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[faiintx]

i popped a pimple and yesterday my WHOLE forehead became pink and swollen. so i slept with honey over it and the swelling is pretty much gone, even though there's a really dry bump on what used to be the pimple, kind of like a scab

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what should i do? i cancelled a date that i had today because of this. and i have a vacation in a month. if this doesn't heal within a few weeks im afraid i'm going to cancel that too :/ i will be patient and do whatever it takes to heal it in a few weeks. does it look like it 'll heal without a scar? the skin is still in tact, i didn't break it

Edited by faiintx, Today, 08:34 AM.

[MultiColours]

patience is definitely the key, it needs time to heal up and for the inflammation to go down
don't touch or do anything to it that may irritate it; i think it will heal up with no scar because i've had a similar encounter and it just needs time to heal
it would be gone by the time you're on vacation or even before

[faiintx]

thanks. i'm planning on just leaving it alone during the day time, and at night i'll put honey over it while i sleep. if a scab forms i'll wait like 2 weeks and then it should come off on its own

actually, i mentioned it felt dry like it's starting to scab, but now that i look at it, it seems like a translucent ball of dried pus...
What is this??

http://i47.tinypic.com/243p1s0.jpg

[Simplicita]

you can get a cortisone injection. that'll get rid of it over night

[jaimeramone1028]

Been there, done that...and I had it for a month!!! It was awful.
Please, please, please don't touch it. Don't let it rule your life, either. Trust me, people have seen worse than that. I kept popping mine, and I still have the scar two weeks later. If you REALLY need to do something, though, I would put a pimple treatment on it overnight with a band-aid so it absorbs. Clean & Clear Mark Treatment helped a bit, but I heard Neosporin + a band-aid works wonders for people. Personally, I thought the best one was dabbing oatmeal on it then putting a band-aid over it.

If I were you, though, I would cover it up with a non-comedogenic concealer and wait for it to go away on its own.