the.com/comedone
The minor you blame on dirt and the major you'll never forgive your pores for.
means A clogged hair follicle plugged with oil and dead skin — the clinical name for a blackhead (open) or whitehead (closed).
from From Latin comedo, meaning 'glutton' or 'one who eats up' — from comedere, 'to eat up entirely.' Older medical folklore imagined these plugs as little worms or parasites literally devouring the flesh beneath the skin, which is how a word for a greedy eater ended up pinned to a pore.
- actual cause
- oil and dead skin, not dirt
- blackhead color
- oxidized melanin, not grime
- whitehead vs blackhead
- same clog, different exposure to air
- medical root
- comedo is latin for glutton