When our open pores are big, our skin may feel rough instead of smooth. Pile-ups can happen when oil and dirt get stuck in them. We can’t get rid of all of our pores, but there are things we can do to clean them and make them look smaller.
Every day, we need to do a few easy things to keep our skin healthy. To get rid of extra oil, we wash our faces first. Following that, we use a soft scrub to get rid of dead skin cells. To keep our face healthy, we also use certain creams and gels. We can try many things, such as store-bought items or those that a skin doctor suggests.
What are Open Pores?
Let’s talk about holes that are open. Think of your skin as a small map with tiny holes in it. These are called pores. These holes let sweat and oil leave your skin.
We call these holes that get bigger from time to time “open pores.” It’s possible for these pores to get bigger as we age, have family genes that make them bigger, or just make too much oil.
Common Causes of Open Pores
- Genetics: Some of us get bigger holes from our parents. Thank you, Mom and Dad!
- Too Much Sebum: Having too much oil on our face can clog our pores and make them look bigger.
- Age: Our skin gets less tight as we age, which can make our pores look bigger.
- Damage from the sun: UV rays can damage the substances in our skin that keep it tight, which can cause pores to open up.
- Bad skin care habits: If we don’t wash our faces right or use harsh products, our pores can get bigger.
- Hormonal Changes: When our hormones change, like when we get older or someone has a baby, it can also change the size of our pores.
Effective Treatments for Open Pores
We can also use a moisturiser that works well for our face. It can also help to eat well and drink lots of water. This doctor really knows a lot about skin and can help us sometimes. They could tell us about treatments that will make our face even better!
- Getting Clean: To keep our face healthy, we need to clean it. When we wash our faces twice a day with a mild soap, it helps get rid of oil and dirt that can make our skin look bad.
- Scrub-a-Dub: Our face needs a scrub every once in a while! When we scrub, we get rid of dead skin cells that can make our pores look bigger. For help, we can use scrubs with fruit juices and other things.
- Creams of magic: Some creams are really great for our skin! Vitamins A and C in them make our face smoother and smaller pores.
- Nice Vitamins: There are vitamins, like B3, that are great for our face. When our skin doesn’t have enough of them, it can make our pores look bigger.
- Shade: The sun can be tricky! It can age our face and make our pores look bigger. It’s okay, though; we use sunscreen every day to protect our skin from the sun’s tricks.
- Cool Tricks: If our pores need a little extra help, doctors can sometimes do cool tricks to make them look better. We don’t need those very often, though!
Lifestyle Changes to Reduce the Appearance of Open Pores
There are things we can do besides using skincare products to improve the look of our pores. Like:
- Eating Well: Eating a lot of different healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables, keeps our face smooth. It’s like giving our face something nice.
- Water: Just like we drink water when we’re thirsty, our skin stays healthy and moist when we drink water. It’s like giving our skin a big drink of water to keep it looking good.
- Relaxing: We get stressed out sometimes, like when we have too much to do or are mad. We can keep our skin calm and avoid getting big holes in it by playing, doing fun exercises like yoga, or taking deep breathes.
- Using Gentle Items: It is important to use soft things that won’t hurt our skin when we wash our faces or put things on them. Our skin stays soft and not too oily when we do gentle things. Too much oil can cause big holes on our face. To take care of our face, we should choose gentle things.
Is it genetic?
Pores can look big sometimes because of your genes or because you’re getting older. Pores can look bigger if we don’t take care of our face. The thing that holds our skin together gets weaker with age, which makes our skin look less plump and more droopy.
