# Good news! I have discovered the Motherlode Pore(tm)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080 "2002-07-02T18:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/41 "2002-07-04T13:01:42Z")
Christ, if I had any idea there was such a zit popping fetish I would have opened a website years ago and been retired by now. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/42 "2002-07-05T01:29:09Z")
I told my fiance about this thread, to prove that I wasn’t the only one, and that it’s okay to want to dig the blackheads out of his nose. He gave me this _look_. and said, “Lissla, just because some Straight Dopers do it doesn’t make it right.” Hmmph. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/43 "2002-07-05T01:31:12Z")
This isn’t disgusting, vile voyeurism; this is performing a public service. If anyone reading this thread is disgusted, think to yourself, “If I had a mini volcano of pus in a totally unreachable part of my body, wouldn’t I want a concerned friend to expel the contents before they took on a life of their own and tried to take over my mind and body and forced me into a life of crime?” Of course you would. You owe us a debt of gratitude that we’re so interested in this phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/44 "2002-07-07T01:22:50Z")
I just discovered a clogged blackhead in the crease where my nose meets my face. It’s in a rather tricky area to access, but my fingers are primed and ready for action. I’ve even had clogged zits in my eyebrows!! I guess that’s because the hair follicles get clogged, right? ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/45 "2002-07-07T03:22:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*:eek: > > Your _mom_ made you… > > There are no words. \*\* [chick McGee] SEE ANYTHING YOU LIKE BOY!!![/chick] Oh and Coldie? if this disturbs you so damn much why do you keep coming back to this thread? Don’t even try the “I am a Mod in this forum crap on me.” Admit it my friend, you find it disturbing yet, oddly compelling. ---
**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 7, 2002, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/46 "2002-07-07T08:23:26Z")
My ultimate fantasy: A 3 milimeter wide blackhead smack-dab in the middle of a sebaceous cyst the size of a baseball. Would that not be truly orgasmic? Thats the Motherload Pore! The Mutha-Fuckin LOAD!!! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/47 "2002-07-13T04:41:17Z")
I’ve decided to conduct a Highly Scientific Study [sup]TM[/sup] to see how many of us like zits, where they fall gender wise…etc [http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=46367](http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=46367) Please cast your votes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/48 "2002-07-13T12:39:18Z")
My ex-boyfriend Eric used to forcibly express my facial zits, and I found it extremely painful and unpleasant. A few times I had to physically restrain him to make him stop. It is NOT funny. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/49 "2002-07-13T13:03:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brondicon \* > \*\ ***GrizzRich** , my mother and grandmother used to do the same thing. Granny would lie down and my mother would scan her back for blackheads. She’d extract them with a large bobby pin, bent for the express purpose of gaining correct leverage. We called it “surgery.” \*\* I find that a well-aligned pair of splinter tweezers work best. I can usually grab the blackhead ABOVE the skin, and gently work it out. Sometimes, however, I must resort to brute force. In any event, I always recommend disinfecting the tweezers with alcohol and a brisk cleansing with astringent on the skin of my vic…er, patient. I also have to extract ingrown hairs from various parts of my husband’s anatomy. He’s got very coarse curly hair, and every few days I have to check his legs and chest. And other areas. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/50 "2002-07-14T01:25:46Z")
Lynn, I used to have the same problem in “other areas” myself. What I do now is to exfoliate these areas using a net pour and shower gel. Squeeze a few drops of shower gel on the pouf and gently rub over affected parts for about 30 seconds. Make sure to rinse well so that all soap and loose skin cells are rinsed away. When your vic . . . patient gets out of the shower, have him/her pat dry thoroughly and put on clean cotton underwear. Don’t apply any lotions, but do dust on some medicated body powder. Within a week, the hair on the body should release from the skin and the eruptions should go away. I hope your husband appreciates your sacrifice. Do you ever stop and think to yourself, “Damn, I sure didn’t see this coming when I agreed to marry him”? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/51 "2002-07-14T01:54:11Z")
Why do I love the Straight Dope? It’s the only place in the world where, “Hey, baby, how would you like to pop the zits on my back?” could work as a pick-up line. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080/52 "2002-07-14T11:27:45Z")
Man, I love backne. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-have-discovered-the-motherlode-pore-tm/117080.md?page=2)