Yet too irresistible to avert your eyes. When you pop a zit, you're actually ripping open your flash, allowing a little pocket of pus under your skin that contains oils and bacteria to erupt from ...

Dr. Engelman says that this can trigger your skin’s sensory nerves and cause tenderness and pain. She adds that the area under these pimples are more inflamed, which is more likely to hurt.

Now, if I feel an angry zit developing, I pop on a pimple patch for a few hours and let it pull the nastiness out of my skin. In fact, on an average night you’ll find me in heatless curlers and ...