pores - what a bore!

esperanza

I've had blocked pores for years, little bumps that when I squeeze white stuff comes out (from my chin), or little blackheads (btwn my eyebrows).

Each time I take a shower, I scrape my skin (I know it's not a good idea) with my nails to get all the **** out, that clears it up for a couple of days.

What is the root cause of this and what should I do to get the problem sorted? (I use Vichy Normaderm, which is supposed to help but tbh it's a waste of money).

Madge

esperanza wrote:

I've had blocked pores for years, little bumps that when I squeeze white stuff comes out (from my chin), or little blackheads (btwn my eyebrows).

Each time I take a shower, I scrape my skin (I know it's not a good idea) with my nails to get all the **** out, that clears it up for a couple of days.

What is the root cause of this and what should I do to get the problem sorted? (I use Vichy Normaderm, which is supposed to help but tbh it's a waste of money).

It's probably just excess oil and dead skin clogging your pores. I have oily skin with a few clogged pores aswell, I find there's not much I can do with it- its mostly genetics I'd say, it's the skin type you're born with.
The best thing you can do is get an exfoliator- it will remove dead skin. St Ives is good.
I seen the ads for that Vichy stuff, I thought it works for around 70% of people? (according to the ads!).. Maybe you have to use for a while- like a couple of months?

Faith

Yeah, St. Ives scrubs are good. Also, Clinique do a range of pore products. You might be able to find something to help you there.

esperanza

I do exfoliate once a week and use an antibacterial face mask twice a week. I did find Normaderm gets rid of most of the blackheads, but the whiteheads are always there... I will have to see a professional, I think. I hope it's not acne...

Karl Hungus

Man, why do people have pores? Why didn't we just evolve one big pore? Less to worry about, and probably really easy to unblock if it gets clogged.

Gillo

Karl Hungus wrote:

Man, why do people have pores? Why didn't we just evolve one big pore? Less to worry about, and probably really easy to unblock if it gets clogged.

Thats the equivilant to having two a$$es, it's not gonna work.

Clinique in my experience tends to be pretty good at clearing pores out.

*Oul_Doll_Cork*

Maybe the doctor could prescribe something??

I got an infection in my glands not so long ago and my glands swelled up and started over producing oil! I broke out in really painful lumps, they were like really deep spots! Anyway, the doc gave me some anti biotics and a cream and it cleared up within a few days!!

If your scrubbing your skin too much you could actually make the problem worse because your skin will just keep producing more and more oil!

loodles

I use dermalogica - It has really minimised the pores on my nose and forehead and reduced the amount of spots I get. I still have some on my chin but it has really improved overall. strawberrynet.com sell travel size kits for you to try first off instead of paying for everything and then it not working.

Kolodny

I'd recommend Clinique too - they do a thermal skin refiner in their 'Pore Minimiser' range - it warms up on contact with water and opens your pores for deep cleaning. I find it works really well but I've got quite sensitive skin and it can dry it out a bit so requires a good moisturising afterwards (with something light that won't block pores of course!)

Karl Hungus

gillo wrote:

Thats the equivilant to having two a$$es, it's not gonna work.

You say that as if it would be a bad thing?

Miguel_Sanchez

esperanza wrote:

I do exfoliate once a week and use an antibacterial face mask twice a week. I did find Normaderm gets rid of most of the blackheads, but the whiteheads are always there... I will have to see a professional, I think. I hope it's not acne...

Use a pore cleansing face wash everyday maybe. Clearsil and those St. Ive's ones are pretty good. Helps clear them out a bit for me if it's done everyday.

Gillo

Karl Hungus wrote:

You say that as if it would be a bad thing?

More of a face man myself. That combined with a slight flatulance issue.