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Recent Examples of blisterThis pressure forces the material upward, creating a shallow blister on the surface.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026 Cabrera will test his blister with an extended bullpen session Sunday, the same day Boyd will begin his rehab stint with Triple-A Iowa.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026 More than 285,000 blister cards of Gas-X, a medication for gas and bloating, have been recalled nationwide.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
29 May 2026 Cabrera’s blister issue is expected to only require a minimum stay on the IL.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for blister
After debuting at Coachella as an off-grounds festival experience and content playground replete with a claw machine, balloon darts, mini burgers and colorful popsicles in promotion of the brand’s Spotwear pimple patches, Rhode World will travel throughout North America and Europe this summer.
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Hikmat Mohammed,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
Thabi Hlela of African Alabaster Botanical Skincare uses marula and shea butter in formulations that have cleared pimples and reversed early aging signs in customers who had tried pharmaceutical alternatives.
More papules emerge as blisters burst, prolonging the torment.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
May Be Useful in Acne Treatment People with acne often have lowered serum zinc levels, and both oral and topical zinc have been found to reduce the prevalence of inflammatory papules, both when used as monotherapy and as a supplemental therapy.5
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Or, bring it to a near boil in the saucepan, which should take about 8-10 minutes.
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BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Social worker Caroline Fonjock, 45, first noticed a lesion at the top of her inner thigh in April 2021, but dismissed it as a boil, nothing more, according to a report from Cambridge University Hospitals.
Many have irregular or pock-marked shapes, while others have a smooth crust from their time burning up in our atmosphere.
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Adam Lark,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
Inoculation involved taking pus from a pock of someone with a not-very-severe case of smallpox, making a cut in the arm of the person to be inoculated, and rubbing the pus into the cut.
This deeply effective combo breaks down sebum and gently removes dead skin cells that can clog your pores, causing unwelcome blackheads and overall texture.
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Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
20 May 2026
That means a course of action that targets everything from blackheads to excess sebum production to sebaceous filaments, the thin threads that tend to pop up on your nose, to even redness, which can cause skin to swell, enhancing the appearance of pores.
This is maybe true for some grown-ups (luckies), but it’s never really been the case with me, a 36-year-old woman who has an arsenal of lotions and potions and prescription of tretinoin to keep the zits at bay.