enlarged pores
Ideally, we would all like to have skin that’s smooth, firm, pliable, and nicely hydrated, with small, nearly-invisible pores. But some of us just have large pores – or, at least, pores that are much more visible than we’d like them to be and which contribute to making our skin look uneven in tone.
Obviously, you can’t get rid of your pores, but you can keep them clean and shrink them temporarily to make them less obvious. Unfortunately, pores tend to get bigger with age, but of course, there are things you can do. Firstly skincare — and I’d look for one particular ingredient: salicylic acid. This is an ingredient that can dissolve in oil, allowing it to weasel its way down into the pores and clean them out from the inside. The other ingredient that is really good for pores is retinol, which strengthens the skin.
You could also have something like a salicylic acid skin peel because that will really get deep down into the pores and muck them out. You could have Botox injected in your pores. This sounds mad, but if it’s done really superficially in the nose, in the forehead, and across the skin, it reduces the oiliness of the skin, which will obviously have a knock-on effect on what the pores are producing.