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I was trying to squeeze black heads out of my nose and usually my nose just gets read but now there are purple spots almost like bruises how do i treat this so that it will go away?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Leave them alone: Leave the lesions alone so that they can heal. A comedone extractor is sometimes used for this purpose. Squeezing the skin harms it.

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Answered 5/21/2018

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A member asked:

I was trying to squeeze black heads out of my nose and usually my nose just gets read but now there are purple spots almost like bruises how do i treat this so that it will go away?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Dr Machanic and 2 doctors agreed

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