Why exactly do we love watching pimples being popped? What is so satisfying about watching a blackhead getting squeezed out of a nose, or correctly guessing whether a gross lump on someone’s head is a lipoma or a dilated pore of winer? Maybe it’s just ASMR taken to its most extreme conclusion, but if Dr Pimple Popper’s 3.8 million YouTube subscribers prove anything, it’s that there’s value in watching someone else squeeze a spot. Previously, you had to hide those gross viewing habits in the depths of your incognito YT watching, but now Dr Sandra Lee’s (that’s Dr Pimple Popper’s real name) popularity has grown so phenomenal that she’s getting her own TV show. And they’re casting.
Coming soon to TLC — of course — the network that brought us Toddlers and Tiaras and Extreme Couponing, the new series promises to take the viewer on a disgusting, but nonetheless weirdly satisfying journey. “The viewer goes on a journey with my patients during this series”, Sandra explains in a press release. “First, you meet the patients in their hometown and see how their skin condition affects their life and people around them. I evaluate every patient and decide on a treatment course to help their skin conditions — and afterward, we see how we have really transformed their lives!”
Basically, imagine Queer Eye but instead of Jonathan telling a divorcee in a plaid shirt how to gently moisturise around their nose, he’s digging into their whiteheads with a comedone extractor. Incredible TV!
For those who want to get up close and personal with the casting experience, all that’s required is a photo and description of their particular skin issues. The TV show will focus on many of the same conditions Dr Sandra Lee treats on her YouTube channel, including lipomas, cysts and blackheads. Those chosen get free treatment, travel and accommodation, and they even offer a $500 finders fee, if you’re brutal enough to nominate someone else.
The show is on the lookout especially for anything “oozing, draining or bleeding”. Nice!
You can sign up to have your pimples popped in front of the world here.