# Dr. Pimple Popper **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886 "2018-01-05T02:21:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/1 "2018-01-05T02:21:08Z")
I was looking through the channel guide and spotted a show I never heard of. For all you fans of blackheads, pimples and cycsts, I present [Dr. Pimple Popper](https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/dr-pimple-popper/). It’s on TLC at 7:00p and 10:00p (Pacific) From her [Youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgrsF4TYwmrV0QsXb8AoeHQ). > [@](#): > > Welcome to my channel! Hopefully this channel will show you a “window into my world” as a dermatologist. I’d like to educate you about different diseases of the skin, hair, and nails, and give you some skin care advice as well. Along the way, you will still see your favorites, what has become my “bread and butter” so to speak: pimples popped, blackheads extracted, cysts and lipomas excised. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/2 "2018-01-05T02:23:26Z")
Gross. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/3 "2018-01-05T02:23:54Z")
Her Youtube stuff is great! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/4 "2018-01-05T02:27:54Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Gross. Obviously, you don’t know some of the SDMB’s history. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/5 "2018-01-05T02:29:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Obviously, you don’t know some of the SDMB’s history. 😃 Heh, I didn’t say I was surprised or shocked. Just…gross. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/6 "2018-01-05T03:19:02Z")
Dr. Lee! Her Youtube channel is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/7 "2018-01-05T04:16:22Z")
Uh, I really like the moist ones. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/8 "2018-01-05T04:19:17Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Uh, I really like the moist ones. That lancet… gets 'em wet. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/9 "2018-01-05T06:56:40Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Her Youtube stuff is great! She’s a hoot! Love her You Tube channel. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/10 "2018-01-05T21:25:19Z")
We’ve been watching popping videos on Youtube since before it was cool. Earwax extraction videos are also great. My wife got me addicted. Once you start, you can’t stop. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/11 "2018-01-06T00:02:49Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > We’ve been watching popping videos on Youtube since before it was cool. > > Earwax extraction videos are also great. > > My wife got me addicted. Once you start, you can’t stop. It’s kind of weird how it became a thing only a couple weeks after I spent half a night watching random popping videos. I told my coworkers about it, they thought it was weird. Then a couple weeks later they showed me this doctor. They still thought it was weird - but I wasn’t uniquely weird anymore, just part of a larger weirdness that’s out there. The whole thing was a little like when I mentioned that Prince Albert doesn’t always refer to a historical royal figure. One of my coworkers thought that was weird also. So satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/12 "2018-01-06T00:09:15Z")
I’ve seen her youtube channel before, from a link in a thread here as a matter of fact. \ Can’t find it now, I must have only read that thread and not posted in it, that or I simply missed it when searching the board archives generally. or it could have been an extremely similar youtube channel, doing the same thing but with a different dermatologist which would explain why I couldn’t find it when searching. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/13 "2018-01-06T00:40:43Z")
Don’t forget [https://www.popthatzits.com/](https://www.popthatzits.com/). 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/14 "2018-01-06T00:47:11Z")
I wish Coldfire was still around–he’d love moderating this thread.😃 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/15 "2018-01-06T01:48:20Z")
I had an epidermoid cyst removed from my scalp in 2016, by the same doctor who removed yet another one on the morning of 9/11. ☹ Anyway, I mentioned the whole You Tube thing and he honestly seemed surprised by that. At least Dr. Lee uses medical instruments to do her job. Some of the DIY pops are mind-boggling WRT the assortment of tools used - nut picks, pocketknives, screwdrivers, box cutters, etc. and I have not to date seen one where they handled wound closure. Or, for that matter, the raging infection that quite likely resulted. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/16 "2018-01-06T01:49:31Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I had an epidermoid cyst removed from my scalp in 2016, by the same doctor who removed yet another one on the morning of 9/11. ☹ Anyway, I mentioned the whole You Tube thing and he honestly seemed surprised by that. > > At least Dr. Lee uses medical instruments to do her job. Some of the DIY pops are mind-boggling WRT the assortment of tools used - nut picks, pocketknives, screwdrivers, box cutters, etc. and I have not to date seen one where they handled wound closure. > > **Or, for that matter, the raging infection that quite likely resulted**. More pus!!! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/17 "2018-01-06T02:43:19Z")
Search for “tonsil stones” on Youtube for more delicious grossness. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/18 "2018-01-06T17:16:28Z")
I clicked on the YouTube link in the OP and saw one video posted two days before already had over 700,000 views! Holey poppin’ moley. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/19 "2018-01-06T18:16:22Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Don’t forget [https://www.popthatzits.com/](https://www.popthatzits.com/). 'Nuff said. Outstanding. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886/20 "2018-01-06T18:30:53Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > At least Dr. Lee uses medical instruments to do her job. Some of the DIY pops are mind-boggling WRT the assortment of tools used - nut picks, pocketknives, screwdrivers, box cutters, etc. and **I have not to date seen one where they handled wound closure.**. Duct tape. Does that count? > [@Clothahump](#): > > Don’t forget [https://www.popthatzits.com/](https://www.popthatzits.com/). 'Nuff said. I will take a look. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pimple-popper/805886.md?page=2)