Death By Pimple Popping? Don’t Touch The ‘Triangle Of Death’. When Beauty Turns Ugly 💜 James Welsh
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Can you actually die from popping a pimple? It’s EXTREMELY rare, but possible.
In todays ‘when beauty turns ugly’ we take a look at a few cases of people who have come close to death and unfortunately have passed when they popped a pimple in the ‘triangle of death’.
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00:00 Intro
01:37 What Is The Triangle Of Death?
03:21 Geraint Mullins Sepsis Spot Picking
05:30 Teen's Life In Danger From Squeezing Spot
06:47 Lauren Loebrick Spot Squeezing Hospitalization
10:15 Demillie Beatrice Spot Picking Death
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Dr. Pimple Popper needs to do a talk on this. Sepsis from an infected pimple is a real thing, though thankfully super rare.
I once had a pimple on my nostril that got so big, it popped on the other side. Puberty hits you hard sometimes.
@@superkoopatrooper4879What do you mean the other side? In your skin?
@@lillysparrow I had a pimple on the outside of my right nostril that wouldn't pop, it just got bigger. Looked kind of like a clogged pore. Then it popped days later inside my nose. No, I didnt even know that could happen.
@@superkoopatrooper4879 omg
I’ve had sepsis from a kidney infection and it’s so horrible. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone!
It's amazing how resilient and yet fragile our bodies really are 😕
Us humans are weird. A fractured ankle might kill us but you can have a full on heart attack and walk it off.
We can get a bullet in our brain and be fine, but god forbid you sneeze funny.
Man ikr? Like I’ve heard of people who have lost huge chunks of their brain, organs, a guy with half of his face and brain blown off by a shot gun and they live, but then I also hear of people who die of something or become very sick with something as simple as a popped pimple, or a lot of stuff on that channel called brew
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@@gem9535I feel bad for laughing so hard at this
Hi James as someone who lost their dad at Christmas to sepsis I just want to add that sepsis is not rare. (Contracting it through popping a spot may be) 48,000 die every year. 1 in 5 who develop sepsis will die. Sepsis kills more than breast, colon & prostate cancer combined. The teen at the start survived because his Dr spotted the signs early. The last teen was in septic shock (low blood pressure) this is when the organs shut down and irreversible damage is done. (Even if they somehow survive) people who survive will likely suffer from post sepsis syndrome. This can vary from person to person on the severity. Some even need organ transplants. The sepsis trust charity have lots of info if anyone is interested. Please, everyone, educate yourself on the symptoms of sepsis. It can develop from any bacterial infection not just an external wound. Sepsis is your immune systems overreaction to infection. Sepsis is often a silent killer and every minute counts. If you show even one sign of sepsis please say to the Dr, paramedic, nurse anyone "could it be sepsis" 1 hour can change the outcome.
James I'd massively appreciate if you could add a link to the sepsis Trust UK charity in your pinned comments. They are on a mission on behalf of all the survivors and bereaved from sepsis to get the signs out there. Sepsis deaths are tragic because they are treatable and many heathcare professionals still miss the signs so the public need to be more aware of it. 1 in 3 still wouldn't treat sepsis as a medical emergency according to the trusts findings. This needs to change so lives can be saved❤
Sending you all the love in the world. You speak truth on Sepsis
Thank you for leaving this comment. I'm so sorry for your loss. 😞
I have a dear friend who still suffers to this day from post sepsis symptoms, this info is desperately needed! So many don't check 😢 as you say every hour counts
I am So sorry for your loss.
Thank you for letting us know about post sepsis symptoms, my son has recently had, meningococcal septicaemia and his recovery has been long, so I will look into this. Thank you for speaking about it. Xx
It's rare from a random small skin abrasion, however.
As someone with dermatillomania this is honestly so scary. I compulsively pick my face, arms, shoulders, and cuticles daily and I hate it because the damage to my skin is already embarrassing enough but this adds an extra layer of fear 😢
I have dermatillomania as well. I've found that I pick more at places that have some sort of texture so I've started using a body scrub or a very rough bath mitt to help keep my skin smooth. It hasn't stopped me but it has helped slow the compulsive behavior down a bit. I don't know if this would help you but it might be worth a shot as you can get a sugar scrub or bath mitt for pretty cheap.
same here, this is so scary : (
This sounds awful. Can you not get some mental help?
I feel u guys pain I have trichotillamania which has caused infected hair follicles and then I just wanna pull the hair out more. It's a very hard disorder to deal with and I imagine dermatillamania is similar ❤ stay strong friends. Idk how having long nails helps with skin picking, but for me a way to reduce my hair pulling and picking at my scalp was getting long acrylics. Which then inspired me to get into nail art so there's always positives I guess 😅. Maybe it might help someone so its worth mentioning
Yep same.
Honestly, I love how common pimple patches have become.
My son even wears them to _school_ now … they even have cute little shapes. Saw a couple of girls in the high school with the star ones. I mean, I’ve even worn one out in public before without any thought to keep me from touching my face.
If you have issues touching around on your face, seriously … invest in some of those. You can get 30+ patches for around $4-5. Pop one on for the day and your skin will thank you later.
i love them lol. i don't even have a problem with picking at my acne but it does get so itchy and painful sometimes it can be hard to ignore. these make me forget i even have a pimple and it's great
Yes! I started using the Mighty Patch ones and I love them because they are really hard to see and actually work for me. I’m pretty bad with picking at my skin, so these help me prevent that. 🥰
I honestly don't know how I survived to adulthood. I used to have EXTREME dermatillomania and would go at my face with my hands, tweezers, needles, even pocket knives. The fact that I never ended up with anything more severe than a surface level infection is frankly a miracle. Thankfully I'm much better now due to therapy, medication, and a preventative skincare routine, but I still have scars and marks from my old behavior.
