There’s no other television show out there quite likeDr.
Ever since it first aired on our television screens,Dr.
Once Dr. Lee began getting attention for the video she posted, fame instantly followed.
“It kind of happened by accident,” Dr. Pimple Popper even admitted, exclusively toThe List.
In fact, she now has nearly 11 million followers on herInstagramandYouTubeaccounts combined.
So how exactly did she go from seeing patients to spending time in the spotlight?
Here’s exactly how Dr. Sandra Lee became Dr. Pimple Popper.
Inspiration was all around her, as she was constantly surrounded by theworld of skin.
“It was ingrained in me.”
She knew exactly what her dad did and why it was so important to so many people including herself.
I had atopic dermatitis, which is a form ofeczema.
However, once she was enrolled, she began to realize just how competitive a dermatology profession really was.
“It was one that was very desired by a lot of people,” she explained.
“That probably lit a little fire under me realizing, ‘Oh, this is really a good specialty.
I should take a stab at see if I can become one.'”
Obviously, it all worked out.
“you’re gonna wanna have the time to do that as well.”
“It’s a really visual field,” she said.
“I noticed that there was a thing that people really liked to watch.
It was really satisfying.
It really kind of eased people’s anxiety.
They were just entranced by it,” she told us, so she decided to post others.
After that, even more people began to take notice.
One day, Dr. Lee was online when she discovered Reddit.
There, she came across a group of over 50,000 people who liked to post popping videos too.
Dr. Lee opted not to post by her professional name, too.
“I just thought, okay, what kind of name could I think up?”
“Let me go, ‘Dr.
Dr. Pimple Popper is now one famous dermatologist
In 2018, the very first episodes ofDr.
Pimple Popperaired on TVs everywhere, instantly making Dr. Sandra Leeone of the most famous dermatologists of all time.
“They’ve really taken it to another level,” she told us.
“So that’s what I feel really lucky to be a part of,” she said.
you’re free to catch new episodes ofDr.
Pimple Popperevery week on discovery+.
