# Popping a cyst (warning...NSFW, GRAPHIC, YUCKY, ETC.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592 "2022-10-21T14:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/1 "2022-10-21T14:53:04Z")
[​(1) BEST Pimple Popping // Big Cystic Acne Blackheads // Whiteheads Removal / Squeezing Pimples / H#070 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac7P-ZL0lrw) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/2 "2022-10-21T15:19:48Z")
Ewww! That thing was big enough to have a name! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/3 "2022-10-21T16:13:46Z")
Definitely disgusting. I’ve had some disgusting cysts but nothing that looked like that ever came out. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/4 "2022-10-21T18:30:00Z")
Disgusting! I watch a lot of Dr Pimple Popper, and that was no ordinary cyst. It was either a cluster of cysts, or an infestation of some kind. The poor patient had to be in an incredible amount of pain, and I didn’t see the procedure anywhere near completion. Gak. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/5 "2022-10-21T19:59:26Z")
It’s fake. ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/6 "2022-10-21T21:35:54Z")
I’m pretty sure the two links at the end of the video are fakes, but this one sure seems to have real enough looking skin erupting that bird-shit purulence ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/7 "2022-10-21T22:01:14Z")
That’s not just a cyst. Some of what they are pulling out appears to be the absorbent material they use to pack a wound. My guess is that it wasn’t removed when it should have been and infection grew around it. What is interesting to me is that the material they pull out several times always seems to be about the same length. To me, that indicates that the video is likely a deep fake. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/8 "2022-10-22T00:41:23Z")
Unfortunately I have some personal experience with skin conditions, but it’s that experience that tells me this is a fake. It looks more like salad dressing and beet juice coming out of that thing than actual blood and pus. Great special effect. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/9 "2022-10-22T22:49:03Z")
I agree. That pink color is a beet juice or fruit giveaway, the fact that the skin is bruised but not swollen is another clue. And what’s with the high number of black bits? Mashed kiwi? ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/10 "2022-10-23T03:03:39Z")
Watching zits being popped is so popular there is a reddit group for it. Or at least it is common on some groups since I see them often enough when they get cross posted to groups I follow. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/11 "2022-10-23T03:15:16Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > And what’s with the high number of black bits? Mashed kiwi? That would also explain the prevalence of the green, and some of the “solid” bits look like the white innermost pulp of a kiwifruit too. Gross but bogus. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/12 "2022-10-23T21:51:27Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > is so popular There are YouTube pages dedicated to it. As someone with adult acne, I was surprised at the popularity, then fascinated, then bored. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/13 "2022-10-24T02:21:51Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Watching zits being popped is so popular there is a reddit group for it. Or at least it is common on some groups since I see them often enough when they get cross posted to groups I follow. I weep for Humanity. A planet-killing meteor would be a mercy. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/14 "2022-10-24T23:04:35Z")
Anyone besides me duck at the pop, like it’s going to splatter me through the TV? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/15 "2022-10-24T23:13:36Z")
Didn’t care to look. On the other hand I occasionally watch YouTubes of cows and horses being treated for abscessed hooves. ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popping-a-cyst-warning-nsfw-graphic-yucky-etc/973592/16 "2022-10-27T01:54:19Z")
Here’s one with an entire rash of blackheads. [​​​(2) Blackheads // Pimple - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1cDWEZ3kPM&t=23s) Full of pus and zit-butter!