Want To Shrink Your Pores? Do It Like A Pro With Tips From Shahnaz Husain

Open pores are a common problem. They look like very tiny holes in the skin and spoil the smooth texture of it. All of us want smooth skins, with an even texture. Open pores occur on oily skin, or oily areas of combination skin due to the over-activity of the oil glands. The constant oozing of oil, as well as the clogging of the pores with hardened oil, lead to the loss of elasticity of the pores over a period of time. Due to this, the pores remain open.

How To Deal With Open Pores

So, how do we deal with open pores? Reducing the oiliness of the skin is one way of preventing open pores. The daily skincare routine should remove oil from the skin surface, toning the skin and closing the pores. Cold compress with skin tonic or rose water also helps and so do specialised masks. Avoid repeated steaming of the face, as it can gradually destroy the elasticity of the pores and enlarge them. For the extraction of blackheads, we recommend deep cleansing methods with scrubs. The scrub should be rubbed gently on the skin with small circular movements and then washed off with water. Ready-made scrubs are easily available nowadays. We also extract blackheads during salon facial treatments.

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Keeping the pores free of clogged oil helps prevent open pores and also reduce them. This can be done by proper deep cleansing. The skin should be cleansed with specialised cleansers, which help to reduce the oiliness of the skin surface and the pores. After cleansing, wipe the skin with an astringent lotion or skin tonic, using cotton wool. We have formulated a rose-based skin tonic. Keep rose skin tonic or rose water in the fridge with cotton wool pads soaking in it. Wipe the face with the pads several times a day. This would refine the pores and give the skin a smoother texture. Give cold compress with cotton wool pads and chilled skin tonic. Rose water, rose-based skin tonic or mint-based skin tonic may be used. These ingredients also help to tone, refine and revitalise the skin. Face packs are used to tighten and refine the pores and then protective cream is applied.

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Some home ingredients do help in toning the skin and reduce oiliness. Mix rose water with cucumber juice in equal quantities and apply it on the face after cleansing. Wash it off with plain water after 15 minutes. Mix rice powder with rose water and use it as a facial scrub. Or, mix oatmeal with egg white and apply on the areas with open pores twice a week. Wash it off when it is dry. This would work like a scrub and also tighten the pores. Dry and powdered orange and lemon peels can also be added to facial scrubs and masks. If the skin is very oily, mix multani mitti with rose water into a paste and apply on the face. Wash it off when it dries.