If you get a pimple, are you able to just leave it or do you HAVE to pop it?

No way I can leave those lonely stuff there, James. lol.. I would make sure that they are sufficiently nailed and popped. I can't remember any time that I left them alone. In fact we have a good rapport since my pre-teens and guess what i still get them? We are kinda inseparable.

So now its pimple popping time. Strange thing i was just popping one when i cam across the discussion. Want a little gross description of the entire process ?. Care to explain the sense of satisfaction, James for the benefit of our friends here ?

As much as I want to leave it alone, I can't help it. I just have to pop it. Haha I've a lot of pimple scars already but what can I do? I just have to pop it! I just put a lot of whitening cream when the scars appear.;D

I'm a popper-leaver combo. I pop pimples when I feel like it and when they bother me and sometimes I don't pay them any attention. Though I'm one to keep on touching that part to see if it's still there all the time and contemplate on what I should do about it. Good morning James!

If I get the pimple many times I leave. In my earlier days I used to pop. But poping destroys the face. Thats why I stop the poping. Now I am not poping any pimple. Happy myLotting.

i tend to leave my pimple alone... though it doesnt look good when i have one, but im afraid it might leave a scar if i pop it. :)

Pimples for me a few and far between but when I do get one I am a popper sorry but I can't just leave them alone. I will pop them then dab on peroxide then use a acne treatment on it. And usually by the next day it is gone. When I was a teenager I had acne and I hated it. I only get it occasionally now and that suits me fine. My brother though he has acne still and some of his is called cystic acne and he suppose to take medication for it.

A popper, for sure! I am aware of the possible consequences aswell, but I can't leave them alone either! Same thing goes for scabs which you shouldn't scrape off, etc. I even have a hard time leaving my boyfriends pimples alone; gotta pop them all! LOL! (imagine that would be the new pokemon theme )

Well I know that people say that popping them is disgusting but I have always believed that you are simply releasing the poison and helping it to get better faster. I tend to pop them and then medicate the spot so that the bacteria that cause it die and no more form. I always removed them when I was younger but these days I just do not get them any more. I rarely have sugar any more and that is supposed to be the food that causes them. However, if you get a boil then squeezing it is the worst thing you can do apparently. I thought they were just big pimples but I read that they are different bacteria and if you try to pop them then the bacteria will spread and you will have more and may have to have antibiotics to get rid of them.

Hi, James72! I am a leaver. I would not pop a pimple. It will only cause more furher damage. It will leave a more noticeable blemish in the end. I will just leave it alone and let it go away on its own. I will take out my Acne Terminator Treatment Gel, and just zap it that way. I would hate to mess with a pimple. Especially when it is red. I will leave it be.

I am a popper, I think a red spot is not as unattractive as a red spot with a white summit haha. I rarely get these pimples, but when I do they are gone as fast as they show up! I never experienced any problems with scarring or widening of the pores when I have popped them, my skin looks very good for an 18 year old, I may get a pimple during my monthly but it is never a big one, I consider myself lucky compared to my peers haha. Happy mylotting and have a great day!

I leave it alone. I used to pop it whenever it dares show up in my face, but I have a small scar on my chin (barely visible but I am SUCH a vanity girl ) because of that, so now I tend to leave it alone and cross my fingers in the hopes that it goes away without the need for force.

I leave it alone because it can be worst when I pop it or touch it. It might get infected when I pop it because it opens the barrier of the skin. And worst thing of it, It might become huge and leave a hole on my face.. So scary!!!

What sort of bull? Bull's eye?Bullfrog? Pitbull? But I am a popper. Can't resist it.

oh,i am one of the unluckly, who doesnt get the chance to burst a pimple.it doesnt come as a sort of blister,at first is a tiny red masss and then the scar.its a sort of uninvited guest,so annoying.i just cant leave it alone.i always seem to be scratching ,much to the annoyance of others.

Popping them leaves unsightly marks on your skin. I know that so well but that hasn't stopped me from popping it. EUWW! Gross! I know. lol. Though I am lately on the road to self discipline and better habits. Let's see, how long I stick to anti-popping strategy.

I just leave it pimple alone. In my schooldays when i got pimples first time i remembered nicely I popped out one pimple of my face, after couple of days i saw that two more pimples have out on my face. I checked from our family doctor and he said that if you dont want to more pimples on your face just leave it and he gaves me one lotion and strickly warned that dont popped out pimples from your face otherwise you will get another pimples on your faced because of infection of old pimple. After that days i dont popped out pimple and just leave it, this pimple is just for few days and automatically pimple get cleaned from our face. Doctor said that pimple coming because of our bad digession system or if we do not clean our stomach properly then only these pimple have occurs, and secondly if we eat lot of oily or spicy foods thats another reason of creating pimples on our face. So i always control on my diggession and taking less oily and spicy food in my meal. Anyways take care of your face and please dont popped out pimples from face other wise other pimples will waiting for welcome. Happy Mylotting.

i'd pop it. but i'd have to wait till it's ripe before i can pop it. If not it'll hurt even more and i won't be able to get the pus out. but being as impatient as i am, most of the time i'd speed the process to make it rip by playing with my finger. Knowing that our fingers is the dirtiest body part, i'd instigate the pimple to ripen and so i can pop it. Either that or i'd use toothpaste to dry up the pimple.

i LEAVE IT OR i WILL BE UGLY.

that is so funny,i actually got one this morning and yes i had to pop it!hahaha!i know it is not good to do but i hate it.and blackheads too they just look dirty to me.like unkept eyebrows.