# Favorite pimple stories (maybe TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684 "2002-03-29T02:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/161 "2002-07-29T17:50:19Z")
[url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44749&highlight=toothbrush](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44749&highlight=toothbrush)”]link for liirogue [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/162 "2002-07-29T18:05:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lee \* > \*\*So how many of you have special tools you use to pop pimples? \*\* My father used to tell the story of his schoolfriend’s family, who had a teaspoon with a hole drilled in it, that they used to call **the izzy wizzy spoon**. Place teaspoon over blackhead, push, and out comes a worm of sebum. One day the mayor came over tea, and after a few minutes the family all realised realised with horror that somehow the unwashed izzy wizzy spoon had got into the rest of the cutlery, and the mayor was stirring his tea with it. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/163 "2002-07-29T18:54:09Z")
ERRRMMMmmmmm. Izzy Wizzy Spoon in my tea… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/164 "2002-07-29T23:37:40Z")
Izzy Wizzy was a hair, Izzy Wizzy grew down where? If Izzy Wizzy wuzzint there, then where was Izzy Wizzy? ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/165 "2002-07-30T01:08:37Z")
In my tea! ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/166 "2002-07-30T06:38:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GopherGod72 \* > \*\* > > … will… will you marry me!!! \*\* Hey, that’s the second marriage proposal I’ve gotten on the SDMB! _adds **GopherGod** to her harem_ .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/167 "2002-07-31T01:26:47Z")
I used to just use my fingers but it was hard to position them just at the right angle with the right amount of pressure. Plus, you had to worry about infection if you scratched yourself. Now, I use one of those instruments mentioned earlier in this thread. It works a lot better and is easy to clean. It also does a good job in popping blackheads on my nose. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/168 "2002-07-31T01:44:15Z")
Hmmm… And just where can one go about finding these little instruments of blackhead annihilation? Are they expensive, or better yet, easy to make? I tried a straight pin, and gave up… It just didn’t work right ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/169 "2002-07-31T02:10:27Z")
Go to a Sally’s Beauty Supply store. They sell to the general public and these implements cost between $10.00 and $15.00. A little pricey, but they’re made for this express purpose and they don’t hurt the skin around the zit, something that I’ve done before I got this blackhead remover. They’re also easy to sterilize, a must if you don’t want to be permanently scarred. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/170 "2002-07-31T02:47:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by liirogue \* > **Hmmm… And just where can one go about finding these little instruments of blackhead annihilation?** I take it that you are not a tea drinker. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/171 "2002-07-31T02:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by liirogue \* > **Okay Narrad… all I could come up with is something about Survivor… My curiosity is getting to the point where it is consuming my life 😉** I’m not sure if you caught Jeff’s link above (it was a little mangled). Here 'tis again: [The TMI Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44749&highlight=toothbrush) Be very afraid. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/172 "2002-07-31T03:54:29Z")
Zit pickin’ instruments? Try a bobby pin…not a hair pin, as they are too flimsy. Place the eye over thezit and squeeze down…oooooooh. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/173 "2002-07-31T04:35:48Z")
I use blackhead removers by tweezerman and revlon. Tweezers by tweezerman and 10/13 beading needles. A loupe or linen tester is also a big help. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/174 "2002-07-31T13:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*My father used to tell the story of his schoolfriend’s family, who had a teaspoon with a hole drilled in it, that they used to call **the izzy wizzy spoon**. Place teaspoon over blackhead, push, and out comes a worm of sebum. One day the mayor came over tea, and after a few minutes the family all realised realised with horror that somehow the unwashed izzy wizzy spoon had got into the rest of the cutlery, and the mayor was stirring his tea with it. \*\* \ I…I…I…think…I’m…going…to…vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/175 "2002-07-31T17:33:20Z")
I currently have a persistant zit amongst the pubes just above my groin. I’ve been squeezing once a day since Sunday and it’s still there. Squeezings Sunday and Monday both yielded a tiny, hard, white ball. Tuesday’s squeeze yielded yet another ball and a bit of blood. I don’t seem to be getting much of anything out of it today but at least it’s not as sore and seems to be a bit smaller. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/176 "2002-07-31T21:52:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > **I… both yielded a tiny, hard, white ball. Tuesday’s squeeze yielded yet another ball and a bit of blood. …** Squeezing and getting balls? Are you sure you’re not squeezing too low? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/177 "2002-08-01T02:38:35Z")
I have a mole under my nose. Back in college, it got more and more sensitive over a number of weeks. It got to the point where if I touched it, or rubbed under my nose, I was in some serious pain. I tried hot washcloths, squeezing and to no avail I couldn’t even see anything with the mole in the way and it hurt like a MoFo. I finally got a very thin string of white oil to inch out, and it was really painful, so I stopped. Very little came out. The next go round, a bit more came out -very- slowly, and then **BLAM!!** faster than I could see, a bunch of runny pus, and a randomly shaped hard core blurped out. After a bit of much less painful white runny ooze, it was followed by some very dark blood. That mole felt much better though, and I never had any more pain from it. And the mole lived happily ever after. Oh, and Jeff- Belrix has a point. Is the pitch of your voice rising at all? If I grossed you out- well too bad. Keep them stories coming! ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/178 "2002-08-01T04:48:10Z")
I would just like to proudly announce that I just read this _entire_ thread while eating chicken lo mein. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/179 "2002-08-01T06:28:04Z")
Okay, I can’t say that I can think of any particularly entertaining pimple stories… Okay, I have a pore on a sensitive part of my anatomy that produces something that looks like a partly translucent birdseed every six months, like old faithful. Now that I’ve payed the token price of admission, I just want to say that I’ve entertained myself for the past hour by loading the nice linear “printable” (on one page) version of this thread into into a text-to-speech reader. I laughed my _ass_ off. These stories are wonderful in print, but in an impassive voice that sounds halfway between Marvin the Paranoid Android and Jack Handy, they rocked my world. ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684/180 "2002-08-01T06:31:53Z")
I would just like to thank **lee** , who had the good sense to resurrect my favorite thread. I wish I had a good zit-poppin’ story to share with you all but alas, I do not. I don’t really know whether to be grateful for that or not. More stories!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pimple-stories-maybe-tmi/100684.md?page=10)