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The Independent UK
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Brittany Miller

The deadly reason why you shouldn’t pop a pimple in the ‘Danger Triangle’ on your face

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When former Dance Moms star Brooke Hyland posted a video to her TikTok page on 14 November, her eye was swollen shut because of a pimple.

The pimple was right near the edge of her eyebrow, which she admitted to popping the night before. Soon after posting, many commenters mentioned the pimple being in an area called “the triangle of death” and suggested that Hyland could have a staph infection.

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