What Is dermatillomaina?
@@Tuxytheburritoanimationsan2002 Skin-picking disorder. It's a type of OCD that causes compulsions to pick, squeeze, scratch, etc. at areas of skin.
I’m wondering why they never taught us about this “triangle of death” in esthetician school!! This would have been very beneficial and important information! Maybe it’s because we were taught just don’t pop/pick at all? We did offer extraction services though, so this would have been excellent information to know and teach.
That’s what I am thinking also. Never taught this to us even as a cosmo
I am an esthetician, too. They never taught us. They just wanted us to do procedures and get our rerquired practices done so they could graduate us and send us off into the salon world. So much about sanitation is needed to be known
Safety and Sanitation are the biggest things we learned in Esthi school and is still the primary thing we teach at said school. I'm sorry that wasn't your experience. Certainly not all schools are like that.
We don’t just do extractions. Afterwards, your skin should receive a mask or toner to clean the skin. But I agree, it wouldn’t hurt to teach it although depending on when you went to school, this may not have been an issue.
Hell, imo this should be taught in middle school health class!!!
In the years that I worked in diagnostic microbiology, I only saw this once. It was sepsis in a young man with extremely bad acne. If you absolutely must pick a pimple, wash your hands and clean the area first (isopropyl alcohol is good). Pierce the top of the spot with a needle (also cleaned with alcohol) and squeeze GENTLY. If you have a cystic pimple and you squeeze too hard, you can burst the cyst inwards, spreading bacteria into your deeper tissues and blood vessels, and this is when you can run into some very real problems. You can also introduce bacteria into your blood stream by picking a pimple with dirty hands or if your face is dirty when you pick. Always get medical attention sooner, rather than later. Once a pathogen gets into your bloodstream, it's possible to die within 24 hours. As you say, James, it's very rare. But not impossible.
To add an even better tip to this - instead of squeezing, simply apply an acne patch. It sucks out all the gunk without applying any pressure or trauma, and keeps the area protected and sterile (obviously, wash your skin before applying the patch). These are serious game-changers for treating and healing pimples.
just put benzoyl peroxide or slap on a pimple patch PLEASE. nobody should mess with an open wound. i used to be a chronic face picker and luckily i never experienced the worst case scenario, but the scarring was horrible and it’s still around to stay 5 years later. 😬
@@rainbowunicorn007 Excellent advice. Some people just can't help themselves, though, as I'm sure you know. 🙂
@@Sleipnirseight what acne patches would you recommend? thanks in advance :)
i have never heard of this like before, and i mindlessly pick at my face all the time.. so scary.
I had a little bump on the inside of my thigh (probably from shaving) and I thought nothing of it. A few days later there was a red streak under my skin that led from that little bump (that now looked very irritated) all the way up to the inguinal lymph nodes. I started feeling very feverish, weak and nauseous. It turned out to be Lymphangitis which is an infection and inflammation of the lymph vessels. The doctor told me that I could have died from it if I didn't start antibiotics when I did.
Great reminder to everyone that a red streaks on your skin are ALWAYS serious and require medical attention!!! I’m glad you turned out okay!!!
Many years ago I had same thing my grandma used boiling hot milk
Soaked bread in the milk
Wrapped it in cheese cloth and put it on the spot it was all pulled out in 3 nights
i got lymphangitis from a bug bite 🙈😭😭
My mom had that from a stupid blister on her heel. It went up, inflamed her lymph node, they even kept her in a hospital for a couple of days to monitor her. From a stupid blister. Women and their uncomfortable shoes.
I recall a teenage girl in Montreal dying of systemic staph infection that stemmed from her extreme acne. She had bad skin, she started feeling very unwell, I think she had recent immigrant parents who didn't rush her to medical care, and I can only imagine the layers of shame and self disgust if you are a teen with acne. This was in the 1990s, pre internet.
I got a staph infection when I was 11 from a flea bite on my side that I kept picking and scratching at. My mom didn’t take me to the doctor, but she did make me take a bath in diluted bleach and she squeezed the hell out of it. It was so painful 😣
@@chipmunkwarcryBathing in diluted bleach?! 🫣😦
@@lovingheizeit’s actually hot as crazy as it sounds even now bathing in water with like half a cap of bleach is a common recommended treatment for severe eczema
@@livo326 Wow, that's quite interesting! I guess I'd be quite nervous to full on bathe in diluted bleach since it'd come into contact with the internal regions of one's private parts. My own skin is super sensitive and easily angered so I tend to be quite cautious, I only use gentle products (+ hypochlorous acid to sanitize my skin.) It's interesting that those with eczema can tolerate a chemical as harsh as bleach, even if diluted. Also, I assume the purpose of the baths are to rid the skin of harmful bacteria? But wouldn't doing so also strip the rest of the skin of the good bacteria that aid in protecting the skin from damage and water loss? I'm curious to learn more about this!
