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If you want to see spot squeezing, popping or videos showing the removal of blackheads - this is the place for you.

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The best thing your body has produced *warning-grim content not suitable for weak-stomached persons*

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NoEffingWay · 01/04/2021 19:06

Once, when I was about 20 my toenail started to hurt, I looked at it and it didn't seem different, but I noticed that the toenail was a teensy bit in the skin. I got the nail scissors out and cut the nail. It was like peeling open a can of ready-roll pastries-there was a small pause and then a pop as a small river of brown pus rolled out over my toe. I spent a happy half hour or so cleaning under the nail, and then over the course of about 6 months it grew out. I was almost sad when I said goodbye to the last thickened nasty toenail.
It has never happened again despite my best efforts to the contrary

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rosegoldivy · 01/04/2021 22:07

@MinnieJackson it was so weird, it was a kind of sticky/stretchy kind of texture. I always hope I get mother one as it was so satisfying to pull out 🤣🤣

ghettihead · 01/04/2021 22:09

@jendifer

Not quite the same but I went to a&e wirh suspected appendicitis. Turned out it was a 28cm ovarian dermoid cyst. It contained teeth and hair... I had a lot of medical staff interested in me that week as none had seen one that size before!
I had a very similar one. I was a student at the time and had friends who were medics. They had an exam a day or so after my operation and one of the things they had to identify was a v large cyst with teeth and ginger hair. Most probably mine.
chocolatecheesecake · 01/04/2021 22:09

Best one was when I cleared some fluff from DH tummy button while he was in the bath. Out came a long cone of gunk with hairs growing out of it - and bubbles came up in the bath water. It was literally like we'd pulled a plug out of him. It has never regrown since, in spite (or because) of me regularly checking...

NotCoolAtAll · 01/04/2021 22:10

Last year I had a sinus infection and kept being put off having antibiotics by the doctor. It got so bad that I had to sleep with tissue stuffed up my nose to stop gunk running out all over my pillow.

One morning I removed the plug of tissue and out slid what looked like a 6cm long grey jelly umbilical cord which absolutely stank. It took ages for it to clear up.

Also, about 10 years ago I had a cyst on my scalp. I’d fiddle about with it every day and eventually a small, rock hard bone horn emerged out of the top of it. I pulled it out with tweezers and then gave it a squeeze and out shot a fountain of pus. Happily, it continued to fill up for about 2 weeks then disappeared.

BurbageBrook · 01/04/2021 22:12

Like others, the brown earwax thing happened to me once at uni. Was soooo disgusting!

sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea · 01/04/2021 22:12

I have so, so many wonderful & glorious moments like this, because my skin never fails to amaze me. I think my first time was when I was sitting quite happily in bed reading, and suddenly something made a crunching noise inside my head which scared the crap out of me and then there was this incredible feeling of a release of pressure that I hadn't even known was there. A weird sort of rattling sound, and then this perfect black disc just popped out of my ear like it had come from a peashooter. It was amazing. Harder than granite, it must have been there for years, and was saving it up for a special bit of alone time. It was about the size of a garden pea. It was actually beautiful in just how hard and round it was. God, I wish I'd kept it so I could admire it still.

Hairsonyourchest · 01/04/2021 22:13

Like a PP, I developed a breast abscess which festered away for 3 months with antibiotics having no effect (other than messing up my gut function).

Eventually, after many sleepless nights because of the pain, I started to develop purple blotches on the skin and went back to the doctor who referred me for an emergency appointment with my consultant the following day. That evening, I had a shower and was drying myself and realised the skin had disintegrated and pus was flowing. It took at least 30 minutes for it to stop draining - and then months to heal.

Heaviestdirtyestsoul · 01/04/2021 22:16

I had surgery 3 years ago to remove an adenoidal tumor and create some drainage holes, and since it all healed, every other morning after I use my saltwater spray and rinse out my nose, I get a booger cast of a small sinus space and a tunnel into my nose. Without fail! Its glorious! If I have a cold its even better- its a pocket of runny yuck! Comes out ready bagged up. Never disappointed 😁

LadyLolaRuben · 01/04/2021 22:16

Had a scratchy throat and cough for a few days and upon inspection in the mirror, could see various sized white spots on both tonsils so thought I had an infection and was pleased they weren't sore and I didnt feel unwell. After a few days the spots hadn't gone. I had a good poke with various instruments and spent an amazing half hour extracting what I now know are tonsil stones - all sorts of sizes. They were the worst smelling things I've ever come across. I dont know what made me gag more, poking them out or the smell.

My dog had a lump in his side that the vet was going to surgically remove. After messing with it for a few weeks it came to a head and masses of green pus followed. Convinced something most have caused it, i persisted to squeeze and a large grass seed came out. Saved myself a couple of hundred pounds in vet bills that day!

StellaAndCrow · 01/04/2021 22:18

It wasn't impressive in itself, just surprising. I put my hand on a sea urchin, got loads of spikes stuck in it, got them all out, but my thumb was always painful and used to swell up a bit. 4 years later i was just fiddling with thumb a sea urchin spine about a centimetre long just popped out of the joint. It was unexpected and very pleasing. I've still got the spine :)

HermioneWeasley · 01/04/2021 22:19

Once had a massive boil on the side of my face next to my ear. Popped at work when I held the phone to my ear, and it just started pumping yellow pus out. Ran to the ladies and it took nearly an hour to sort out.

I also once had something the size and consistency of a small skinless chicken breast fall out of my fanjo. I could feel it slither out, but otherwise no pain. Very odd.

