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Why squeezing a pimple can make it worse

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Your bathroom surgery is making everything much worse. Squeezing a zit actually ruptures the follicle wall under the skin, spilling bacteria and inflammatory debris directly into your surrounding tissue. You are basically throwing a grenade into your own pore.

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