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I've read that pimples and blackheads form from a hair folicle. what happens if i pluck the hair out?

Q: i've read that pimples and blackheads form from a hair folicle. what happens if i pluck the hair out?

Wrong: ...&amp; nothing usually although it's possible for a tiny infection called folliculitis to result. Usually the hair will grow back except eyebrows and eyelashes have a funny way of not doing so sometimes.

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Wrong: ...& nothing usually although it's possible for a tiny infection called folliculitis to result. Usually the hair will grow back except eyebrows and eyelashes have a funny way of not doing so sometimes.

Answered 5/15/2015

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I've read that pimples and blackheads form from a hair folicle. what happens if i pluck the hair out?

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