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How to heal broken skin from a pimple?

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Dr. Erine Kupetsky answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Clindamycin : Topical Clindamycin is helpful for treating a pimple. The skin should heal on its own. If your pimple isn't healing, see your doc bc non healing papules can be something more insidious.

Answered 6/24/2014

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