@@lovingheize as someone who has been living with eczema my entire life, I've done a bit of research over the years, and I think I can offer an explanation for you! Eczema is associated with the inability to produce a certain protein responsible for skin's barrier function, resulting in overly sensitive skin, to the point where it starts to react to one's own natural bacteria. Dividing it into "good" and "bad" bacteria is a bit reductive, since both are necessary to keep things in balance. Which is why, for some people, bleach is more preferable, since it kills everything in equal measure, unlike antibiotics, which are likely to prioritize some bacteria and cause an imbalance. Which is why hospitals can just douse everything with bleach without anyone developing any resistance to the stuff, again unlike antibiotics.
Now, obviously, the recommended amount is not enough to burn your skin off or anything, and (though this is strictly my experience) the whole process is painless. You do have to wash everything off and apply a moisturizer, but that's the usual practice after any bath. It has helped me calm my severely itchy skin, when the alternative was just scratching the entire thing off my body.
Hope this helped in clearing up some of your questions!
I once went to the doctor cuz I had popped a pimple on my chin and it got significantly swollen. I went into her office and told her that I felt like the pimple had popped inwardly and she responded with “that’s not possible”. I took off my face mask so she could examine it and upon looking at it she immediately prescribed me antibiotics lol.
Moral of the story: don’t pop pimples, don’t let doctors dismiss your concerns.
See this is why I struggle to trust a general practitioner (GP), they so often get things wrong when a specialist wouldn't dismiss our concerns so readily. Don't get me wrong, they are incredibly intelligent and have worked hard to get where they are but I wish more GPs would just send us to a specialist rather than dismissing our concerns.
@@miss_ayla Working hard to "get there" has nothing to do with intelligence lol I work in the science fields and meet a lot of truly intelligent people. I can guarantee you that all of the people I've met are more intelligent than any GPs I've visited. GPs are professionals, sure. Intelligent with excellent critical thinking skills and resourcefulness under emergencies? Not necessarily.
I just don't want to diminish the hard work that doctors must go through to become a general practitioner. I can't speak for other parts of the world but I know it takes a lot of work in the UK.@@El_FzEq
@@miss_aylaspecialists can be just as bad. Ive had bad experiences with atleast 13 specialists. Doctors are just healthcare worker with an inflated ego doesnt matter if its a GP or specialist.
What the hell are you supposed to do with pimples? They don't just go away- like they don't just stop existing if you leave them alone.
For those who genuinely CANNOT stop picking, and its liked to anxiety or other feelings, you might have something called Dermatillomania. You can recieve therapy for it! If the picking is affecting your life (like it did mine) please go to a doctor ❤
someone with trichotillomania here same thing but hair pulling its nearly impossible to get over on your own its a obsessive body repetitive movement and its like breaking a severe addiction
I have this and hair picking as well. Ive legit tried everything to stop :/ but nothing has worked lol. Hoping for a cure. And waiting. Always waiting
@@lindyloohoo ❤️❤️
Haven't found anything that helps unfortunately. It's completely unconscious on my part
@mltplprsnlties328 yes it's a similar thing to dermatillomania - you need Cognitive Behavioural Therapy if you haven't already tried it
I'm a germaphobe so I've never popped my spots, but who cares. This is terrifying. Spot popping is super common and we so often fail to think about the skins function as a barrier - if it's wounded, it can't do its job.
@@kai_fatallysapphic So glad you didn't get an infection, but I'm sorry you're dealing with compulsive picking. That must be so tough!
@@kai_fatallysapphichave you thought about going to therapy or something to address a very dangerous habit?
@@kai_fatallysapphic unwanted advice? Well, excuse me for looking out for YOU. Wow, talk about being rude especially when you left the comment. Guess you don't realize that people are free to make comments.
@@kai_fatallysapphic I'll never make that mistake again. That's for sure. Then don't post shit if you definitely don't want responses. You sound like such a negative person.
@@amandak.4246 what? So me expressing concern is now rude? 😂 okay , whatever you say 😆
Very informative for those who don't realize. Former infection control nurse here, and MRSA, we say "mersa" is something we all live with, but one tiny break and the right conditions, can do incredible damage. Thank you, James, excellent as always!
We still call it MRSA in the U.K.
We don't ALL have MRSA at all. In the UK, you get tested for it before an operation and you get refused surgery if you have it.
@@GMW.artist they didn’t say we all “ have” MRSA. They said we all “live” with it, meaning it’s in our every day environment, like many other bacteria, and we can pick it up pretty much anywhere.
@@Just_Reading_CommentsPlus it's a pretty common skin flora that doesn't usually cause problems unless it somehow finds an entry point
My fiancé passed in 2016, when I was 5 months pregnant, and while he was in a coma, I had to wear gloves and a mask to go see him bc when they swabbed his nose, inside, he tested positive for MRSA. Anytime I hear about it, I think of that moment.
Like so many others in the comments, I never thought this was true until it was. And it happened to me. About 5 years ago I tried to pop what I thought was a regular pimple on my right cheek. I went in hard, way too hard. Cut to roughly 4 days later, I woke up with half my face 50% bigger than it's normal size. Went straight to the ER and was diagnosed with staph and an abscess that needed to be treated with intravenous antibiotics. Not going to talk about the state of my face at this point, but it wasn't pretty. Miraculously it healed perfectly and these days you can barely tell, there's just a tiny, tiny indentation in my face. But man was that a wake up call when it came to taking care of my skin. These days, I try to put pimple patches on whenever I feel the need to pick at my skin. Be safe everyone
i’ve popped spots for essentially half my life. this reminds me how lucky i am to have had nothing more than a little scarring happen. a reminder to only pop pimples on clean skin with clean hands. and to take care of the wound afterwards. or to rather just use skincare products, spot treatments and pimple patches.
