<![CDATA[Jezebel: zits]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: zits]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/zits http://jezebel.com/tag/zits <![CDATA[Super Mutant Acne Could Kill Us All]]> Oh god. Doctors say that strains of drug-resistant acne are on the rise.

Antibiotics are one of the most frequently prescribed treatments for acne, but recently the bacteria that causes acne has started developing resistance to the drugs. Scientists believe that between 10 and 30% of all acne patients harbor some type of mutated resistant bacteria. Often the patient believes that the antibiotics have cured their acne, only to have the problem return, sometimes even worse, months later. The mutant strains of acne also pose a serious health threat. Dr. Peter Lio says that the modified acne-causing bacteria could contribute to deadly drug-resistant staph infections. "If it became bad enough, it would be like the days before antibiotics, when infection was a common cause of death," he said. [MSNBC]

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<![CDATA[Gross YouTube Genre Is Populated By Pimple-Loving Girls]]> I don't know about you, but some of us on staff here are obsessed with blemishes, whether on our own bodies or those of significant others. (That's Rihanna and Chris Brown at left.) Somehow, we discovered that the zit-popping video is its own sub-genre on YouTube: There's clip after stomach-turning clip of some of the most disgusting stuff you'll ever see in your life. (Why haven't Oprah and Dr. Oz gotten in on this yet?)

The funny thing is that in most of these videos, there's usually at least one woman present, and she's enjoying the extraction more than anybody else. What is it about pimple-popping that is so appealing to women? [Well, I have some ideas! -Ed.]

Here's a warm up clip. Proceed at your own risk, people.

Here is a clip of girls popping a pimple on a friend's butt.


This might be one of the most disgusting lancings you'll ever see in your life.


Here's one of a girl popping a zit on a guy's back. Actually, this might just be one of the most disgusting things you'll ever see in your life.


Here's a guy who has a zit on his chest that is so big, it looks like a third nipple.


More bacne.


This guy has a clogged pore in his eyelid and went to a doctor to have it scooped out. His girlfriend is gleefully recording the entire thing.


Woman and children filming a guy squeezing about a gallon of puss out of his neck.


Remember Neveen from Bad Girls Club 2? Here she is squeezing a boil out of her armpit.

By far the worst one. After you watch this, you will never want to eat soft white cheese again.

Related: In Grossness And In Health [Salon]

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<![CDATA[Have you spent the better part of your days...]]> Have you spent the better part of your days gulping down at least eight glasses of water in hopes that ultra-hydration would transform bad skin into Halle Berry's perfect epidermis? Well, it turns out that the old wives' tale that a lot of water is great for your complexion is just that... a tale. Instead, doctors recommend that those who seek perfect skin should just wear sunscreen, eat well and avoid cigarettes. [NYT]

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<![CDATA[ Here's a way to celebrate both Halloween...]]> Here's a way to celebrate both Halloween and psychodermatologic disorders: Zit Popper candies, which can be "popped" to reveal a red candy ooze with a "wonderful" strawberry and watermelon flavor...the taste of teen hormones and awkwardness. [Random Good Stuff]

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<![CDATA[Pop Goes The...]]> If this display of intimacy isn't proof that Rihanna and Chris Brown are dating, we don't know what is. [The Life Files]

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<![CDATA[Head Cases]]> Look! Even Sienna Miller loves to give her fellow a free, impromptu facial. [Janet Charlton's Hollywood, Salon]

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<![CDATA[Yo — all those old wives tales you...]]> pimples.jpgYo — all those old wives tales you heard about how to make pimples go away with simple household products? All bullshit. In brief: Don't pop them [Damn. -Ed.], put toothpaste on them, but Neosporin on them, or avoid eating fried foods. [Newsweek]

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