, a spin-off that aired earlier this year, featured socially distanced consultations performed by Dr. Pimple Popper , the original series has at last returned with episodes filmed in Lee’s office during the pandemic. And really, aside from a few extra safety measures like an open-air consultation “room” outside Lee’s office building, it’s business as usual in the Dr. PP universe. It fucked me up and exhilarated me all over again.
It’s like reuniting with an old friend who happens to be a gelatinous fatty lump that was seriously impeding its host’s quality of life. Hello, friend.Really, it was the human drama that really made this episode, uh, pop.
This story from Monica, 37, was probably the saddest: She describes the rejection she faced when a school declined to hire her on account of her facial nevus sebaceous, and the contrasting acceptance she received from a small child: Dr. PP’s treatment for the bumps on Monica’s skin included cutting them off one by one with small scissors and a cautery loop. While administering the latter, Dr. PP went from snipping to snippy in response to Monica’s endless stream of complaints. “I can’t get that raised area without your complaining on me,” she said, suggestively.
But Monica kept complaining and shut down the procedure soon after this point, resulting in not as radical a change as she perhaps wanted. Monica reasoned that she’d get future treatments, and also talked to someone about Camp Discovery, a camp for kids with skin conditions, about a job, thanks to Dr. Pimple Popper’s hook-up.