I never thought this would happen to me, until it did. Last December, I tried to aggressively pop a pimple on my chin. A few days later, the underside of my chin because swollen, tender and I had a painful lump. I thought the lump was just a swollen lymph node because my body was fighting off a cold or something, so I almost didn't go to a doctor. I'm glad I did see a doctor because I had cellulitis. I now have an indented scar where the pimple was. I never thought anything of popping pimples before that, it was a huge learning experience.
You're gonna single handedly cure my dermatillomania with this one
The girl who passed away (RIP) - Her story reminded me of my fiance, he thought he pulled something in his knee, developed a knot, the pain backed off some when he would soak in a hot bath, and then it got so bad he couldn't sleep or anything.. so on his birthday he was admitted to the hospital. The doctor that was draining the fluid from his knee (that looked like dirty pond water) was in shock that he hadn't went septic because of the severity of it... he had to have emergency surgery the next day and even had to have a PicLine ran from his arm to his heart and I had to give him IV antibiotics for a few weeks!!! It was crazy!!!
it happened so fast too!!
Oh my god, happy birthday to him!
@averysspookshowspectacular6205 aw thank you! it just passed again on November 28th. still didnt get to do anything for it being homeless and all, but hey we're alive lol
hope he's alright now
Even when James posts videos with titles that could sound like clickbait, they are *for real*! We salute you Sir.
If you can’t stop picking spots: you can get pumice stone, and apply PVA glue or a special latex based paint, let it dry and then spend hours picking it.
Really helps with the urges and is safe! (Just avoid the latex paint if you have an allergy!).
This is a fantastic tip. Thanks
Like pick off the glue?
They also have things that you can buy where you can pick the gunk out to help too.
@@vivianwells2032 yep.
Same I just.. will try to use bentonite magma/calamine lotion and let it dry, and cover with a bandaid so I can more easily ignore it. Absentminded picking can be dangerous and at best give you a keloid like when I pulled out an ingrown hair scab twice on my leg.
I had a staph infection on my face back in college (unsure if MRSA or regular staphylococcus aureus). We were handling staph bacteria in lab class and I suspect it was due to waxing my face the night prior that the bacteria was able to easily take over. The day after, I woke with crusty oozing skin on my upper lip. I saw the campus dermatologist who told me I had eczema (really? Overnight?) and to just wash my face with cetaphil. The day after that, the infection spread to my eye which had swollen almost shut. The emergency physician told me immediately it was staph, prescribed me Bacitracin ointment and it took me a couple weeks of recovery and I used up the whole tube.
Moral of the story, if you have a hunch on your own diagnosis and get shooed away, get a second opinion asap. And, if you practice hair removal make sure to sanitize your skin and all the tools you use. The risks of shaving and waxing really aren’t taught enough.
I just don't shave 😅
We need to normalize that its okay to have acne and blemishes every now and then and that you're not ugly. Fitting the perfect ideal of Beauty is not worth losing your life over. Also don't try to pop something on you that won't pop. Try natural home remedies (that dont involve popping) first and if that doesn't work get professional help.
Edit: popping your pimples and picking at your skin can contribute to aging.
I went into septic shock secondary to acute pancreatitis. I'm left with kidney injury, hardly any bowels and an ileostomy. Everyone needs to be aware of the signs of sepsis. September is Sepsis awareness month.
As a survivor of sepsis, it’s a really horrific thing. Please take care of yourself and get help early for infections!
We often think infections are not a big deal, thanks to antibiotics. But even a few hundred years ago people died of scratches and tiny cuts so easily!!
Mine was due to a hospital acquired kidney infection, and I was already in hospital being closely monitored, so I am so lucky to have been able to get great treatment almost instantly.
I suffered from MRSA when I was 18 from popping a pimple in between my eyes while at work at a Burling Coat Factory. It was strange because nothing came out of the pimple but I felt it "pop." My face started swelling up almost immediately. I would look in the mirror of the dressing room and it was as if I could watch it get worse as the minutes passed. After an hour, I frantically drove home and by the time I got there (about 30 min drive) my face was just like Laurens and did eventually get worse. My mother rushed me to the emergency room and I was admitted. Spent 4 days in the hospital. It was insanely scary and I'm so grateful I reacted as quickly as I did.
I’m always surprised when people don’t know about this! One of my grandpa’s brothers died as a kid because he popped a pustule on his nose and it got infected so I’ve been throughly scared away from pimple popping lmao. Sterilised tools and gloves if it’s really desperate.
I am 50 with a 13 yr old. I have NEVER heard of this before, and will definitely have my kid watch this. Thank you for making this vid. Im so glad i found your channel.
ive had this fear for SO long because of my dermatillomania. ive been doing it since i was about 8 and i learned VERY quickly how scary it can get if i dont do first aid after and keep my hands clean. but yeah the ‘danger zone’ used to scare TF out of me.
stay safe and reach out for help friends 💗
I’m the same way. Washing open wounds right after is important. Also bandaids. I liked his idea on the pimple patches but those can easily come off too
This is relatable… I suffer from dermatillomania AND trichotillomania (I pull body hair)… and always clean my pick areas with isopropyl alcohol after I catch myself
This video is really useful to remind people to always be cautious if they develop new swelling, fever and chills, or pains. Especially after skin injury, even minor ones from shaving or picking.
If you ever feel in doubt, please seek medical care.
It's not going to stop me from getting my blackheads and filaments, but it will definitely remind me to be attentive to any symptoms of infection.
