Not at all weird.
You used to be able to buy 'blackhead extractors' from chemists.
(Tho my own skin was/is flawless!)
And you'd 'help' younger apprentices to clean up their act by using said metal tool to extract particularly offensive plooks, especially from the backs of necks. (a much neglected area by the young...)
Blackheids, of their very nature, were particularly satisfying to extract as the curl of hardened puss suddenly relented under sustained pressure, forced off the 'black head' that had built up, and coiled down a dirty neck.
Happy days...
And weans nooadays complain about having nothing to do? Huh!
We made our own fun, then. :-)