Okay I am doing some research for my boyfriend. He has had a pretty sizeable pimple on his cheeck for the past couple days. It hadn t come to a head yet, just kept increasing in size. IT was probably the size of a dime when he tried popping it last night. He poked it and squeezed out what he could. This morning when he woke up it had swollen up a lot. Is this a normal reaction to a popped pimple?
Hi, This is not a normal reaction. It seems that the lesion has got inflamed. Ask your friend to do warm saline compresses at least twice in a day over the lesion and apply an antibiotic cream. If its very tender, he may also take an oral anti-inflammatory Chat Doctor.  Hopefully the lesion should subside in few days. If it doesn't, fix an appointment with the doctor so that a course of oral antibiotic can be started and the lesion can be