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How do I get a very tough blackhead out?

24 replies

Lanaorana2 · 18/10/2017 22:10

3 ginormous ones, under my nose, tough little beasts that are growing bigger daily beneath the skin. I've heated and pressed them to no avail.

Must get them out as if they infect I can imagine them sucking the rest of my face into the hole.

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plasticpotato · 18/10/2017 22:10

photos?

PurpleDaisies · 18/10/2017 22:11

I'd sterilise a pin and make a little hole to let them out.

PurpleDaisies · 18/10/2017 22:11

This really should be in sporners corner...

RJnomore1 · 18/10/2017 22:12

Do you have one of those little blackhead tools?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 18/10/2017 22:12

Hot flannel then a needle. Tissue wrapped round fingers.

Believeitornot · 18/10/2017 22:12

Leave them alone for a week.
Check they’re really blackheads and not moles

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 18/10/2017 22:16

Leave them for a week? Don't be silly!!Shock

VivienneWestwoodsKnickers · 18/10/2017 22:18

Blackhead removal tools. Life changing for a sporner!

BumWad · 18/10/2017 22:21

You need to push the skin around it rather than on it IYSWIM

SisterMoonshine · 18/10/2017 22:27

Magnesium sulphate?

Lanaorana2 · 18/10/2017 22:36

Te blackhead removal tool doesn't work.

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mineofuselessinformation · 18/10/2017 22:39

Have a look at Dr Pimplepopper on YouTube.

Anecdoche · 18/10/2017 22:42

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redexpat · 18/10/2017 23:13

Steam your face to open the pores before you start.

Montacute · 19/10/2017 00:05

Have a look at Dr Pimplepopper on YouTube

With a surname like Pimplepopper it was written in the stars they'd become a sporn superstar Wink

badbadhusky · 19/10/2017 00:07

I think her real name is Dr Sandra Lee if that's the YouTube handle of the Sporner Corner's sweetheart. Grin

wobblywonderwoman · 19/10/2017 00:11

Head over a basin of boiling water. Steam for ages. They will come out.

TheQueenOfWands · 19/10/2017 00:12

Exfoliation and magnesium sulphate paste.

And as a PP said, photos, for Goodness's sake!!

ChuffMuffin · 19/10/2017 00:23

I swear by ingrown hair tweezers for stubborn spots. Superdrug sell fantastic own brand ones. They are amazing for blackheads and whiteheads that won't budge. I use one of the tip ends to very gently pierce the top of the blackhead/whitehead, then squeeze the rest out. Be careful though, the tweezers are very sharp!

sandgrown · 19/10/2017 00:29

My uncle squeezed a blackhead on his toe . He ended up with blood poisoning and at deaths door. He did recover but I urge people to be very careful when squeezing spots etc.

Believeitornot · 19/10/2017 06:38

I’m not being silly! I had a mole which I thought was a blackhead. Spent ages trying to evict the bastard then realised what it was.

KoalaD · 19/10/2017 06:41

I'm kind of jealous. Envy

dudsville · 19/10/2017 06:44

I had one recently. I used a muslin to wear away a bit at the surface skin. I"fed" it by using rich creams, and I put spot cream on it. That brought it up.

building2017 · 19/10/2017 07:42

Salicylic acid (2%) from The Ordinary or Bravura or anywhere really. They'll come up and out in no time.

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