Irecently learned that buttons on sleeves have a surprisingly medical past; that the “X” in airport code names is far from random; and that nope, those teeny jean pockets were never for condoms .

I feel like 2016-era Kylie Jenner , so frequent are my realisations these days.

Well, tough news for my beleaguered brain. After scrolling through Instagram, I found a post from dermatologist Dr Angelo Landriscina that surprised me with yet another fact: the little see-through patches I put on my spots have an unexpected history.

In fact, the material they’re made from was originally meant for far more severe circumstances.

Where do pimple patches come from?

The dermatologist began his video with a clip of a woman who’d applied spot patches to a cat scratch as a sort of experiment.

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