DoctorOz: Dr. Pimple Popper Shows How to Safely Remove an Ingrown Hair

Boils, bumps, and bulging lumps. As we age, we start to see our bodies change in shocking ways. But how do you know if what's on your skin is a reason to be concerned? Today, I have a pimple popping professional who says these worries are all too common. Please welcome Dr. Pimple Popper herself, author of Put Your Best Face Forward, Dr. Sandra Lee. Thank you. She sees all kinds of bumps and lumps on a daily basis. What's the biggest mistake you see folks making? Probably that they don't come in soon enough. You know, they let things grow to a big size. And I mean, I see some really big ones in my office. All right, let's look at some of these different types of bumps and lumps that we find in our skin. And we're gonna start with one, because we asked all you guys to send in your lumps that concern you, and Dr. Pimple Popper herself is here to help figure out the answer to these. So this is a pretty typical image that we get. What's going on here? This is what I call an abscess, but a lot of people know as a boil. That's probably more of a layman's term. And the problem is that there's this pressure underneath there, and we need it to be released. And so the best thing that you need to do, the most important thing that you need to do at home, if you can't see a doctor, is to really apply warm compresses to this. Maybe three or four times a day. If you push here, it's still sort of hard, right? It's like fluctuant. Maybe here's a little soft. So that's starting to come to a head, but we need more of it to come to a head because we want it to get so superficial that it ruptures on its own. The thin skin will not be able to hold it. Yes, the warmth kind of draws this up to the surface and allows it to. I built you a model just for you. Oh my goodness. I spent all night making this for you, Dr. Pimple Popper. So the first thing you said, this is the skin obviously. There's all the layers of the skin beneath. These abscesses can go pretty deep in here. You said put a warm compress on there, right? Not boiling, just warm. Yeah, just warm. How long? Maybe like 15 minutes, 20 minutes. Even if you want to take a hot shower, that helps too, because then you're clean too. You're in the shower, and that helps to bring it to the surface. You want it to come most superficial because the more superficial something is, the less likely it is to cause as much of a scar. But you want to get rid of that pressure because that pressure is what makes us so uncomfortable. The moment that that releases, people really feel great. So I'm gonna put the gloves on to keep your hands clean this one time. Okay, do I need a splash mask? You might, we'll see. Okay, so let's say I put the soaks on there. It's ready to go, right? You'll notice, by the way, there's a little black mark there. That's typical because you often have a little hair stuck in your pimple, right? The foreign body that's causing the problem. And then as you put the warm soaks on there, you'll get a little weakness there. And then with the weakness, you'll start to get a little bit of this. Wow, look at you. Look at that. Now, what I often take, I don't know if you ever do this, a sterile needle, and I'll go a little bit horizontal like that and puncture it. But oftentimes, you don't have to do that. All you've got to do, geez, it's resistant. All you've got to do is continue to put that warm compress. And with time, you'll gently massage it out, yes. You see that? Yes. And it's gently come more and more and more. And then here's the best part, the one that I love doing, which you can start to do now. Once you've gotten a lot of that pus out, get your tweezers. You can do it. Wow, look at those tweezers. I want those. Go to those tweezers. Go in there and get that hair. This is gonna feel so good. That's where, then that's where the inflammation will go away, yeah. Does that feel good, anybody? Does that feel good? I mean, please. You'd pay to be able to do this. Yeah. And once this is out, of course, the hair is out of there, then all this inflammation goes away, everyone's happy, and you can show off. But video it instead of the Dr. Pimple Popper. That's right, I do need those videos. All right. That was great. Be sure to subscribe to my channel so you don't miss anything. And remember to check back often to see what's new.