sovereignsdaughter

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...