It’s not easy to get rid of these pores or shrink them completely or permanently using serums, lotions or face packs. Even resorting to drastic chemical/surgical procedures at the dermatologist’s isn’t quite capable of giving satisfactory results. Nevertheless, you can try and minimize their appearance at least temporarily with clever make-up and a few natural skin care masks such as these:
* Cleanse your face with a mild face wash. Then splash ice cold water over your face or alternatively rub an ice cube wrapped in a towel over your face. Cold ice constricts the facial muscles for a while and this action can shrink the pores temporarily. Then pat dry. You can then apply fresh lemon juice over your face, that is, if you do not have an extremely sensitive skin which is allergic to lemons. Lemon juice acts as an astringent which helps to close the pores.
* Or after cleansing your face you can apply a spoonful of milk of magnesia. Keep it on for 15-20 minutes and then wash it off with lukewarm water and finish it off with a splash of cold water. This pack also helps with acne.
* Egg whites are not just skin-tighteners but also excellent pore-shrinkers. Beat an egg white. Add a tsp of lemon juice to it. Then apply it evenly over your face until it dries and tightens around the skin. You may skip using lemon juice if you wish and use only a well-beaten egg white on your face. Wash it off with tepid water and a splash of cold water.
* Soak a few almonds in water. Grind it to a paste with water. Add 2 tsp of lemon juice and apply it to your face. Let it sit for 15-20 minutes, then wash it off as usual. This also lightens your complexion.
* A combination of tomato juice and butter milk is not only good for treating suntan but its astringent action also works well to tighten the pores. You can even apply plain buttermilk with cotton wool on your pores; this helps with freckles too.
* Another recipe is to crush lettuce leaves and extract its juice, add a few tsp of lemon juice and apply it to your face to be washed off after 20 minutes.
* Blend apricot and tomato pulp to a paste and apply this mixture to your face.
* Papaya, peach, pineapple and orange juices also have astringent properties. So using these on your face may be a good idea.
* A sugar scrub might also help with open pores. Combine a tsp each of olive oil, honey, lemon juice to a few sugar crystals and gently rub over your face. Immediately follow it up with any of the above packs and/or a splash of ice cold water.
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Great tips! I am currently loving lactic acid treatments for large pores, also salicylic acid.
Hi rocketqueen, thanks for dropping by and glad to know that you liked the tips.
besides all of these useful tips you can always use aloe vera raw form. great post BTW.
Great advice. I have linked your article in my post for Saturday Jan. 19, 2008 at bellevere.net.
Enjoy!
@Robin, thanks. :)
@ Ashley, thanks for the link, appreciate it. :)
This is a wonderful post and thank you for sharing your information.
I am giving you a mention today on Mythbuster Beauty. Many thanks!
Nice article and nice uses of recipes at home
This post is awesome! Thanks for writing detailed information
Beat white part of an egg. Add one teaspoon of honey and with a cotton swab, apply it on face. Keep it around half an hour and then rinse with warm water. This is also good for blackheads and dark spots
I use Biore nose strips and self-heating mask to pull those suckers outta there, then close up my pores ^^ (so theyre less visible and more dirt won't go in)
Of course, don't do it right after the other :0 Do nose strips about once every 1.5 weeks and self-heating mask 2 times a week or so ^^
Just started doing this a few weeks ago and seen major progress.
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I agree with the steam thing 100%, it's an old method and a very good and safe one. The only thing I wouldn't recommend is putting alcohol on your face if you don't want it to get all irritated and break out. Your oil glands could overreact to anything harsh, and start overproducing and make you greasy, or your skin could dry out and flake which is always really gross on someone's face, heh.
I use an all-natural organic nonfoaming facewash. I've yet to find anything that foams and doesn't have anything either carcinogenic or just plain toxic in it. I also use a soft-but-textured washrag to help remove dead skin without using harsh chemicals or any of that peel-off crud. Pores freak out when there is dead skin stuck all over :P
Also, being around things like cigarette smoke, fumes, etc always makes my face appear a little funky when I get up-close and personal in my oh-so-ocd magnifying mirror ;)
Open pores are difficult to eradicate completely. The size of the pore is reduced by certain home remedies. Use of toners limits the pore size. Rub a block of ice on teh affected area. It helps in decreasing the pore size. The presence of oil and dirt in the pores make it more obvious. Hence, exfoliate your skin to keep these culprits at bay.
