Now I was the dramatic teen in high school.  I hated zits, and it always seemed like zits popped up before some event, the day of actually which was probably due to greater stress surrounding those particular times, and it was never the kind that you could just cover it up, it was those big whopping ones right on the forehead or somewhere everybody would notice.  This being said, I was also always prepared for this type of incidence.  In other words, I was always prepared to deal with it using the best short action zit treatment.  I would first steam it, then I would stick a needle into it to release everything, and then I would sanitize it again.  After that, I would actually use a spot treatment that I had learned would work within about a few hours at a time to reduce the inflammation, reduce redness, eliminate the bulging size, and otherwise.  So I was always prepared.  It took me a few months of having acne to actually find this treatment and quite a few different acne treatments along the way.  But I have to say, taking steps that will not ultimately hurt your skin, which popping zits would and it would make the inflammation and otherwise worse, is not a bad idea.