If you like watching gunk come out of your pores, this tool is for you.
It takes a little getting used to, but once you've mastered the pressure and angle needed to extract whiteheads and blackheads, its quite easy to get them out.
For my skin, I find i need to press down flat around the blackhead before angling it to an almost 45 degree angle while slowly moving it down towards the edge of the blackhead. All of a sudden the gunk pops out. It doesn't always happen that way, some blackheads are more stubborn than others, but then it's just a case of trying from a different side.
I have gone through a couple of these as other people in my household have discovered how great these are and 'permanently borrow' them.
I use it more as a whitehead extractor than the blackhead one and I don't get the broken capillaries I would if hand squeezing.
I always sanitize mine before and after using as this prevents the spreading of bacteria and have found that and proper skincare effective.
I also drag the loop down the sides of my nose to get rid of blockages before they turn into whiteheads.
While I don't use mine everyday. For that odd pimple (especially in an awkward place) this is great.