Why does it disturb the healing when we pop our acne, but it’s fine when dermatologists extract it for us?

Question

I mean, assuming we still try to keep it sterile with alcohol the way they do.

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Answer 1

When you pop a pimple, you apply pressure across a broad area from the sides, pushing damaging tissue on each side of the pimple, as well as pushing the pus into the damaged area (potentially increasing the infected area).

When they do it, they use small tools that affect less of the surrounding tissue and doesn’t push the infection anywhere but out.