Why do pimples feel so painful on touch?

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Did new nerve endings grow on it or something to make it painful?

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Pimples are painful because they are inflammatory skin lesions. When a pimple appears, pro-inflammatory chemicals called cytokines act to increase vascular permeability, which leads to swelling, redness, heat, and direct stimulation of the nerves in the skin that sense pain (nocioceptors).

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