I never had a zit until I was 20, when a massive, throbbing bump popped up on my chin, spawned three others just like it, and proceeded to live there unchanged for the next two weeks until a dermatologist gave me a shot of cortisone in the face. Since then, I rarely get a pimple that isn’t cystic. The upside of this is that aside from these errant blemishes I don’t really break out; the downside is that, when I do, it’s one massive, under-the-skin lump that radiates pain and an angry, blotchy redness. There’s only one way to deal ...
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