Extra! Extra! I have a lip zit. I have a sore and inflamed eruption on my upper lip- right on cupids bow. The top part of my lip is swollen; Angelina Jolie swollen, for crying out loud. I work in a beauty oriented business and every time I speak, all I am reminded of is this unsightly puss bump growing by the minute. What a disaster.
This lip zit is all I can think about. Being my skin obsessed-self, I want so badly to pop it. I stare at it in every reflective surface. I want to squeeze the daylights/dickens out of it. But I won't- squeezing will set me back 3 weeks of repair time, I don't have that kind of time to waste. When I got home the night I felt it creeping in, I tried everything to rid myself of this unsightly 2nd head. Hot compress, stretching, prodding it, exfoliation, nothing worked. Damnber suggested a pin- which makes me think of rampent infection and badly done at home ear piercing. I have yet -in all my pimple experience- to find a simple, no mess GIANT zit cure. I've tried a medicated wash, which burned my eyes and left my skin palmolive clean; great for hands, not face. For a while I tried toothpaste, which dried out the core, but also peeled off 5 layers of the surrounding skin. In a new wave I thought perhaps a spring water spritzer might help- refreshing, but ultimately useless.
Pimples are something that personality can apparently out-shine and over-shadow (puns intended). The worst/best part is that my co-workers are pretending they can't see it. In my mind, they've had a secret pre-work meeting to discuss and laugh at my herpes looking mouth wound, you know, get it out of their system. All those I've asked about it's magnitude reply with: "I didn't even notice it actually." Well, that's kind, but I noticed it. I will also probably notice yours, when you get one... That being said, I will now be more supportive of people who have huge and very ugly but temporary mars on their typically fine faces. It's not a mountain, it's a mole...well it's a zit actually, but it's not that bad...If you can stop starring at it.
This lip zit is all I can think about. Being my skin obsessed-self, I want so badly to pop it. I stare at it in every reflective surface. I want to squeeze the daylights/dickens out of it. But I won't- squeezing will set me back 3 weeks of repair time, I don't have that kind of time to waste. When I got home the night I felt it creeping in, I tried everything to rid myself of this unsightly 2nd head. Hot compress, stretching, prodding it, exfoliation, nothing worked. Damnber suggested a pin- which makes me think of rampent infection and badly done at home ear piercing. I have yet -in all my pimple experience- to find a simple, no mess GIANT zit cure. I've tried a medicated wash, which burned my eyes and left my skin palmolive clean; great for hands, not face. For a while I tried toothpaste, which dried out the core, but also peeled off 5 layers of the surrounding skin. In a new wave I thought perhaps a spring water spritzer might help- refreshing, but ultimately useless.
Pimples are something that personality can apparently out-shine and over-shadow (puns intended). The worst/best part is that my co-workers are pretending they can't see it. In my mind, they've had a secret pre-work meeting to discuss and laugh at my herpes looking mouth wound, you know, get it out of their system. All those I've asked about it's magnitude reply with: "I didn't even notice it actually." Well, that's kind, but I noticed it. I will also probably notice yours, when you get one... That being said, I will now be more supportive of people who have huge and very ugly but temporary mars on their typically fine faces. It's not a mountain, it's a mole...well it's a zit actually, but it's not that bad...If you can stop starring at it.
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