(also I am pretty sure you are also not supposed to pluck nose hairs due to this (inside the nostril), invest in a nose hair trimmer if they bother you or just use eyebrow scissors carefully to trim)
I actually had sepsis in high school after a UTI progressed to a kidney infection. The doctors didn’t even catch it, they just happened to to prescribe antibiotics for the kidney infection in time to also treat the sepsis. Education is a really big deal. Thank you to other commenters who provided links to more information, and to you for posting this, James.
I had a kidney infection last year from a UTI as well, it was incredibly scary for me.
@@sweetmatcha So glad you’re ok now! They definitely are really scary :( I hope we both are able to avoid getting any more in the future!
I was on retinol and got a job working outdoors a couple years ago. I got a bunch of sunblock but it didn't matter. I got such a bad sun burn it got infected and became a cellulitis infection that scared my skin. Took 2 years to reverse the damage and the weird texture.
yikes I'm on a strong retinol and even some mild sun exposure with sunscreen causes some minor texture for a week or so on my skin. good to know 😬
@@zoosmellpooplord6109 Ya, I got so depressed over it. Thought my skin would never recover. Legit looked like the texture of a basket ball and the job wasnt worth all that. Ironically what helped my skin the most was a tretinoin prescription of 0.1%. Since then I avoid the sun like it's life or death lol.
I had a tiny, only noticeable to me, blackhead on my sternum that became a cyst after I tried removing it (by squeezing). It became so swollen and irritated that I had to have in-office surgery to remove it.
Additionally, all those rumors that popping pimples leading to scarring is 100% true! Many of the scars don’t become apparent until your skin ages and some of the fullness (collagen) naturally leaves. I REALLY regret all that picking I did in the 80’s and 90’s. 😭😭😭
My favorite patches for “don’t touch it” purposes are the AOA Skin Invisible Acne Patches from Miss A. The edges are thin so I usually forget I have them on. And they’re incredibly affordable.
Yes, I love the spot patches. Otherwise I won't leave some things alone.
Thanks for the recommendation!
honestly this isnt gonna stop me i cant control myself lmao
No same 😅
heres the thing, I will just be EXTRA aware and quick to make Dr appointments
And keep fingers clean, clean where you pick. Use pimple patches etc.
I get ingrowns so bad when plucking my facial hair (life of a PCOS girlie) and I’m so bad at picking them. 🥲
I popped a pimple just to the inside of my eyebrow one night. The next morning, my eyelid and upper bridge of my nose were so swollen that my eyelid was almost completely shut. I stayed home from work and went to urgent care. I was told that I pushed the infection into spreading under my skin. I was put on antibiotics immediately. I haven't messed with pimples there since.
I actually got a huge cyst inside of my nostril (gross, I know) and the doctor had to lecture me about the triangle of death and how I can't touch it at all because it was MRSA... got antibiotics and was fine, but it is serious stuff
Dont you need surgery for cysts?
@@lindyloohoo sorry, correct word is abcess, it was an abcess which does not need surgery
@@cookieblast1499 okay lol cus i have a cyst so i was like I CAN AVOID THIS lol. Thank you
I got an abscess between my nose and mouth during COVID, thankfully the face mask hid it but it was so painful and scary
@@marym6733 gosh yeah those ones also hurt the most!
A friend of mine in middle school got a really bad infection from a popped pimple on her cheek. Her skin literally turned green and she had to take antibiotics for a while. Needless to say that scared me quite a bit. Not enough to stop picking completely, but enough to make sure I drown any spot I've picked in iodine solution.
But yeah, sepsis is no joke, any skin break needs to be cleaned asap to prevent infection and inflammation should never be ingored.
That casual skin picking that happens when we're distracted 😮
I got such a bad infection. I had a pimple between my eyebrows and I picked it and went swimming the next day. I woke up in so much pain I went o the hospital and the Dr told me had he not caught the infection it would have spread to my brain. Sooo scary.
As someone who works in the medical field I can tell you that the majority of sepsis deaths are old people in nursing homes. They often get UTIs or pneumonia and due to fact that 1) old people rarely get fevers and 2) compensated shock which keeps things like blood pressure normal, it's hard to detect until it's almost too late. Now I'm from tge US so I don't know how nursing homes are run in the UK the infection is often caused by things like not changing patients often enough and some unsanitary practices.
It’s been a while since I’ve been this terrified. Never heard of the triangle of death. This is scary. I’m prone to sinus infections, had a nose job, pimped dozens and dozens of pimples in my teen years cause I was suffering with acne a lot, had fillers in my nose, I feel like all my main issue have been located in the triangle of death but I never heard such stories. This is terrible. I feel for these people.
THE TRIANGLE OF DEATH DANGER has been passed down in my family from my great grandmother, who had it passed down to her from her mother's grandmothers, etc.
Now I've educated my son, who has told a few friends, and so oral tradition does its best to keep us safe.
A whole lot of "old wives' tales" are more than worth listening to.
I work in an eye hospital and I remember a patient who came to the emergency room with cellulitis caused by an ingrown hair on her eyebrow. She had apparently been digging into it with tweezers which caused the infection. After treatment she was fine, but it just goes to show how even the smallest wound can be dangerous.
Ugh that is horrifying! When I was maybe 15 I had a blackhead on the top of my lip, and I couldn’t leave it alone. Eventually I got it out but it has left a dent in my lip lines permanently. Not worth it, and this is super scary. Thank you for sharing this with us, god that’s awful. I will definitely try to make a greater effort to never pick at any spots again!
