A strange phenomenon occurs when people acknowledge that something is disgusting: They want to share it.
It's no secret that gross-out videos of pimples being popped, cysts being sliced and blackheads being banished from real people's skin are an internet sensation. Dr. Sandra Lee — a dermatologist better known online as Dr. Pimple Popper — can attest to this with her more than 3 million YouTube subscribers and her recently aired TV special on TLC.
Why gross gets your attentionMuch like fear, Kelly said, disgust is a universal human emotion that exists primarily to protect you. "Massive pimples are a phenotypic abnormality," Kelly said, meaning they're not a common trait."They're indicators that something is wrong," and you may find them disgusting because you want to stay away.
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