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Jun 3, 2008

Using Pore packs

My friend, Kelly, asked me about using pore pack on her gorgeous skin.
Which i say NO to, coz pore pack contains hairspray ingrediants. This forms a film on your skin when it dries out and the ripping out part does take away some of the blackheads but also takes away first few layers of the epidermis/top skin. On some people that might cause irritation through skin inflamation or topical skin soreness.
The facial lady has been telling her that her nose area have alot of blackheads
(which i think is stupid coz kelly has wonderful skin and the few blackheads doesn't mean that her skin is bad. That facial lady have to stop trying to oversell her services or products).

What i feel about blackheads on the nose...
1) Can't really remove all of it on our nose coz of various factors
a) genetics, unless we're programmed with no/litle facial oil, it's almost impossible not to get them in our weather
b) lessen/stop the moisturiser application on the nose area (for those with oily T-zone) could lessen the percentage of blackheads existing
c) *gentle squeezing will remove the clog pores partially but excessive brute squeezing might damage the pore wall.
d) overmoisturising aids in blackheads forming
e) excess tanning seems to aid in blackheads forming. Tanning allows the skin to thicken more through self protection, and that results in more clogged pores (blackheads or breakouts/pimples alike).

2) Cant really remove all the blackheads coz of our weather. Sweating and facial oiliness do occur in our weather. Blackheads are oxidized facial oils trapped on our pores.

3) If blackheads bother you... STOP YOURSELF from standing too close to your mirror. Unless the other person is 20cm from you or a little asshead who likes to see your skin upclose. Why should it bother you. Porcelain clear skin are but illusions from computer touchups on print ads and only happens in people who are born with genetically great skin.

4) If blackheads does bother you, look out for what you like about yourself. I am sure some of you out there have gorgeous eyes, stunning cheekbones or lusicious lips that others envy. Why be bothered about that little things on your nose area when you have a wonderful face to explore for beauty.

*NOTE:
Gentle squeezing is recommanded using these guidelines.
Using a warmed (NOT hot!) cloth place it over the the nose area for about 30 seconds to 60 seconds. Make sure your fingers are washed clean and finger nails clean before you attempt to squeeze. Further method of cleaning your hands out could be using 70% isopropanol or rubbing alcohol to rub through your hands and fingers (til alcohol dries out) before touching your own face. Remove the towel and gently squeeze the pores. DO NOT excessively squeeze it if nothing come out of the pore. Then move to another area and squeeze gently. Once you feel that enough area is covered from squeezing. Using normal cool room temperature tap water to splash through the face to calm the skin down and close the pores through lower temperature change. Finish up by using a toner on a cotton pad and put onto the squeezed area for about 1min.

Excessive squeezing using brute strength might damage pore wall and in turn might cause pores to look even bigger when aging (due to the collapse of collagen in our aging skin).
Signs of excessive squeezing? Nose looking like Rudolf the reindeer and feeling soreness on the nose area.

Hope you comprehand from the excessive words typed.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yep, pore packs pretty much ruined the skin around my nose.

I used just one and then afterwards for about a year I had red, patchy and flakey skin around my nose due to the ripping off of the top layer of my skin.

I would rather have had a few black heads than feeling self conscious about my blotchy skin I got after!