Washing your face with cold water is an easy alternative. Place a twel inside the refrigerator. Place it over the area. This technique proves beneficial. Usage of toners, twice a day helps. Moisturize the skin after toning. Powdered fenugreek is made into a paste with milk and applied in the morning. Leave for about 20 minutes and rinse well with cold water. Drinking a glass of warm lime juice with honey is helpful. Add lime juice to a egg white. Mix well and apply on the face.
Multani mitti with rose water is topically applied on the affected area. Pore tighteners available commercially are also considered. Kaolin with lime juice also proves beneficial. Applying foundation after toner is effective in masking the open pores. Always remember to wash off the make up before retiring to bed, enabling the skin to breathe through.
I will give these tips a trial and get back to you
I definitely could use some tips to shrink my pores and even out the discoloration on my face!!!
Honey facial masks are meant for dry to normal skin and it work good for skin hydration. First of all you need to rinse your face with lukewarm water so that pores get opened. You need to apply honey and leave the mask for ½ an hour. Then you need to rinse your face thoroughly with cold water to close the open pores.
orange juice when applied on the face gives it a glow watermelon juice gives freshness to d face
mashed banana makes d face smooth
I also recommend putting olive oil on your skin and lips. My skin is very oily but it doesn't break out after it. Honey messes my skin up though
I personally always had a trouble with the pores, the only thing that works for me is when beautician makes a series of pore minimizing masks, but that’s expensive. So, lately I’ve been using this Clinique product called Pore Minimizer
Don't use harsh exfoliates on the face Select an exfoliation product that fits your skin type (dry, oily, etc) Save the intensive exfoliate for your trips to the dermatologist Keep your face moisturized if you exfoliate regularly
Apply sunscreen every morning to balance out the skins increased sensitivity to sunlight from using exfoliates
Keep hair clean and out of your face to prevent additional dirt and oil from clogging your pores.
Beat 1 egg and add 1 tsp of orange peel power. Apply on face and leave it for 20 min. Then wash off. It will reduce the size of enlarged pores.
hmmm do u apply the mask lying down or standing up? thanks for the recipe. :
Facials are brilliant for thorough, deep-pore cleansing, not to mention how soothing they can be. Avoid applying foundation to any areas where pores are enlarged. Apply the mixture of sugar, olive oil and honey on wet face and rub it very gently in a circular motion. Remove with water with hands only. Stop using harsh toners or astringents on the affected areas. Avoid putting moisturizers on the area as the skin produces quite enough moisture and oil on its own and doesn’t need more
You need to wash your face with soap free face wash and then you need to put some crushed ice pack on the face skin, it helps to tighten the face muscle as well as helps to shrink pours.
Stop Using Harsh Acne Products that Contain Alcohols, Acids, or Peroxides.Use a Quality Exfoliating Sugar Scrub. Make a Homemade Pore Shrinking Mask. Limit how much make up you wear on your cheeks or areas that have large pores.
A sugar scrub is an excellent natural scrubber helps to close down the opened pores. You need to make a combination of sugar, honey, lemon juice, olive oil one tea spoon each with a few crystal of sugar. You need to rub the combination on your face gently. It will help in exfoliation and will work naturally to close down the open pores. It is a wonderful natural pore shrinking mask for around the season use
Boil water with salt in it.
Place it on a counter.
put your head over it with a towel over your head to make like a tunnel for the steam.
steam for about 10 minutes.
This should open the pores so you can "scrub" them with a nice astringent.
Burt's Bees tomato toner. Works wonders.
just keep washing your face. before pore cleansing works good. it heats up when you massage it on your face and leaves your face soft.
use any essential oil - olive, almond and coconut are excellent - they feed skin many healing and health promoting nutrients.