The “triangle of death” is a term used by paramedics and morticians referring to the space in people’s bathrooms between the bath, toilet and sink. It’s sadly very common that when someone is seriously injured or dies in their bathroom, they’re wedged into this space. If someone falls into it, they can easily become trapped. It can actually cause their death due to positional asphyxiation, or in extreme cases they’re trapped without help for so long they end up passing away. It’s extremely difficult to remove someone from it. For paramedics it limits the in-situ treatment they can administer, and makes it very hard and potentially risky to move the patient out. In the event of a death, the funeral home who come to remove the deceased can really struggle to get them out of that space too, particularly if they’ve been there long enough for rigor morris to set in. Sometimes removals are done solo (especially out of hours) so one person trying to remove a trapped body is a nightmare. That’s what the Triangle of Death is.
I haven't had this exact problem before, but I did get cellulitis in summer 2020. It all started with me getting fowl mites from holding my chickens-gross, I know. They can't survive on humans for long, but they do bite and cause irritation.
Well, I didn't realize right away that I had the mites and I accidentally scratched way too hard. That damaged the skin on the side of my torso, which quickly developed an infection. The rash I got was bright red, hot, and had a ring around it. It was growing steadily, too. My mother urged me to see a doctor ASAP and luckily, I was able to see someone via Zoom since this was during the early days of Covid in the US. I had to take some serious antibiotics and use a topical steriod gel, IIRC. Not something to mess around with!
I've had dermatillomania since I was 12, and somehow never caught such a massive infection. I do apply alcohol to the spots after and wash the areas affected. I also clean my phone and wash my hands often. But yeah, this video is still quite a wake up call. The spot Gerain picked is a spot I often pick on as well. I'll be more mindful from now on.
I really need to send this to my 17 yo as she pops a lot of pimples and I’m constantly telling her to stop but you know, they don’t listen to parents. I give her the acne spot treatments but she’d rather pick.
It’s just like why you should not pluck a nose hair because it can kill you due to the bacteria that can get in.
Great video.
You should edit your comment, you left out “not” when talking about plucking nose hairs
@@blakea.e.1681 oops thanks. Had a migraine when I wrote that.
Hi! I'm a dentist and worked at a dental ER as a student. I have personally seen people die from deep neck space infections within hours. A pimple, a nick while shaving, an infected tooth left alone for too long. Not even modern medicine can save them. It's like, a 30% chance of survival WITH treatment for some of those spaces. Do not mess around with the triangle of death
Okay, that’s it.. I’m never picking again 😅
I picked a spot on my leg awhile back, and it remained pretty red and raised for awhile. Thankfully it healed on its own, and doesn’t appear to have left a scar, but I’ve definitely learned my lesson
One tip I’ve learned from a CZcamsr is that if you’re in a picking episode and need to stop, put on a charcoal mask. It covers everything and makes your brain say, “oh okay nothing to see here”. Origins has one. I think beautycounter does but I’ve been using the Boscia pore pudding one and that helps a lot.
I popped a pimple on my leg years ago and ended up with a literal hole in my leg. Like, the skin was eaten away or something. It was okay after a couple of weeks but I still have a scar. I was very lucky by the sounds of it!
My daughter’s dad has the exact same thing, it’s like a deep pitted scar now.
My favorite pimple patches are the Peach Slices brand and Cosrx.
I had a pimple when I was in 7th grade on the very tip of my nose. I took a clean needle to it to drain it. I'm 25 now and I still have the scar - a tiny pin sized hole surrounded by a circle on my nose now. thankfully no infection happened. Damn that's scary
My nose always gave me these permanent pimples that never popped by themselves. I must've gotten about 3-4, they were mid-sized and they destroyed me, no amount of bp or sa worked so I used a sterile needle to pop them. Thankfully I am ok and I haven't gotten one in at least 5 years, I find it's important to use a tissue every 3 hours since my nose gets so oily and that clogged my pores. In my teenage years I would actually get so oily, the sebum would drip like a tear drop on my nose.😨
I squeezed a spot on my nose so hard once, it burst the blood vessels in my eyes. Scared the 💩 out of me and haven’t touched one since 😅
So wonderful to hear you recommending going to someone medically trained for filler! A lot of people don’t realise the dangers that fillers can pose if not used in the right hands and with a reversal agent to hand in emergencies
Yesssss luckily here in the uk they are working on an actual licence now. So people can’t just do a one day course then start injecting people!
Delighted to hear 🎉
This happened to me! Last year I popped a pimple near my lip and woke up with a super swollen lip. Luckily my dermatologist was able to see me that same day and prescribe me antibiotics 😅
In college, I got cellulitis from popping a pimple near my eyebrow. I looked like Quasimodo.
Fortunately my mom was visiting that weekend and took me to the hospital.
The ER dr said to NEVER pop a pimple in the triangle of death. So scary from such an innocent action.
the triangle of death really is no joke. i have hidradenitis suppuritiva so i sometimes get large and painful cysts in places like my thighs, groin, and underarms. i had one under my arm and my mom was helping me change the dressing and she accidentally wiped her nose before she washed her hands and less than a week later she was super lethargic and was running a fever. we took her to the ER and they said that if we had waited until the next day, she probably would have died because she was septic and had MRSA in her nose and it would have spread to her brain. she was in the hospital for over a week on extremely strong antibiotics. PLEASE be careful and always wash your hands before and after caring for a wound!
I have compulsive skin picking disorder related to OCD and this video really helps provide incentive! Thank you James!
