There is a difference between blackheads and pimples. Blackheads are generally the result of dirt, skin cells and oil blocking your pores (think of a cork plugging a hole - same concept). A pimple is actually the pore getting infected.
Good hygiene is your best cure for blackheads. It is very important you wash your face in the morning and then again before you go to bed with a cleanser designed for your face and use a facial astringent to slough dead skin cells. Do not use bar soap as this will actually dry your skin out which can irritate it or in some people make you produce excess oils and then you will be more prone to getting pimples. You need to use a good facial cleanser to dissolve the excess oils on your face and wash the dirt away.
You didn't mention but i would assume they are on your face. Most people do not recommend this but it probably wouldn't hurt for you to buy a blackhead remover (beauty section of target/walmart etc.). It's basically a tool that has a hole on the end you put over the blackhead and push down and it pops it out. You need to keep a proper cleansng ritual or it will clog back up again. If you just leave them they will either keep getting bigger or eventually get infected and turn into a gross pimple.
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