LibraryLover Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 OMGolly You have got to be kidding me. Kid. Ding. Me. leave it alone leave it alone leave it alone leave it alone leave it alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail4476 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 NO! You must POP it, pop it, POP IT!!!!! :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 :ack2: :chillpill: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Do NOT pop it. I popped what I "thought" was a giant pimple on my son's knee. Turned out to be an infection. 2 days in the hospital. DON'T DO IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 There is nothing to pop. But it's nice and red from hot & moist compresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 There is nothing to pop. Those are the worst. HURTFUL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We want a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We want a picture. :iagree: Does it hurt more than a typical pimple? Could be MRSA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 We want a picture. Sure. When we're left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 One of those just turned up on my chin tonight! Out of nowhere. It's one of those big giant things that feels like a whole island under your skin and hurts like @((#!! but you can't do a thing with it. Am I 13 or 39? Geez! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) Does not hurt. Anymore. I remember this... like from 8th grade. :iagree: Does it hurt more than a typical pimple? Could be MRSA. Edited January 22, 2011 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) No kidding. It did throb, but the 12 hours of warm compresses took care of that. ;) It shrank, but not much. My dh is lying, saying he can only see it in profile. One of those just turned up on my chin tonight! Out of nowhere. It's one of those big giant things that feels like a whole island under your skin and hurts like @((#!! but you can't do a thing with it. Am I 13 or 39? Geez! Edited January 22, 2011 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Now is the time I start singing, "I enjoy being a girl!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Do you have any benzoyl peroxide? I keep a small tube of the 10% strength on hand for those rare occassions when I have one like that pop up. As soon as I notice it, I clean my face with warm water and a rag and then use a liberal amount on the spot and immediately surrounding area. I do this about three times a day and they usually disappear within two or three days at the most without ever even forming a head. It never even breaks the surface of the skin and I never pick at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Ya know what really ticks me off? Getting one in a dry patch of skin in my "laugh lines" aka wrinkles in the making. Wth? That is just wrong in my opinion. Sometimes I think God is just mean to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 That really is so wrong. All wrong. Ya know what really ticks me off? Getting one in a dry patch of skin in my "laugh lines" aka wrinkles in the making. Wth? That is just wrong in my opinion. Sometimes I think God is just mean to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daughterofsarah77 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hemmorhoid cream...not kidding! Hey, it reduces inflammation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We want a picture. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hemmorhoid cream...not kidding! Hey, it reduces inflammation! Good for wrinkles also LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Do NOT pop it. I popped what I "thought" was a giant pimple on my son's knee. Turned out to be an infection. 2 days in the hospital. DON'T DO IT! Okay, I have to ask...wouldn't draining and cleaning it be the best thing for an infection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 There is nothing to pop. But it's nice and red from hot & moist compresses. Is it somewhere along the jawline or chin area? If it is, your description sounds like that cystic type of pimple. It's hormonal and happens to... ummm... women of a ... certain age .... like mine, and maybe yours, too. Take the suggestion to use hemorroid cream. I realize it seems like the wrong end, but it does work to reduce the swelling/size and the redness, so that your heavy-duty concealer (you do have some, right? I call mine "spackle.") can cover it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Okay, I have to ask...wouldn't draining and cleaning it be the best thing for an infection? Most of the time, yes...IF you have sterile equipment to do it with. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Sure. When we're left behind. :lol: I hate those things. I don't get them often anymore, but I did have one alongside my nose (you know - in those larger pores, not on my nose, but right. on. the. front. of. my. face.) not too long ago. I wore my glasses for that week to try to hide the brunt of it. Where is it? Maybe it's an ingrown hair. Really deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I'm battling one of these right now. I'm going to have to try the hemorrhoid cream just because the idea of doing so makes me laugh and honestly what have I got to lose. I find that Neosporin is a good go to ointment and can see changes in the monstrosity rather quickly when I remember to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 There is nothing to pop. But it's nice and red from hot & moist compresses. I kept getting those on my chin. I took action. Topical and hormonal both. It worked. I think they call them "nodule" acne. :glare: I had perfect skin when I was a teenager; I didn't get zits until I was 30+! That is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 I appreciate the concern. I really do. :D It's much smaller today. No redness, nothing yet to pop. :chillpill: I will let you all know what happens. :lurk5: Maybe. But it's really only a matter of time. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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