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From cats and cucumbers to pimple popping and unboxings, the internet is awash with a vast array of videos to send people into a social media wormhole.

It’s part of why I was once plagued with skin-excoriation problems, creating lesions on my face from “pimples” that were barely there anytime I felt a surge of stress.

“When I educate patients, I tell them to look for pimples that don’t heal,” she added.

It might also temporarily reduce pain and swelling associated with pimples or minor sunburns, she says, also by constricting blood vessels.

As humans, we are nothing if not fascinated by our own bodies, whether that’s picking a scab, prodding a canker sore or popping a pimple.