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As an Adult Acne Specialist , I get asked all the time how to get rid of large pores - slash - make them smaller - slash - make them disappear, etc. The answer is pretty disappointing (no, they cannot be shrunk), but also kind of fascinating.   There is, however, a way to prevent them from looking bigger than they already are. Large pores are a sign  that your skin is genetically oily. Right at puberty, as your testosterone rises to start your journey to adulthood, so does your skin’s oil production.   As described in a previous post , testosterone is responsible for oil production in your skin.   Now, since before puberty there is so much less oil being produced, your baby pores have no reason to be anything but invisible.    However, as soon as the rising testosterone comes and tells your oil glands to start pumping out more oil, more room needs to be made.   So, the funnel-like mouth of each pore, also known as the Ostium (the very opening of t...

Working on my Adult Acne Online Coaching  program, helping people adjust their home routines to clear their breakout issues, coming across some kind of DIY facial oil, mask or cleansing oil is an almost daily occurrence.  Between Pinterest, beauty blogs and Facebook, the skincare consumer is bombarded with all sorts of advice on how best to deal with acne in general, but particularly on how to save money and health by making your own products right in your own kitchen.  I can’t blame anyone for trying these things.  Who can possibly object to saving money and guarding their health? There are three problems with the logic here. Depending on the ingredients, ounce for ounce you may not actually be saving that much money.   Take, let’s say, an oil cleanser containing coconut oil, jojoba oil and argan oil.   You could easily spend $20 to make a 4oz bottle of oil cleanser, and that’s just with these three oils alone - add up to $5 more for the essential oils oft...

Crazy busy? Multi-tasking Your Skincare Could Be The Answer! Last week I sort of brushed against the multi-tasking trend with the idea of multi-masking different areas where your skin is having different parties on multiple parts of your face.   Multi-tasking with your skincare is quite different in that where we’re trying to use fewer products at a time to address different issues rather than using more.    Having said that, properly clearing and soothing adult acne and sensitivity is somewhat difficult with just a “three-step” Cleanser-Toner-Moisturizer program.    Serums may be optional, but there really is no way around an acne remedy , an exfoliator and a mask if you really want to get clear.   However, it is also true that each of these three can be found in a single product, which is the subject of this post.   But, goes without saying, this very much depends on the particular acne issues you have. Thing is, m y hope is always to get you...