# OW!!! Painful Zit, go away! Possible TMI **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336 "2003-08-15T05:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/1 "2003-08-15T05:30:16Z")
I have ANOTHER one. I don’t get many zits like I used to-but when I get one, it’s usually a big motherfucker. This is no exception. It’s a big, blind pimple. On my freaking EAR! And it hurts, oh dear GOD, does it HURT! I can’t see in the mirror to pop it, because of where it’s at. Picking at it hurts like hell, (more so than trying to pop it, imagine that!) What is the DEAL with you, Zit? It’s bad enough you mar my complexion. Do you have to cause me PAIN as well? DIE, evil Blemish, DIE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/2 "2003-08-15T05:46:33Z")
I hate the word “zit.” Just hate it. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/3 "2003-08-15T05:53:56Z")
Can you get tea-tree oil where you are? It’s popular here and it works wonders. There’s a Blackmore’s brand face wash that I use regularly, and there’s a specific pimple gel. I used to get those huge things now and then. I like to think of them as “boils”; “pimples” just seems too genteel for the bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/4 "2003-08-15T06:00:54Z")
I have one ust outside my ear. I want it to go away, it’s been there for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/5 "2003-08-15T06:06:42Z")
I had one on my earlobe once, and I could still feel it inside for about two years. I don’t know if zits leave inner scar tissue or what, but it was pretty disconcerting for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/6 "2003-08-15T06:20:15Z")
I had one on my earlobe once and when I popped it, it became infected. For the next two months, I had a scab there that I had to pick at every once in a while so it wouldn’t get all nasty and pussy. [as in full of pus, you freaks] and I also had the lump _in_ my earlobe, as **Hauky** mentioned. Right now, I’m fighting one on my upper lip that bleeds when I pop it. God, I hate my skin. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/7 "2003-08-15T06:25:54Z")
I had a zit there once before too but when I popped it, it became infected and for the next two months, I had to pick at the scab and clean it to keep it from getting too pussy. Ergh… it was painful. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/8 "2003-08-15T06:27:02Z")
God damn it. Sorry for the double post. As it was being submitted, my ISP disconnected on me and I didn’t think it went through so I rewrote it. Fucking AOL. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/9 "2003-08-15T06:33:44Z")
Try to pop it with a pin. Alternately, van Gogh was able to successfully remove his ear, it bugged him so bad. Didn’t even complain much about the pain. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/10 "2003-08-15T07:52:41Z")
What **iampunha** said … find a needle, grit your teeth, pop that sucker, find the infamous gross zit thread that’s floating around somewhere, and comment about the quantity, color, testure and consistency of the pus. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/11 "2003-08-15T08:01:32Z")
testure=texture. I swore I previewed, but … ---
**Author:** ![FP\_work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@FP\_work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FP_work)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/12 "2003-08-15T10:27:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hauky \* > \*\*I had one on my earlobe once, and I could still feel it inside for about two years. \*\* Me too. Actually, after reading your post I felt my earlobe again and discovered that the little lump in there has gone. I have no idea when that happened. It was there for a couple of years, but I kind of forgot about it. ---
**Author:** ![thatDDperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@thatDDperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatDDperson)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/13 "2003-08-15T12:36:18Z")
Sterilize the needle, clean with alcohol, no matter how much it hurts. You do NOT want an infection that close to your brain. If you can’t find a “drawing salve” at the pharmacy, at least use a hot wet tea bag. The tannins draw infection to the surface, as does the heat. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/14 "2003-08-15T14:21:04Z")
The ones I really hate are the nose zits. They pop up just inside my nose on occasion. OW! ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/15 "2003-08-15T20:56:11Z")
Ha, I have a zit right under my nose. When I woke up this morning, it had come to a head. I carefully poked it with a pin, and gently squeezed it. A little bit of the gooey zit-pus came out. A couple of hours later, when I was at work, it started to hurt again. I went to the bathroom only to discover that it had come to a head again. So I gave it a squeeze, and the same thing happened. So now I am wondering, will it all explode at one, or am I going to have to carefully milk it to the last drop? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/16 "2003-08-15T21:12:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*comment about the quantity, color, testure and consistency of the pus. \*\* You left out taste. ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/17 "2003-08-15T21:31:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Berkut \* > \*\*You left out taste. \*\* And smell. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/18 "2003-08-15T21:43:56Z")
Yay! Another zit thread! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/19 "2003-08-15T22:10:26Z")
I forgot squirting distance, and whether there was a report or not. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336/20 "2003-08-15T22:12:23Z")
Update: that sucker exploded in a _pop_ of nealry epic proportions. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-painful-zit-go-away-possible-tmi/195336.md?page=2)