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"It&amp;#x27;s pretty much the only thing as bad as waking up to severe thunderstorms the day of your wedding--feeling the throb of a truly enormous incoming pimple the day before your wedding. Before you throw a tantrum and declare that you will be wearing a paper bag over your head and just pinning your veil to that, heed these emergency zit-zapping tips. Here&amp;#x27;s how to zap a zit in a true emergency. 1. Get a cortisone shot, if you have time. If you have at least 24 hours until the wedding, this is your best option. Call a dermatologist and request an emergency cortisone shot for your blemish (many insurance plans will actually cover this). She&amp;#x27;ll inject a steroid directly into the zit to make it stop throbbing, growing and getting redder; the puffiness should deflate within a day&amp;#x27;s time--and you can relax knowing the pimple most likely will get no bigger. (You can read about my experience getting a cortisone shot at Girls in the Beauty Department.) A derm can also extract the gunk from your pimple in a way that won&amp;#x27;t leave a scab or scar. 2. Do something to soothe and shrink the spot. At this point, it&amp;#x27;s probably too late to turn to the usual benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid acne treatments--they&amp;#x27;ll just dry the spot out and make it harder to cover. In emergencies, I like using Mario Badescu&amp;#x27;s Buffering Lotion, which aestheticians say is able to penetrate even down into deep, serious existing blemishes to help shrink them. It also won&amp;#x27;t show under makeup. When I&amp;#x27;m at home, I&amp;#x27;d top it with a sulfur-based drying potion, which has an instant soothing effect and seems to take the edge off a zit. I also turn to my Zeno, a device that warms up and helps reduce the size of a pimple by beating swelling. Don&amp;#x27;t pop the pimple unless it&amp;#x27;s truly ready to burst--it&amp;#x27;s not worth the risk of having a scab that&amp;#x27;s totally uncoverable. 3. Conceal like a pro. Blemishes aren&amp;#x27;t like other skin spots--you need to be careful how you cover them with makeup or you can actually draw more attention to them. Use concealer that&amp;#x27;s a close match to your skin (not lighter), and put just a speck on the tip of a very thin, firm concealer brush. Dot the concealer onto the blemish starting in the center and working outward, stopping where the red ends. Immediately set with translucent powder. Did any of you get a big pimple on your wedding day? How did you deal? Anyone got a great anti-acne product or concealer to share? Oh, and here&amp;#x27;s a little poll, just for fun! Which would you rather have happen?(polls) Post below and tell us how you voted and why! Ways to get clearer skin before your wedding day: * Get more Zzz&amp;#x27;s * Stop using conditioner or lip balm before bed * Consider going on the pill More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging into Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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