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i shouldn't be picking?
No, if you pick at them you'll be scratching and scraping the spot and surrounding skin. That will promote scarring. Rather than making a little cut at the head of the spot via popping, you'll make a larger cut along the whole side of the spot where the skin raises up. If it scars, which it's more likely to, it will also be more prominent.
If you have to get rid of spots physically, then you don't want the result of that to be unfortunate scarring. It's better to sit out the spots and just try hard to keep your skin as clean as possible.
