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Popping pimples in the facial "Triangle of Death" poses life-threatening risks

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إيمان البدري
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Al-Ahram Gate
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Warns against squeezing pimples or boils in the nasal-labial "Triangle of Death," explaining that retrograde venous drainage to the cavernous sinus can cause cavernous sinus thrombosis, meningitis, or brain abscess.

Warns against squeezing pimples or boils in the nasal-labial "Triangle of Death," explaining that retrograde venous drainage to the cavernous sinus can cause cavernous sinus thrombosis, meningitis, or brain abscess.

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