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To squeeze acne perfectly, you need this "acne squeeze strategy"

The Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit is approaching, and the taste of the year is getting stronger and full of spring everywhere. While immersed in the joy of the New Year, it is inevitable that there will be various activities. A sweet and greasy diet and irregular work and rest will make our skin prone to acne and acne The appearance of acne will also greatly affect our mood. Some people will ask whether acne can be squeezed and whether acne marks or pits will be left after squeezing. Today, the editor will take everyone to understand how to operate it correctly. Let me come and take a look.


Can acne be squeezed?

Acne is a skin condition that develops when oil and dead skin cells clog hair follicles. Of course, not all pimples cannot be squeezed, and some pimples heal faster if you squeeze them, but you should know what type of pimples you have before squeezing them.

Acne types suitable for popping:

1. Pimples and blackheads

It also belongs to acne, which is early acne. This type of acne can be squeezed, which can prevent acne from developing into red acne.

2. Pus head, soft head acne

There will be white pus spots on the pimples, and the pimples with soft tips are pus formed after the infection of hair follicles and surrounding tissues. If it accumulates in the skin, it will only hinder the healing and improvement of pimples. Squeeze it properly It's okay to drop. In fact, this kind of acne, even if you don't clean it yourself, will fall off by itself, or it will break off with a light touch when you wash your face.

3. Large and deep cystic acne

This kind of acne is very deep, with a lot of sebum and even pus accumulated in it. If the accumulated things are not cleaned out, the acne will be very stubborn and will not disappear for a long time. Even if it disappears, it will soon relapse, so this type should also be squeezed out.

Not suitable for popping acne types:

Pimples with redness and no pushes kind of acne do not need to be squeezed, because violent squeezing will make the acne redder and more swollen, the time to subside will be prolonged, and the area of the remaining acne marks will become larger. It is best not to squeeze the acne in the triangular area of the face.


Here's what you need to know before popping pimples:

First of all, when squeezing the pimples with your hands, it is likely to squeeze the bacteria on your hands into the skin. This will not only fail to remove the pimples quickly, but will intensify the inflammation, and may also leave unsightly pigmentation and scars.

Secondly, when you squeeze the pimples with your hands, you may squeeze the residual substances in the pimples out of the skin; layer.

Moreover, it is also possible to damage the skin tissue around the acne due to improper squeezing, or even squeeze the hair follicles, and squeeze the sebum and dirt from the hair follicles and sebaceous glands into the surrounding tissues, causing infection of the surrounding tissues, and as a result, one acne turns into a piece. Acne!

How should acne be squeezed?

Prepared items: normal saline, disposable sterile gloves, acne needles, some cotton swabs, and acne patches. step1. Before squeezing acne, wash your hands;

step2. Wipe the acne and the skin around the acne with iodine or alcohol, and it is best to wear disposable sterile gloves ;

step3. For blackheads and acne, it is not easy to operate with bare hands. Acne needles are needed, and the acne needles are sterilized with alcohol ;

step4. Use the pointed end of the acne needle to lightly pick the top of the blackhead or acne in the hair follicle, open an opening, then gently squeeze out the blackhead and acne with the round head of the acne needle, and wipe it off with a cotton swab.

Step 5. Use the acne patch, because the acne patch is made of a hydrocolloid material, it can protect the small wound left by the acne squeeze, prevent the invasion of foreign microorganisms, and at the same time provide a slight acid for the wound The closed airtight space is conducive to wound healing. It also has excellent absorbency and can remove the inflammatory secretions of the sebaceous glands in the hair follicles. It is ultra-thin and self-adhesive, and it is very convenient to use.


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Editor: kiki Jia

Date: January 12, 2023