ClearMountain · 01/04/2021 22:19

I once had a whitehead which I tried unsuccessfully to squeeze. It scabbed over and when the scab peeled off, there was the entire whitehead stuck to the back of the scab in one glorious pearl, leaving a perfect round hole in my cheek.

I’ve also had the usual pus filled zits and chunks of earwax. But the best was when the soles of my feet went all blebby after going on holiday, and then the whole sole of both feet peeled off. Never happened again.

No, actually the best was after DS was born. He was overdue and came out all wrinkly and overcooked. Then after a week or so the entire baby peeled off like a snake and omg it was the most fun I’ve had in my life.

Adreinnesarmy · 01/04/2021 22:19

Not sure if this quite fits the brief as it wasn’t just my body, but anyway...Age 18 I had a wisdom tooth removed. It took ages to heal and I was in agony, even though I thought it should be getting better. After about two weeks I went back for X-rays to see why I was still in pain. Nothing. Several people began to remark that they could smell TCP when I was around. I started to get a weird antiseptic taste in my mouth that I could shift. Walking round Sainsbury’s with my mum nearly one full month after the extraction I dug my tongue towards the stitches and out flopped a piece of swab about 5cm square reaking of antiseptic. Totally freaked me out and so utterly bizarre and implausible that I do sometimes wonder if I dreamt it - but my mum was my witness!

WellJuhnelle · 01/04/2021 22:22

I got a really red painful spot on the side of my nose once. It didn’t have a head but it was so sore for weeks. I obviously kept messing with it and eventually once I gave it a squeeze and a massive thick nostril hair flew out of it. It must have grown right the way through my nostril. I was so glad I was squeezing in the mirror but absolutely devastated nobody else had seen it.

NoProblem123 · 01/04/2021 22:22

What a splendid thread Grin

Abscess in my ear - I’d popped it with a pin and got quite a bit of white pus out but it was still itchy and sore - I tried to ‘pull’ it to get a better mirror view and OMG the inch long column of gunk that came out was sheer bliss.

Also, a VERY long, thick, wet, spiral of armpit hair that I finally managed to dig out.

Can’t believe I’m not name changing for this Blush

SussexCharm2000 · 01/04/2021 22:23

Hurt my foot on a beach it bled but no Sign of anything in the foot. But it hurt to walk on for 4 years!!!!! Until one day when examining it I saw for the first time something glinting under the skin. Poked around with nail scissors and a needle and managed to get out 2-3cm long shard of glass out. A holiday Souvenir from the beach in Spain!

mineofuselessinformation · 01/04/2021 22:24

In everyone's honour, I have squeezed this before it was full brewed. It's a dilated pore on my forehead which is a fount of white stringy stuff! (There's usually more.)
I'm suffering for the nest of vipers here! Grin

The best thing your body has produced *warning-grim content not suitable for weak-stomached persons*
Bigoldmachine · 01/04/2021 22:24

Not quite the same but when DH had to pull his toenails off after running a marathon. It was bewitching.

I love this thread.

TheChild · 01/04/2021 22:24

@MaudTheInvincible

Thank you all for this thread Thanks

My contribution is a small lump near my hairline which produces a tiny little wriggly cheesy worm if squeezed. I don't know what I'll do if it stops refilling. I'm sorry it isn't more impressive. Some of these stories are flipping magnificent!

DP has one of these in his ear lobe, from when he used to have a piercing. I call it his ear wormie 😁 I bloody love squeezing it out!
HighlandCowbag · 01/04/2021 22:26

Love sporn so much.

The best thing I have ever seen was wxhen dh had his stoma reversed. He had a wound on his abdomen I could fit my fist in!

I love a good ingrowing hair on my bikini line, the ones that are so ingrown they curl up, and you end up popping a white ball out with a pubic centre you can dissect. Pure bliss.

PraiseTheSunshine · 01/04/2021 22:27

A single white hair about an inch long growing out of my chest. I've had it happen a couple of times, it's both bizarre and oddly satisfying to find it and pull it out Blush

mineofuselessinformation · 01/04/2021 22:27

fully

SussexCharm2000 · 01/04/2021 22:27

@StellaAndCrow

Saw your story after typing mine! Makes me feel better to know I am not the only one who went around with an object from a beach inside them for 4 years Smile what are we like Smile

TedMullins · 01/04/2021 22:30

I’ve had the earwax pearls. They’re glorious. I was bored one day and had one of those metal cuticle slicer things, and I’d also had that crunchy sound in my ears so I very carefully inserted the cuticle tool in my ear and scooped out a bead of wax. It was like I’d put a mini melon baller in my ear. I kept on scooping and eventually pulled out an earring back!

Great one on my dog. He had a scabby lump on his side that I tried to pick off while he was asleep, but it wasn’t budging. I fiddled and squeezed either side of it and the thing completely turned inside out and rewarded me with a pea sized blob of mushy pus and dirt. He still has a hole in his side that I periodically have to invert and clean, the vet says it’s a harmless inverted wart. I also have to clean his earwax and grub from between his skin folds. Pugs are the perfect dog for sporners!

MrsMoastyToasty · 01/04/2021 22:30

I was visiting DSIS and popped into the loo. I was washing my hands and looked at the mirror above the sink and saw a spot in the crease at the side of my nostril. So I moved the tip of my nose away from the side where the spot was lurking and without me actually touching the spot itself it popped and hit the mirror. I only had loo paper to clean the mirror.