It can be tempting to pop the whitehead growing on your chin, especially if you've been watching too many YouTube videos, but it's best to leave it to the pros like Dr. Pimple Popper.
"It's like this beautiful dance, like you're kind of watching something that looks so beautiful, and it looks so nimble . . . but it's a whole other thing to actually do it yourself," Dr. Lee said. Just like that DIY project that looked a whole lot easier online, extracting blackheads is harder than it looks.
Instead, Dr. Lee suggests using Bioré The Original Deep Cleansing Pore Strips ($6) weekly for at-home extractions that won't traumatize your skin. "[Bioré strips] can really help to extract blackheads — in a satisfying way, too," she said. Plus, it's safer than picking and pulling at your skin with instruments you probably shouldn't be using at home.
