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What is the medical term for popping zits?

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DERMATOLOGY IS THE ANSWER THEY DEAL WITH SKIN
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Dermatologists like to use the fancy term comedone, but what they're really talking about are whiteheads and blackheads. A comedone is a bump of gunk on your skin -- in other words, a blocked sebaceous duct.
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