Something for men specifically to keep in mind: nicks on the face while shaving can have the same effect. Speaking from experience, unfortunately. Not my own experience, but that of a patient I met while working at a dental ER as a dentistry student. Deep head and neck spaces are no joke
Not from spots but my doctor was worried that I could pass away from Cellulitis/Perichondritis that nearly progressed into sepsis due to a badly pierced/embedded piercing.
I wound up becoming clammy and tachycardic and it had spread to bone behind my ear (which at that point i was told there was nothing stopping it from reaching my brain).
Overall, it took 2 weeks of the strongest IV antibiotics, multiple scalpel cuts and packing inserts to drain, surgery to open up my ear, remove and wash granulation tissue as well as a further 8 months of strong oral antibiotics and 1-2 visits per week until i was completely out of the woods.
My mom got MRSA years ago. Fortunately she came through it ok. We thought it was spider bite at first. The pain was awful for her.
My relative actually almost died from popping a pimple on the chin. The doctors said it was because she tried to pop it with dirty nails. Her face had swollen up and she couldn’t breathe. She now has a huge scar on her chin.
My mum used to suffer cystic acne. One day she woke up with a spot on the inside corner of her eye and nose just under her eyebrow. She said it was extremely painful and after 2 days her eye was so swollen she couldn't see out of it. When she went to the doctor he sent her to hospital straight away. Turns out through the cystic pimple she got golden staph (staphylococcal) and she was close to going blind as it had travelled behind her eye and toward her brain. Mum never popped it so it wasn't an open wound however staphylococcal naturally loves inside your nose. This has happened 2 times in the last 10 years and doctors have no idea how the staphylococcal got into mums blood without the open wound. I also nearly lost my daughter when she was 7 months old due to a hospital drilling into her bone as she was severely dehydrated (also their fault) and in the process gave her blood poisoning. They drilled once in one leg and twice in the other. It's a very long story but we are so thankful she was transferred to a different hospital where she was in ICU for a while and they saved her life. She's now 10 and we have never gone back to that hospital.
Ive seen a lot of comments from people with dermatillomania and it just reminds me how common this experience is! I felt like that with my trichotillamania and its actually a lot more common than people think, and a lot of people have pulled their hair out at least once compulsively. All im trying to say is dont feel like ur a freak or alone with it cause ive felt like that before but ur not!
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Hope you’re having a great Sunday evening James 💙 Thank you for yet another great video 🌟
In high school I was hospitalized with cellulitis on my face. It most likely stemmed from picking a cystic acne spot next to my nose, and it swelled up and got really hard.
Originally they gave me antibiotics, but once I didn’t respond to the antibiotics they had to hospitalize me to administer them intravenously. The big concern was that the cellulitis had grown closer to my eye. I think I ended up staying in the hospital for nearly a week.
Years later I also had MRSA on my arm, probably originally from a spider bite.
Another thing to add to my paranoia list! Always love your research and commentary ❤
My sister got cellulitis from trying to remove an overgrown cuticle on her hand. So awful. She survived, thankfully, but the lesson remains. The skin is a barrier of protection, don’t break the barrier unnecessarily.
I have a skin picking disorder, so i do stress about this all the time. I usually dont get pimples in the triangle area, but when i do i try to remind myself of how harmful it can be to pop that. Since i get wounds easily i wash anything open right away… maybe thats why i havent gotten sick from pimple popping. But i do think ill end up getting hurt eventually.
If you can get some of those pimple spot things they really help keep me from picking I shouldn't. Maybe you could try those in the danger zone.
I am watching this as I'm tweezing my brows and popping some pimples between the brows 😮
This is aweful, yet such important information!
Thank you for being you, James!
My dermatillomania got me into trouble twice in one month. I guess my immune system was not having it, cause under a lot of stress I got a whole heap of health related problems while finishing my bachelor’s degree. First was a stye, you should NEVER touch that, but I did and quite badly - I was finishing my thesis in a rush, pulling all-nighters, which led to me stress picking. At some point my eye and half of my face was swollen and in pain. I was so scared and felt very guilty, I really thought that if I lose my eye I deserve that. Second time I popped a pimple on my chin, which led to an infection and doctor had to cut it open, after telling me it could easily go to my brain because of it’s location, which was scary af. It was also really painful, I couldn’t talk or eat without pain. I consider myself lucky getting only a small scar after that.
I still pick at my skin, I really don’t know how to deal with that problem, but I’m definitely much more careful about hygiene and possible risks now.
I actually know a guy who developed an infection in his brain and nearly died, was in ICU in a coma, due bacteria entering his skin in the triangle of death in his late teens! Luckily he survived but he did say it left him with some neurological after effects. There was also a teenager who died of sepsis in the UK some years back due to a new lip piercing. It’s great to see more information being spread on sepsis the silent killer - it is easily treatable if caught early it’s all about knowing the signs and acting fast! Great information while reminding everyone this is still extremely rare and not to develop any anxiety over this just to do your due diligence with injectors and know the signs ✌️
That sweater and color looks amazing on you! ❤
after 23 years of my life this video scared me straight out of my picking habit. i can’t thank u enough. i am so terrified and also thankful aaaaaaaaaaaa I NEEDED to hear this.
