22/03/2022
Enlarged pores
👩🏻🎓PORES are pits on the skin, openings through which sebum and sweat are leaving out.
☝🏽 Whatever the age & the ethnic group, everyone could have the enlarged pores👱🏻♀️🧔🏽♂️👳🏽♀️Some ethnic groups may have larger pores, especially those of African and Indian origin.
WHILE AGING, PORES ARE BECOMING LARGER.
✅ Among women, pores size could fluctuate during a menstrual cycle. Pores size is the largest one during ovulation.
✅ Enlarged pores are typical for oily and combination skin.
❌WHAT LEADS TO THE PORES ENLARGEMENT?
Factors that can cause pores enlargement :
▪️Increased sebum production
▪️Usage of comedogenic, improperly selected cosmetics products
▪️Loss of the skin elasticity with age
▪️Exposure to the sun
▪️Large hair follicles
❌ WHAT TREATMENT SHOULD BE APPLIED TO CARE ENLARGED PORES?
🔹 To wash your skin during 2 minutes; a cosmetic product should be non-alkaline, with an acidic Ph. Since if you wash it with an alkaline product (like an ordinary soap), it will dry your skin and provoque an increase of the sebum production.
🔹 It is forbidden to use some tonics and lotions containing alcohol.
🔹To exfoliate your skin twice a week (to use some soft exfoliators);
🔹To moisturize your skin twice a day, however, you ought to check your cosmetics for comedogenicity (it is not recommended if your cosmetics contain coconut, peach, almond oils, grape seed oil, petroleum jelly, lanolin, lauric acid, cetyl acetate).
🔹Frequent mechanical cleaning and extrusion are prohibited as well.
🔹To use your sunscreen on a daily basis.
🧴COSMECEUTICS:
✔️Niacinamide
✔️Retinoids
✔️Vitamin С
✔️Complexes of copper and chlorophyllin of the plant origin (mesotherapy)
✔️L-carnitine (mesotherapy)
👩🏻⚕️Treatment procedures:
✅ Chemical peels (Bior5, Biorepeel)
✅ CO2 and other laser abrasion
✅ Microneedling (abrasion procedure with a derma roller)
✅ RF lifting using the needles (Scarlet, Morpheus devices).
You will find some effective cosmetics products to deal with enlarged pores in the carousel.
Please, comment below what treatment do you apply so that to narrow your pores?