#ik this was also an issue in the bearded dragon keeping community bc of unclogging their leg glands for views

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bothered by the trend of those blackhead removal or pimple popper videos, esp the ones on snapchat, bc it always seems exploitive of someone’s discomfort or medical treatment, as well as probably not best practices? if you’re motive is getting that “satisfying” pop and suspense then that’s not putting the person whose skin it is first. plus I always wonder how they find people with that sever of clogged pores for it, are people deliberately getting their skin to a point that the video will be ‘good’ instead of treating progressively? also iirc gradual cleaning can be a lot better for the skin than just yanking every blackhead out.  honestly my main issue is just how exploitive those seem and like they’re not prioritizing the person whose skin it is and instead focus on making a clickable video