Now that everyone and their grandmother is obsessed with sheet masks, another K-beauty innovation is popping up everywhere: acne patches. Instead of popping and picking your blemishes, slap a pimple patch on top of it. Unlike some spot treatments, the sticker won’t leave your skin dry and flaky. Most are small, circular hydrocolloid bandages, meaning they absorb fluid from the pimple. You’ll know it’s working because you can see the process happening: The clear patch turns white and expands, and the skin (where your zit once was) flattens out and becomes redness-free. After a couple of hours (or a good night’s sleep), peel it off to see your results. Acne stickers also have the added benefit of blocking you from aggravating skin by picking at pimples. This is key as “picking a pimple increases the inflammation and can slow the healing process down. The chances of scarring and getting an infection rise, too. With all this in mind, we rounded up s...
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