A member asked:

If a pimple pops and the stuff inside gets on something like a mirror or your fingers can the bacteria spread to other objects? i touched a pimple and it popped and i dont know what the pus might have gotten on?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

This is unlikely to create risk for anyone. As already noted in reply to your other question, the bacteria in a pimple also are present on your skin anyway, and in turn around the environment in your home, and rarely if ever cause important health problems. The household members of persons with acne have no increased health risk of any kind. Use common sense hygiene but otherwise no worries.

Answered 9/8/2023

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