Your first instinct is wrong. Grabbing and crushing is a disaster. You’re not attacking a tiny monster; you’re performing micro-surgery.
If you smash it, you push the gunk deeper. That creates a swollen, purple monument to your regret. We call that a “pop regret” pimple, and it lasts for weeks.
Instead, you need a strategy. Think of yourself as a pimple ninja, not a pimple ogre.