A woman was left in "excruciating pain" after popping a pimple in the "triangle of death" area on her face.

Alisha Monaco ended up having to go to hospital after popping the pimple, which caused her face to swell up and her to feel dizzy.

The pimple had happened to be located in a "triangle of death" of the face, which is the bit between the bridge of the nose and the corners of the mouth.

This area is extremely sensitive because it's connected to the cavernous sinus, a region in the brain, and that means that squeezing or picking at pimples there can lead to bad infections.

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Alisha, 32, lives in Michigan in the US, and shared the incident on TikTok where it was viewed some 7.8 m

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