Use tips and front and sides of fingers (depending where on face you apply) and massage with a forward and back motion . A circular one will not work. Massage over and over quite vigorously and you will see them reduce almost immediately. For quickest results do each day for a few minutes. Pores will greatly minimize in as little as 2 days.
Before massage first tighten skin so that you will not be pulling or stressing skin. Do by partially opening mouth and pulling lips firmly back against teeth - tightens most of face.
Apply massage to entire face you will quickly have a smooth, radiant, tight, totally blemish free, healthy skin and you will not need to use any other product or treatment ever again - not even moisturizers. Oils are perfect natural moisturizers.
You could also try a facial scrub. You do sugar and regular cooking oil. Only use an amount the size of your palm, a little goes a long way. Rinse with water. *Reminder, the scrub is not to be done everyday, only every once in awhile for dry skin.
Anything that can slow down oil production in the skin sounds good to me.
If masque makes you feel "itchy", remove immediately with cold water. Take a Benedryl and apply 1% Hydrocortisone Cream.
Night time treatment for me is simple...cut open some fresh aloes.I rub the gel substance all over my face and allow it to dry.This helps to shrink pores.Aafter I wash with warm water.Simply splash some cold water.Pat dryand then rub dry face with cocoa butter/fat to moisturize.(Lapud)
Choose cosmetics wisely. Many foundations, powder, and concealer can clog pores. Choose makeup that is oil free and noncomedogenic. You can also apply acne spot treatment creams to the area twice daily. Most important, do not pick at the blemish
Pore tighteners available commercially are also considered. Kaolin with lime juice also proves beneficial
Mix powdered camphor in rose water and freeze in Ice cubes tray. Rub a cube on your face twice a day and you will feel extra glow and open pores will soon become invisible. Try it out and pour in your response
Applying foundation after toner is effective in masking the open pores Mix in the blender a teaspoon of honey with half of an avocado (preferably room temperature avocado). Apply mixture to face and leave it for 20 minutes, then rinse off.
exfoliate and use see breeze lemon juice is good it unclogs the pores
Don't use harsh exfoliates on the face
Select an exfoliation product that fits your skin type (dry, oily, ect)
Save the intensive exfoliates for your trips to the dermatologist
Keep your face moisturized if you exfoliate regularly
. i have really uneven skin :\ i'm def. gonna try it.
awww, this post is really heart-warming!
Do you have any theories on getting rid of ginormous pores? Mine can be seen from far away it seems. :(
Mix enough table salt with a can of buttermilk to make a creamy paste. Spread the mixture over your face and rinse with cool water after 15 to 20 minutes. You can use this mask several times a week to help minimize your pores' appearance
You can not shrink pores forever but you can make them look tighter and smaller by keeping them clean. You need to steam skin and use a face scurb at the same time to loosen up black heads then apply a clay mask to draw up oil in the pores. Also once a month is not enough which is why you still have this problem. You have to be consistent and at least EXFOLIATE twice a week to really see results. You do not have to steam all the time just the first few to get out most and then exfoliate often to prevent them. Please remember to also moisturize twice daily with an oil free face lotion or you will dry skin and then produce MORE oil to compensate for dryness. The cleaner the pores the smaller they look ;-)
Get a small towel and get it wet with HOT water, rest in on ur face for 15 minutes....remember always wash with HOT water...it will shrink them. and girl u cant become FLAWLESS. only photoshop will do that.
For oily skin use cucumber or strawberries. Just put either one in a bowl and crush. Apply to your face, leave for ten minutes then rinse off. If you have oily hair give a final rinse with lemon juice diluted in a mug of water (1/4 juice to one mug). Milk makes a good facial cleanser if you run out of store bought products.
Ask any dermatologist it is impossible to shrink the actual size of your pores. You can only reduce the APPEARANCE by cleansing and moisturizing, the once a week mask or at home microdermabrasion. Models don't even have perfect skin, there is no flawless.
Certain skin types can never get pores smaller. It's genetic. The best way to minimize pores is use a gentle cleanser at least twice a day, rinse well with water and use a good gentle toner like rose water. It also helps to use pore refining products.
