# Spots - squeeze or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759 "2003-10-16T10:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scarf-Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Scarf-Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarf-Ace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/1 "2003-10-16T10:55:39Z")
I have always been a squeezer myself, its just so satisfying. I never understood people who say they don’t squeeze. Strange people… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/2 "2003-10-16T11:51:13Z")
Spots = Zits? ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/3 "2003-10-16T12:10:44Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/4 "2003-10-16T12:39:35Z")
Rarely get one, but when I do, squeeze all the way. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/5 "2003-10-16T12:39:47Z")
I’m a big sqeezer. If it looks like it’s a zit, or potential to be a zit, I squeeze. It never ceases to amaze me how the smallest of little bumps can seem to hold a gallon of puss. Rather disgusting, yet intereting at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/6 "2003-10-16T15:05:21Z")
I think that people who say they never squeeze zits are not being honest with themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/7 "2003-10-16T18:20:42Z")
I can’t believe the people who don’t squeeze and leave that huge basketball on their face,Granted, squeezing sometimes makes it worse, but at least you know they tried. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/8 "2003-10-16T18:40:13Z")
I don’t squeeze. When they get full, I pop them with a sharp needle and drain them. Much more effective than squeezing to get everything out without scarring. ---
**Author:** ![sultana\_of\_slash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sultana\_of\_slash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sultana_of_slash)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/9 "2003-10-16T20:45:03Z")
It’s not pus, it’s sebum. More satisfying to think of it as pus, I know. it’s not an infection (unless your acne is horrible), it’s just a secretion… like a mollusc and its nacre. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-squeeze-or-not/207759/10 "2003-10-16T22:19:03Z")
Either squeeze them or, if they’re too deep, pop them with a sterilized pin. Sterilized pins are also useful for removing ingrown hairs and splinters.