Oh my gosh James! This is so scary! I get cystic acne, really painful bumps every month. I make sure to clean the area and everything I’m using with rubbing alcohol before I attempt to “pop” the pimple. But gosh now I don’t think I’ll even do that! Thanks so much love u and you’re content so much 🙏🩵
I was a compulsive picker for years. I started actually taking care of my skin during Covid and I rarely get acne anymore. But when I do, I go to town on it. Right now I have a painful spot that nothing comes out of. I keep trying and it's just getting worse. No other symptoms at this point, but damn I'm scared now!
I heard about this once on doctor pimple popper when they removed a cyst in between some guys eyes, I don’t normally watch her but I was at a hotel just watching tv, but I love pimple popping. I’ve always been nervous about this since but couldn’t really find much info about it so I’m glad to be seeing this video today! Love your videos
New fear unlocked- thanks James!
Wasn't there also advice to not pull out hair from your nostrils for the same reason? The follicles are different from normal external skin follicles but as you mentioned, the follicles are not built to be traumatised, they are supposed to shed the hair naturally. Snip don't pull! My son had meningitis as a newborn, he recovered like a trooper. I also had two blood clots a few years back, not fun and a race against time.
Ya! I cringe when I see people putting wax up their nose and pull it. I'm like Noooo.
Just like Baby Powder they told parents in the 70's don't put powder on baby's privates it's bad because of talc. Now you see commercial about people using powder for femine hygiene and getting cancer. Where were these people living in cave.
Gods, I'm glad you and your son are okay, that sounds like an absolute nightmare. I've never cared about my nose hairs, but still good to know, thank you!
When I was a preteen in the 70s (yeah, I'm old) I met a woman who was a fiction writer. She and her husband were a writing team, with dozens of published sci-fi books to their credit.
Her husband got a pimple in his nose which of course, like any normal person, he picked. It got infected, and the infection traveled right into his brain.
Long story short, he was left with profound brain damage. It left his IQ unaffected, but screwed up a bunch of other things. He also erroneously blamed his wife for his condition, flying into a rage whenever she tried to see him.
It was pretty devastating for her to lose her best friend, lover, and business/writing partner in one stroke of fate. She was a really, really nice person. I hope she found some happiness and success in the years after we met.
your skin is flawless James!
Hey James!
Fairly new subscriber, but I want to say…I love the sound of your voice. Somehow you can talk about popping pimples, death, and still be so relaxing. Sending light and love 💕
I got a really bad skin infection about 10 years ago from using a Lush moisturiser it crept up to about 2cm away from my eye which made my doctor pretty nervous 😬
I have dermatillomania and have picked/popped a LOT of pimples and scabs. I did have one bout of very painful septic arthritis in my hip after picking at a burn wound on my thigh, but I've been pretty lucky overall... I don't think this knowledge will help my compulsion at all, nothing really has... but at least I'll be more cautious about aftercare now
Yay!!! Happy Sunday James !! 🎉❤😊
I'm loving this background of yours!
This can also happen with dirty makeup brushes. I read about a woman who lost the ability to walk due to this. This is equally if not more rare, but - same reason!
I remember one day picking a spot on my face, don't remember where, and then went to have breakfast before getting ready for school. I did this a lot as I had really bad skin as a high-schooler. I started to feel faint and hot, my dad noticing how pale I was(which is saying something as I'm already really pale). I told him how I felt and he got my mom up to see what we should do. After about 10 minutes I felt better so I decided to go to school, my parents said I could stay a bit long just in case but I decided just to go. I honestly felt fine the rest of the day so I have no idea what happened but think it was definitely connected to the spot picking
Well that's that's title. This is my favorite series for a reason
James , that colour looks so good on you !!
Good lord, if this video gets people to stop picking at themselves, then it's worth it. I'm obsessively picking at my nose (I've always know I shouldn't), and never thought about this. I've recently learned about pimple patches from you (they didn't exist when I was a teenager), and they are really helping me break the habit. Related story: my mother lost her finger to a long-term infection from being scratched in the garden. Some freak water-borne bacteria that just sat encapsulated under the skin for a few years until she injured her hand and the trauma caused the bacteria to be released into the tissues. They treated her with antibiotics for a year until they finally had to amputate the whole affected digit, joint and metacarpal. So I should know better! DUH! Anyway, thank you for the information.
Back during the pandemic I had a pimple on my cheek that was bothering me and I picked at it for about 2 weeks, had the worst eye swelling and my under eye was bruised
Absolutely brilliant post James like you I have botox regularly and once a year I have filler in the tip of my nose and bridge, where my reading glasses have made a dent. My aesthetic nurse tells me to do the pinch test for around a week after, for 5 seconds pinch on bridge of nose ,watch for it go from white to skin coloured, if it doesn't to go back and have filler removed. I had it done in harley Street the 1st time and they never told me about pinch test. I was scared. Not scared enough to have done multiple times. This is why when you find a fab aesthetics clinic you hang onto them .thank you for highlighting this,as alot do not even think about it. 💚
I love how you're being respectful about it and saying "spot" instead of "pimple"
I got super sick when while super drunk at an outdoor wedding I scratched a bug bite on my foot and it got hugely infected. I couldn’t get my foot into any of my shoes and ended up in the emergency room. If you’re gonna scratch or pick your skin, wash your hands first!!!
I had to get IV antibiotics for an infection on my face from a spot, i thought it was a bug bite but could have been a pimple still not sure. It was an MRSA infection. My face swelled so much my eye was shut and I was in a LOT of pain.
Another superb and interesting video James 😊🇬🇧
Now I'm more panicked about picking at my sebaceous filaments, currently having a pimple developing next to the nose due to PMS but washing my face helped the inflammation die down