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Scarlett

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregon, stop. It is my obsession and how I see it. You guys were wondering how these women were doing this. I am telling you my POV. Not that it is right.

Personally, I would have never done that with people I was barely acquainted with. My grooming is reserved for those I am closest to.

I am just trying to give you the perspective that some of us disgusting people who do this Hold. To me, when I see it ,even on myself, I am moved to get rid of it.

Battlestar

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
--sonething to the effect that standards of cleaniness and her behavior when others didn't comply was basically making others feel like they were nasty---but that they shouldn't --because of Nicole needed things to be a certain level of cleaniness then it was for her to deal with--not Moncia. (but in Monicaspeak)

Even Hardy said something to her to that effect--that just cause she set the bar at a certain level--did not mean others had to reach it

Scarlett

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lord, I have become the princess of pimple. Ellen, I agree with your doctor although I sometimes ignore that advice when it comes to myself. I am not speaking of pimples. I am speaking of the oil accumation known as Black heads. You can still moisten your face to get rid of them. I need to shut up about this, but just letting the other people know there are those LIKE US(said spookily) out there!!!!!

Sia

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great, I found the thread I was looking for before. Here it is: http://www.dailyconfession.com/Display.asp?Conf=3223172947903804&CID=13

"Poppin Zits"

Okay, Okay...I admit. I like popping my own zits. I don't try to grow them or anything but I do have somewhat of a ingrown hair problem which I have had all my life. It's sort of a disgusting fascination. The bigger and pus-ier the zit, the better. I like it when they snap especially. I like it the most when they are in my ear or on the back of my head because then they get really big. Is that gross or what? I can't help it! I look for them all the time under my arms and on my face so I can pop them!


Some of the replies to this post are hysterical! Very funny reading--if you like that kind of thing. Please note that I did not post this at DailyConfession.com; some other zit-picker did that!

Oregonfire

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What exactly do you want me to say here, Scarlett? By the fifth post I think we all got how disgusted you are by blackheads.

Ellenkats

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
After this thread runs its course, someone be sure and begin discussions on dandruff flaking, scab removal, sunburn peeling, nose-cleaning, and earwax disposal... (snerk) :-)

Zachsmom

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There was this guy I worked with....very funny, bright, entertaining, etc. But he had this BH on his nose. And it was huge....distracted from anything he might say. At least to me. Grossed me out more than Gerry does Dani.

I find that very very sad..

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmmmm.....I think this whole thread has just about come to a head....Scarlett...QUICK!....POP IT!

;-)

Delilah

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Delilah runs screaming from the room refusing to comment on this thread!

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right behind you Delilah!

<running away screaming with hands flailing the air, a lá an excited Marcellas>

;-)

Scarlett

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
SanFran
I will. In Amy full Scarlett O Hara Style. You want to have clogged pores, have at IT. You want to be upset that I find people disgusting who let blackheads grow like potatoes...Sorry. You do not have to live with me, and I choose not to live with you.

This thread started with people berating the grooming methods of Lisa and Chira. I answered only to add my perspective of how they might see things.

It seems OK to call the act of getting RID of the blackheads and pimples disgusting. But holy are those who walk around with the ones afore mentioned ingrown in their skin.

I get rid of that stuff in those very close to me because I find it as disgusting as the people find those who "pop" them. So you want to call one group disgusting, take a look in the mirror and go POP yourself ;)

Oregonfire

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Scarlett, your welcome to your opinion, but you are not hearing me. Some people cannot help it. I am one of them. Having a few blackheads on my nose growing up or in my 20s was not a big deal. You know why? Because the rest of my face was covered with cystic acne that would stop someone in their tracks from 20 feet away. Your insistence on decrying those of us with problem skin as having poor hygiene is beyond me. Thankfully, I don't have problems with blackheads anymore due to the proper treatment. Heaven forbid the things that folks said about me behind my back when I did.

Scarlett

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregon

I do understand what you are saying. I know I am coming across harsh, but it is not as if I never had acne. I have never had cystic acne, and I have pointed out several times this is not what I was referring too.

I have also pointed out I know this is a compulsion of mine. I shared it with the group for others to understand where this "disgusting" behavior comes from. For me, and I can only speak for me, there is a definite reason.

I have been blessed. I have never had cystic acne, but have know a few friends who have. I know that is not about hygiene.

I also know that blackheads are naturally occuring plugs in the skin. They plug with oil. That is my tripwire. For me, I can not stand to see that in those close to me. It is my issue.

But I do not appreciate being berated when I am trying to explain how people might come to the conclusions they do. There has been much ridicule with people of my mindset.

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jeez...lighten up.

I thought this thread was about how the girls are grooming the guys like lemurs and chimps do....but it has become a blow by blow description of the act of zit popping and all the grossness that that entails..

I never called "one group disgusting" and *I* am not the expert on the expulsion of slimy pus from the pores of others, so don't request that *I* go pop anything at all.

Whit4you

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregon - I've always totally counted my blessings that I didnt have a acme problem but some of my closest friends have - and I know what they went through from the many hours we spent talking about it. I'm sure this thread is insensitive to people whith bad acme but I can see the point of the thread being brought up since we watch endlessly them popping each others pimples on the live feeds etc...

anyhow I feel very badly for people with bad acme and personally I don't find and never have someone with them revoliting - my thing I was saying... is that watching the puss come out of a zit is disgusting to me.... not someone HAVING them... k? :)

Zachsmom

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Scarlett.. there is a difference between calling an action of "picking and popping" blackheads and blemishes discusting and dirty then calling the "person" with blackheads and blemishes discusting and dirty..you are doing that latter and I don't know if you understand that you are giving this perception..but you are..and that is what is getting myself and I believe others very upset..

Lancecrossfire

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 11:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
cooling off period for a bit.

Lancecrossfire

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 12:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ok, time in

Oregonfire

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 01:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just wanted to say, Whit, that I'm not bothered and didn't get that impression from your posts.:)
And what is acme?

Scorpiomoon

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 01:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What's the difference between a blackhead and a whitehead? I have these tiny pimple-like things on my temples but no where else.

After reading this thread, I'm thinking I should be popping them or something.

Anyone want to offer their expert advice?

Zachsmom

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 01:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Acme is where Roger and Jessica Rabbit worked/lived..:)

Oregonfire

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 01:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh boy, resident zit expert here. I think a whitehead is more likely to form around an ingrown hair or just a hair in general. It sounds like you may have T-Zone type skin that gets oily from the forehead through the nose and chin. Don't pop them unless you feel a burning desire to do so; it can lead to infection and drive the bacteria further under the skin and create the lovely cystic acne that I've mentioned a few times in this thread.


You could use a grapefruit astringent to help close your pores in that area and clean out the gunky spots. Just don't overdo it because sometimes irritated skin is worse that a few whiteheads here and there, and the problem may spread. A blackhead is oil from your skin, skin debris, and/or pigmentation.

JMO not an expert. :)

Scorpiomoon

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Oregon! Your insight helped a lot. :)

Earthmother

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 11:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Was it Jane Goddall who wrote a book on this behavior? Personally I just wash his clothes and give them a good peppering of flea powder.

Ellenkats

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 11:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Earth -- at least the powder keeps 'em busy ... takes hours to pick each individual fleck of dust off....