How skin doctors want you to remove your blackheads
And it’s not squeezing them yourself.
From The Times
October 4, 2026

Squeezing blackheads is by far the quickest way to remove them. But dermatologists warn against doing so because it can cause microscopic tears in the skin, inflammation, infections and scarring.

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