How long does a popped pimple take to heal?Updated a year ago
A pimple will often go away on its own in 3 to 7 days. Once you’ve popped a pimple, however, the healing process will take a lot longer, since your body now has to repair an open lesion. A popped pimple can take as long as several weeks to totally fade from view - if it becomes re-infected, the process will take longer.
As your skin closes up slowly, you might experience scabbing and redness in the first few days after you’ve popped. As it finishes healing, the popped pimple can leave behind scars, hyperpigmentation, or post-inflammatory erythema (a red mark), which can remain for years without costly clinical treatments.