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Pore On Nose, Redness, Peeled Out. Used Vaseline And Cocoa Butter. Is It A Scar?

Will this scar or is it a scar already? I had a plugged pore on the middle of my nose on top & I started messing with it. The next day the skin around the pore turned purple/red. I found a tweezer & peeled a bit of skin & kept doing it for a week because it kept turning red or purple. Now it's been 3 weeks since I haven't messed with it but the mark is still there. I've been in the sun at times I try not to. I put Vaseline & put cocoa butter sometimes but the mark still there. The plugged pore turned to a scab but around it looks like a scar cuz it's still dark like raw skin but pink close up at the same time. but it look dark brown not from closeup
Mon, 30 Sep 2013
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Hi,
There can be possibility of secondary infection at your nose region. This is due to pinching or popping the area at local part. This is the dangerous are of the face and the infection can go into brain so you must not touch, pinch pop or squeeze other wise it can get infected and can cause complications. You can apply gentamycin cream and can take antihistamine benadryl by mouth. Let the scab falls by itself in next 7-14 days so that there should not be a scariing.
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Pore On Nose, Redness, Peeled Out. Used Vaseline And Cocoa Butter. Is It A Scar?

Hi, There can be possibility of secondary infection at your nose region. This is due to pinching or popping the area at local part. This is the dangerous are of the face and the infection can go into brain so you must not touch, pinch pop or squeeze other wise it can get infected and can cause complications. You can apply gentamycin cream and can take antihistamine benadryl by mouth. Let the scab falls by itself in next 7-14 days so that there should not be a scariing.