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A member asked:
Is it ok to pick the puss off a white headhead?
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No: Pus is dead white blood cells that have tried to kill an infection. Picking it off does two things: 1) it re-opens the sore so it can get infected again defeating the purpose of the plug in the first place and 2) it will cause a scar because you damaged the skin repair happening underneath the whitehead. Don't pick at it. It will fall off when the infection is cleared and the skin is repaired.
Answered 5/16/2015
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