Hard, Black, Rice-like things come out when I pop Pimples. Help.

I've seen people get blackheads that are quite large (and very distracting for others) and which, like good little boys and girls, they either wash better (does nada) or ignore (REALLY does nada)--probably because they can't afford a dermatologist's fees for him to pop a blackhead. Or they pop it themselves, before some stranger can't stand it any longer and does a dive-pop! If you have a clear, defined blackhead, it may simply grow larger and more damaging to excise (pop). GET IT OUT!! Wash your hands and face thoroughly with anti-bacterial soap and POP IT. Pop once--if it does no good, ask the loving spouse of a friend with the occasional pimple or blackhead to excise (pop) it for you, or for their advice. Some blackheads become disfiguring if they're big, darkly pigmented and very visible--so I say just remove it before somebody else does!

It depends, some of these class don't sound like blackheads. They can be an immune response problem, causing skin infection. If they are like a hard poppy seed that come out with have yellow hard pus at the same time, leaving a deep hole in skin-Please check with your doctor and don't listen to these people saying that they are only blackheads. If you are getting one after the other especially.

the same thing just happened to me. i thought it was pz, but then i tried to wipe it and it was a black ball. i wish i knew what it was! its freaking me out! lol

I just got the same thing! I've never seen it before and it totally freaked me out! The annoying things is that whatever black thing you get that pops out wont pop out of mine! GROSS!!!

After reading this forum and fearing for the worse, I went to see a dermatologist. After a long chat with him about it, he told me that it's caused by blocked hair follicles, and in order to grow new ones, your body must extract them. I did not believe him at first, but since I saved one of the black rice things to show him, he pulled it apart under a microscope and let me see what he was talking about. It's nothing serious, but it can be a bit painful and quite bothersome. After being on Epidou for 3 weeks now, my acne (and those hair follicles) are a thing of the past (well, up to now that is)... I'll keep you updated if I find anything else out.

USE FRESH LEMON JUICE...SERIOUSLY IT WORKS!!

what you need is 1 fresh lemon not the bottled stuff, it 'must be a fresh lemon'.
cotton wool, bowl.

ok, first you slice the lemon and squeeze the lemon juice out into the bowl
next, dip a handy piece of cotton wool into the fresh lemon juice.
then, wipe it over the area, be it your face back, chest, legs wherever, it may sting alot or a little, depending if
you have sensitive skin or broken skin, if you do, just dilute the lemon juice with a small bit of water. Not too much though.
The area you applied it to may go red but this will fade shortly.
Lemon juice also tones, lightens scars gradually and evens skin.
yay!!!

keep this routine up for as long a s you need.
It' works, i'm a girl and had terrible facial scars, like brown almost black scars and with my light skin it was horriffic, but since i started using this routine. I no longer need to wear foundation and stuff. I reccomened it to my brother hes going through the teenage spot period and it cleared them up in under 2 weeks! and his scarring is noticibly fading too.

Fresh lemon juice is the answer.

Good luck xx

yo i have this same thing i popped a pimple and a lil black ball looky thing came out thats crazy

When i was a young boy i traveld to europe with my grand papa we discussed what its like as a man to grow up and we discussed acne, acne happens to all people

my boyfriend had the same thing. hes had it for a few months and from the surface it looked like ink got in his skin or a bruise but had a white puss mark in the middle. i poped it every once in a while cuz it bothered him but not even an hour ago i poped it and this black hard thing came out and i freaked out cuz it was on his back so he didnt see. it no longer looks like a bruise but that was so gross! i really wanna know what it is!

Dude this happened to me years ago i pulled some little hard spot of of my leg an ingrown hair i guess but months later it was infected and it turned black and when i squeezed it something like a black peppercorn came out ...i still to this day have a deep scar from where that mother came out.

Well i get those bumps to a :-D nd dont worry its normal when u pick at it and its not ready to pop thats what causes scars and that little white hard thing your talking about is called the head of an pimple when that comes out it mine that the pimple is ready to bust
so hope that is quite useful :-D

I have had these ever since i have been little and evertime ive been to the doctors they say they are not sure what they are. I have been put on anitibiotics and used creams such as fucidin, made not difference at all. I have these at the top of my breasts and underneath, next around my rib cage area. They look like small but round spots and sometimes without me trying to pop them a seed will come out leaving a hole in my skin. They look so horrible and really make me feel paranoid and ive had them for all my life!!! anyone have any suggestions :-(

i get those to and it is annoying and it is not attractive and boy dont like it im 13 and it is kinda imbarrasing but i have to get use to it i :P

I was reading this & wanted 2 share things that helped me. I've had bad acne since I was n highschool, it seemed no matter what I tried, the best I could do was keep it minimalized, wich was still pretty bad. We tried all sorts of things homeopathic & my mom even took me 2 some exspensive makeup counters, alot of products seemed to make it worse, some helped but no more than oxy pads. It continued 2 get worse into my 20's, I had scarring 2 from it so, I looked pretty bad my skin was patches of grey & red with zits in between.


Finally a friend told me that acne products dry out the acne & surrounding skin & to try a moisturizer with them. It got rid of a little more than 50% of my acne wich was awsome!. I didn't buy the most exspensive moisturizer, OR the cheapest, did some research & got 1 that fit my budget & my face

As I have gotten older( I'm 27) , it's gotten worse & harder to treat. I always had some allergies as a kid but they started getting real bad in my adult yrs, I tried differant things, but my allergies tend 2 present by rashes & drying out my skin so nothing was doing ANYHING I also started getting body acne & rashes.

Useing a "free & clear" or hypoallergenic detergent? fabric softener helped alot, the body acne is almost non exsistant ( my skin isn't as dry from the allergens) & not washing my face with something washed in allergens & irritants helped alot.
I also bought the the clinique acne system, it was exspensive (I think $50, no more than), but it's really done a good job, I saw a big differance in a week & now the acne I do get is VERY small & doesn't last. The moisturizer that is part of the system is very DRYING 2 your skin ( it also has acne meds in it), so useing their "dramtically differant moisturizing lotion" after it's good & dry once a day is advisable. They give out good sample gift bags I think once a mth with a certain purchase price, & it ALWAYS has a sample of that moisturizer, enough to probably last u a mth.

If u live in tropical environment, if your sweeting, make time periodically to atleast go wipe your face off with a rag, it's not perfect but it does help alot, if you work outdoors, keep a clean rag with u & wipe your face off whenever possible, & try 2 keep a bottle of water around just so you can wipe your face off once or twice.

For blackheads, if you still get them after all that, Biore strips have always worked really well for me. You may have to use them weekly @ 1st but after a bit you should be able to use them less & less.

Hope that helps someone.
:-)

in my case, its not balck but its wiered. Its puss, thick hard painful n leaves for around 1 week in the body. After coming out it leaves a big scar. It happens to me on regular basis. Can someone tell me how to get rid of it permantely.