is annoying to look at. But no, it\u2019s best to leave it alone. If you attempt to\u00a0pop\u00a0a\u00a0pimple\u00a0and end up breaking your skin barrier, you risk permanent acne scarring and infection. It means that it could lead to more acne and it may make the\u00a0pimple\u00a0more inflamed and noticeable. 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