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" Of all the ways our bodies react to stress, pimples have to be the most annoying, right? I&amp;#x27;ve been under a lot of pressure lately, and my face recently thanked me with an eruption the size of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Here&amp;#x27;s the (kind-of-hilarious) true-story of how I tried to wage war on a pimple over the weekend--have you been there? **** On Friday, I woke up and looked in the mirror: Not good. I&amp;#x27;m grateful that, for the most part, I tend to have clear skin. But the business of selling my house and lots of deadlines and parenting stress has all been getting to me, and my skin confirmed it. In fact, research has drawn some interesting correlations in past years between stress and acne, and it makes sense. I knew it when I saw it, this zit was monstrous. With lots of things going on over the following few days--parties, meetings, playdates and drinks with my editor at Glamour who was in town for the weekend!--I knew I had to zap this thing, quick. But how? I searched on The Girls in the Beauty Department and read about Petra&amp;#x27;s pimple zapper. Could I buy one? Would they ship it to me overnight? Then I read about cortisone injections, and Petra&amp;#x27;s experience with those. I was tempted, but didn&amp;#x27;t think I could find a dermatologist on a Saturday. Plus, I&amp;#x27;m a little funny about needles. So, to Dr. Google I went. I read about all kinds of miracle cures for zit zapping: toothpaste, crushed garlic, vinegar, ice cubes, eye drops (they get the red out of pimples, too, apparently) and a dab of Neosporin. Yes, friends, I tried all of them. (Here are more zit-blasting tricks to try as well.) In the end, the pimple won. It would not be stopped. So I gave in and went about my life--with lots of concealer. Do you get more breakouts when you&amp;#x27;re stressed? Are they bad? When&amp;#x27;s the last time you had a monster-sized blemish? How did you deal/treat it? Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter. Friend us on "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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