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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/TLK9419 on 2024-04-09 02:50:50.

I’m kind of stupid. For some background, I’m probably one of the least skincare-savvy people ever. At the beginning of the year I bought a package of dermaplaners after my much more skincare-conscious ex-roomate introduced me to them. If you don’t know, a dermaplaner is basically a super thin blade on a stick used for gently removing dead skin cells and hair, but the way it’s used is much more abrasive than a regular razor. I hadn’t used any of them for months, but I randomly found them in the back of my drawer the other day and decided it would be a good idea to try dermaplaning my nose and remove the blackheads and anything that pore strips never seemed to work on.

So, I confidently started scraping away at one side of my nose, really enjoying the satisfying experience of all the natural oils on my nose being scraped away. That’s when I noticed that my pores started to turn red and even bleed a little. But I figured it was natural for them to get irritated and figured it would stop pretty soon. Then I moved on to scraping off the other side of my nose.

Well, the bleeding did not stop, and all of my pores literally started dripping blood. I had to start squeezing my nose with a tissue and breathe out of my mouth to try to get the bleeding to stop, but it kept going for a good 30 minutes at least.

Turns out you’re not supposed to dermaplane your nose! And I guess the oils that are there in your pores actually belong there. So now I have a nose full of scabs and red spots instead of the much nicer-looking blackheads that I used to hate. And to top it all off, washing my face has also stung every time since this ordeal.

TL;DR: Derma-planed my nose to get rid of blackheads, now instead of blackheads I have a ton of much more noticeable scabs.