[ACNE] I know everyone says not to pop, but what is supposed to be the process for acne if you don't?

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I've dealt with waves of acne for years. I use to have long periods of time where I had clear skin and then months where I would get some spots. It was never relatively extreme or annoying for me. Lately, for the past couple of months, I can't seem to shake acne. It is EXTREMELY frustrating because I have about 4-7 spots on my face. As soon as one clears, another literally appears right after. I don't know what's going on... Right now I am just sticking to the cleanser, exfoliation, BP, moisturizer route.ANYWAYS, back to the question I had. What is supposed to happen when you DON'T lance a zit? Is it suppose to pop on it's own or just go away? There have been times where I tried to wait out acne and it seems to never work. If the spot is pretty small, then at times it will work and other time I will follow my routine and it will get tiny and kind of just "pick" itself.For the most part when I DON'T pop it, it's a long period of time before the bump goes away but then I'm left with a extremely dark spot that takes longer to go away compared to when I lance it.Edit: Damaged pores were mentioned in the comment. Through the prolonged battle with my acne, I probably did a lot of damage to my skin when I lanced my white heads. I took the hygienic precautions but I was probably way too rough when pushing out the whiteheads. So I imagine I have a lot of damaged skin/pores. In my situation, should I just stick to my routine and stop picking at my skin or is there a suggestion for repairing damaged skin?
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