Deep cleansing your face will prevent your pores from becoming clogged which enable bacteria to grow, causing blackheads and breakouts.
Heavy make-up clogs the pores and oily make-ups add more oil, which only adds to the problem if oily skin already exists. Cosmetics, especially certain moisturizers, foundations and pomades contain lanolin, petrolatum, vegetable oils, butyl stearate, lauryl alcohol and oleic acid.
Try using a product that has witch hazel in it. It tightens your pores. And always wash all make up off before bed, if you are staying in for a day or not planning on doing anything go make up free and give you skin a chance to breath. Put a face mask on once a week while you have a bath.Also once a week fill a sink up with hot (not too hot) water and hold your face over it with a towel over you head. The steam helps cleanse your pores.
Tomato pulp when applied daily on the face for 5 minutes greatly helps in reducing the size of the pores.
Heat egg white, along with lemon juice for 20 seconds, once the mixture cools down; apply it on your face. You will notice the size of the pores reduced to a great extent.
Gram flour paste when applied on the face not only tones the face but also lightens the skin.
Papaya when mashed and applied on the face also greatly tones the skin.
Sandal wood paste is a very effective skin toner.
Boil water and steam your face for a while, when your done with that splash cold water on your face to tighten and close the pores.
You can not shrink pores forever but you can make them look tighter and smaller by keeping them clean. You need to steam skin and use a face scurb at the same time to loosen up black heads then apply a clay mask to draw up oil in the pores. Also once a month is not enough which is why you still have this problem. You have to be consistent and at least EXFOLIATE twice a week to really see results. You do not have to steam all the time just the first few to get out most and then exfoliate often to prevent them. Please remember to also moisturize twice daily with an oil free face lotion or you will dry skin and then produce MORE oil to compensate for dryness. The cleaner the pores the smaller they look ;-)
I have enlarged pores too but I've noticed a big difference since using Herbalife products. The ones I use are the Nourifusion Multivitamin Normal to Oily system and their clarifying mask twice per week. I've also just started using their skin activator night cream although I think the nourifusion one is just as good.
You'll probably get a person who will be able to help you from their site too. I get a call from them when I purchase the products giving me tips and advice on how to get the best results from the products I've purchased. I've sourced the website I use to get them from.
Cut beet root into small pieces and grind them. Squeeze juice from beet
root and massage to your face for 5 minutes. Shower after 10 minutes with
mild soap or gram flour.
This safe natural home remedy gives fast, amazing results. (See happy response below from Answer's user). Permanently reduces pores using any essential oil - olive, almond and coconut are excellent - they feed skin many healing and health promoting nutrients.
Use tips and front and sides of fingers (depending where on face you apply) and massage with a forward and back motion . A circular one will not work. Massage over and over quite vigorously and you will see them reduce almost immediately. For quickest results do each day for a few minutes. Pores will greatly minimize in as little as 2 days.
Before massage first tighten skin so that you will not be pulling or stressing skin. Do by partially opening mouth and pulling lips firmly back against teeth - tightens most of face.
Apply massage to entire face you will quickly have a smooth, radiant, tight, totally blemish free, healthy skin and you will not need to use any other product or treatment ever again - not even moisturizers. Oils are perfect natural moisturizers.
My suggestion is to use a peel-off cucumber mask. Not only does it shrink your pores, it exfoliates and leaves your face feeling really good. Even if you get a generic brand it will still work fairly well--I have one and it's still great.
If your skin is really oily, it is dehydrated. Dehydrated skin is lacking moisture (water) so it produces excess oil in order to compensate. By not using a moisturizer, you are further starving your skin of moisture. People with any skin type can have acne but that is also something that can be solved. Most people with acne just get discouraged very easily because there are so many products out there to choose from and it's hard to know which work and which don't. Also, dermatologists don't actually cure acne because they only study skin diseases and disorders and acne is neither of those. They usually tend to prescribe something that ends up over-drying the skin and causes more irritation than anything else. Clear skin isn't impossible to achieve as long as you follow a good regime and make sure to do it twice a day (morning and night). Below is what I recommend to all my clients:
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