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- In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper removes a sesame seed-like blackhead from a patient’s lip.
- The famed dermatologist also removes a second blackhead from the sensitive area under the patient’s eye.
- Blackheads, or open comedos, are clogged pores that are filled with dead skin cells and oil.
Blackhead extractions are seemingly among the most popular Dr. Pimple Popper videos —and this blackhead “seed” removal proves why. In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper — aka, dermatologist and TLC host Dr. Sandra Lee, MD — pops a sesame seed-like blackhead out of a patient’s sensitive lip area.
In the video, Dr. Lee actually removes two blackheads from the patient, both of which are in tricky locations. The first is located on the thin, delicate skin under the patient’s eye. The second is on the edge of his lip.
“That lip one had to be driving him crazy,” one fan commented on the video.
During both extractions, Dr. Lee nicks the blackhead, creating a larger opening to squeeze the growth out. She then is able to wiggle the seed-like contents free with an extractor.
“The second one is a SEED,” one fan commented on the post.
Blackheads, or open comedos, are clogged pores that are filled with dead skin cells and oil, not dirt or grime as myth may suggest. The blackish portion of a blackhead — aka the sesame seed — is due to the oxidation of the dead skin cells and oil when exposed to air.
Check out the removal below, if you plan on avoiding sesame buns for the next five or so years.