Dr. Sandra Lee, MD, known as Dr. Pimple Popper on social media, is blowing up the internet. Not only has she obtained more than one million subscribers on YouTube, her videos are gathering growing interest on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. Some of her videos have over six million views! She’s been written about in "New York Magazine," "Cosmopolitan," "The Huffington Post" and "Buzzfeed." Dr. Lee is a dermatologist based out of Southern California. She specializes in both cosmetic and general dermatology. Her procedures vary from liposuction to removing moles, and she videos many of them. She also offers educational videos such as, "How to Tan Properly." However, the videos that have amassed her so much celebrity are the ones where she is using her gloved thumbs to pry out whatever lurks beneath her patient’s skin.

That’s right. As her social media alias suggests, she pops pimples. Pimples, zits, whiteheads, blackheads, cysts etc. Whatever you’ve got, she pops.

Warning: This is going to get really graphic really quick.

Here's just a small one...

Here's a medium-sized cyst...

And here is a grandaddy cyst...look at that giant gaping hole in that person's head! What. Even.

Yes, this is what has captivated millions of people's interest. How? Why? Well, that’s the phenomenon. Dr. Pimple Popper herself has said that many watch her videos before they go to sleep because it soothes them. Others say watching the gunk being squeezed out of another person’s body is satisfying (I'm one of 'em so I ain't judgin'). Others can’t even say why they like watching these massive pimples and cysts being popped. They just find it mesmerizing. There are those who sit down to watch one and four hours later they are still watching.

It's more than just mesmerizing. It's addicting. How? Why? The world will never know. It is a mystery. It is a phenomenon.

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