From Men’s Health
• In one of her most popular videos of all time, Dr. Sandra Lee, MD-aka Dr. Pimple Popper-treats a 90-year-old man with a “goldmine” of blackheads and whiteheads.
• The blackheads and whiteheads are all over the man’s nose.
• The video has raked in more than 30 million views since it was published in 2015.
Thought you left pimples behind when you aged out of your teenage years? Think again. This super-popular Dr. Pimple Popper video from 2015 proves you’re never too old to get blackheads and whiteheads up the wazoo.
In one of her most-viewed YouTube videos of all time, dermatologist and TLC star Dr. Sandra Lee, MD treats a 90-year-old man with a so-called “goldmine” of pimples on his nose. We’ve developed a pretty strong stomach from watching Dr. Pimple Popper videos every day, but we have to admit, this video made us wretch. (For what it’s worth, other people seem to really like it-it’s raked in more than 30 million views!)
In the caption, Lee explains how she came to treat the man-and what exactly is going on with his skin:
“This sweet man has been bringing his wife in to see me, and I have been treating a large skin cancer on her face, with her recently getting Mohs skin cancer surgery. So, he is not directly a patient of mine, but I couldn’t help but notice that he has so many comedones on his nose. He tends to not pay much attention to himself, spending much of his energy and efforts making sure his wonderful wife is doing alright. She has more disabilities than he does, in fact he looks amazing for 90 years old!
“He has fantastic blackheads and whiteheads to extract. As you may know, blackheads and whiteheads are also called open and closed comedones, and they are benign growths. In his case, he has rosacea and rhinophyma, which causes increased thickening of the skin of the nose, increased oil production in the area, and very large pore that fill with keratinous material creating huge blackheads and whiteheads.
“These don’t need to be extracted, but certainly the appearance of the nose with improve greatly if they are.”
Using her metal comedone extrator, Lee applies pressure to the bumps covering the man’s nose-and out pops SO. MUCH. PUS. More pus than you could ever imagine. Juicy, white spirals that will make your jaw drop and your stomach churn.
A Goldmine of Blackheads & Whiteheads
Blackheads are something we are all familiar with, but did you know they are also called open comedones? Blackheads are usually caused by a pore that gets clogged with keratin (skin protein) and sebum (oil). Given the black color many believe these spots are clogged with dirt, but really it’s the exposure to air that oxidizes the clogged pore and turns it black. Don’t worry though, most blackheads can be extracted with a trusty comedone extractor!
Watch the video here, if you dare:
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