I never thought I would have concerns about my pores!!!
They said that until I turned 40, I was blessed with naturally good skin...
I have lived my life without taking care of myself at all, and now I am living with so much regret.
I started wearing makeup around my third year of college, and back then, I don't know why I hated even cleansing and washing my face so much when I came home late at night after drinking...
I wonder why I didn't apply sunscreen...
I wonder if they liked walking around in the scorching sun, getting their face completely tanned...
Looking back now, it seems incredibly foolish, but what's the use of blaming the passage of time?
Anyway, even though I didn't take care of myself and lived a messy life, I am grateful just for the fact that I was constantly told I had good skin until my 30s.
I realized after turning 40 that no matter how naturally blessed your skin is, it's all for nothing if you don't take care of it.
One day, I noticed that my makeup wasn't absorbing smoothly into my skin but kept caking. I didn't realize my pores had gotten that big...
They say there are about 300,000 pores on a person's face, and even for someone like me who was born with good skin, the difference between those who take care of it and those who don't becomes clearly visible as we age—that seems to be exactly what skin is.
While some causes of enlarged pores are inherited genetically, it is said that the overproduction of sebum is a major cause for people with oily skin.
When pores become clogged by excessive oil or keratinized skin cells, sebum congestion occurs and pores expand; blackheads are also one of the main factors that enlarge pores.
Also, as I get older, aging is a major factor, and it is said that nicotine or alcohol consumption, UV rays, stress, or hormonal changes also promote the enlargement of facial pores.
I don't have oily skin, and these days I don't eat foods like alcohol that could affect my pores, but...
It seems that enlarged pores due to aging are unavoidable.
I do try to shrink my pores by using cold packs 2-3 times a week, but
The effect is less than expected.
Oh dear... lol Anyway, what I'm curious about regarding pores is....
It appears especially around the nose, but it also pops up around the eyes and sometimes on the cheeks...
Is that white little bump on the nose also a whitehead?
It's kind of annoying, but those things keep popping up...;; They definitely don't disappear on their own, and after a few months at the shortest, or about a year at the longest...
If I feel like the kid has gotten bigger and riper, I just squeeze it out.
Then, something perfectly round and like a kernel pops out...
That spot gets deeply gouged. Fortunately, it didn't leave a scar and filled in on its own, though...
It seems like things like this keep happening more and more...
How should I manage this if it happens?
