It’s Oct 1st and the new season of Doctor Pimple Popper is now available on Hulu. The show isn’t just about the gross squeezing and oozing of giant pimples. It’s a show about the stories of people that need help.
While the various conditions are non-life threatening and therefore considered cosmetic, they are extremely disruptive to the patients’ lives.
One gentleman has two grape-like bulbs on either side of his nose. Naturally it makes it hard for him to breathe. But the growth is also sensitive and swells easily. Something as simple as drinking water from a cup would disturb the growth and close up his nostrils. He has to lean his head back more than 45degrees just so he can breathe again.
But it’s not just the breathing. He’s self conscious about his appearance. As a manager in a store he enjoys interacting with the customers. But because of his condition he would withdraw himself, sometimes hiding in the warehouse.
So it’s not just about the gross squirting stuff. (Although if that’s what you’re watching the show for, don’t worry, there is still plenty of that)
Dr. Lee enables her patients to live a more unencumbered life. A life that is not weighed down(sometimes literally) by the patients conditions.
After watching the transformation of a lot of these patient, I’m grateful for my health and well being. And you should be grateful for yours too.