Do you find your nose or T zone plugged with yellow or blackish bumps? They are blackheads! Despite a lot of blackhead treatment, blackhead remover, blackhead extractor are available, there is no effective way to completely remove blackheads except boosting the health your skin. Follow the following four steps and you may get rid of blackheads in 7 days!
What is blackhead?
There are numerous pores on our skin. These pores and their glands secrete sebum to protect our skin. When the mixture of excess sebum mixes and dead skin is oxidized, it becomes black head. Areas like T zone and nose are with vigorous sebum secretion and therefore are the areas with most blackheads. In addition, during summer time, high temperate stimulates the sebaceous glands for more secretion of sebum and thus blackhead problem is more serious during summer time.
Step 1: Facial Cleansing
Product: Facial cleanser
Direction: Twice a day (day and night)
Wet your face and apply the facial cleanser to your face (without water). Cleanse your face from bottom to the top in circular motion for 1-2 minutes. Cleanse carefully around the nose. Wet your hands again and massage for half more minute. Rinse thoroughly.
Effect: After a thorough cleansing, you will feel fresh for your face. If you experience irritation after cleansing, it is likely that the PH value of your cleanser is not suitable for you. You may consider switch to another one.
Tips: Tap water may contain chlorine and other minerals, you may use distilled water if you can afford. Optimal water temperature is 37℃.
Step 2: Oil Massage
Product: Baby oil or Olive oil
Direction: Every night
After a thorough cleansing, you can gently massage your nose or T zone with baby oil or olive oil. As blackheads are oil soluble, therefore, such gentle massage helps dissolve the blackheads. Be reminded that this is not to be done in a quick time, you have to massage for around half an hour. You can feel the sebum being dissolved. You should only massage with a gentle force. For the first day doing this massage, you may shorten the massage time to around 15 minutes and increase the massage time gradually. Finally, rinse thoroughly.
Effect: Massaging with baby oil or olive oil poses minimal damage to your skin. You may not see the result in a day, but you will see the result in a week in you persist.
Tips: For better result of removing blackheads. you may steam you face to allow opening of facial pores. You should avoid massaging areas with acne!
Step 3: Blackhead Peel Off Mask
Product: Peel off blackhead removal mask
Direction: Once a week
Slightly wet you face and apply the mask to your nose area. You should be careful to avoid sticking the mask onto the eye areas. Follow the instruction from the package.
Effect: These masks help remove blackhead and excess sebum in pores. They also help tighten pores and prevent the formation of blackheads.
Tips: Some of these blackhead masks are quite irritating and therefore you should avoid sticking them to acne areas.
Step 4: Hydration and Nourishment
Product: Moisturizer
Direction: Every night
Apply moisturizer to your face when it is not completely dry after rinsing with water. Massage inwardly until all the moisturizer has been absorbed.
Effect: Your skin is hydrated and nourished. Hydrated skin is less likely to have blackhead and therefore this hydration massage helps prevent blackheads.
Tips: Use moisturizer with high moisture content instead of nourishing content as they may be too oily for skin (pick the light texture ones).
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I’ve been using a facial mask called ChiQui Beaute Mud to Go for almost two months now and I can honestly say that it works. The masks are paraben-free and preservative-free, so they won’t harm your skin like other skincare products can. I used to have horrible cystic acne on my forehead and chin, but now I don’t break out as much, my skin is much smoother and I don’t get an oily shine on my face anymore. I use the Lightening mask to help fade my old acne scars and sunspots on my cheeks. I’ve noticed a huge difference and so have my friends. My skin gets better and better every time I use it. I use it 1-2 times a week and leave it on for about 15 minutes. It’s like getting a facial every week without the huge price-tag. If you get blackheads like I do, you can also use it just around your nose to clear out grime from your pores. Their website is http://chiquibeaute.com. I used this promo code “J10DOLLAROFF” for $10 off any facial mask. It is a little pricey, but it’s really well worth the money because it works! Hope this helps! P.S. If you request a sample from them, they’ll send you one!!
Great Share..Can anyone tell me which cream should use before Steam bath? My skin is Dry.
You can try Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser. This cleanser is extremly mild and suitable for dry and sensitive skin. It will not strip the skin of natural protective oils or emollients, or disturb the skin’s natural pH balance. Recommended for years by dermatologists, it is fragrance-free and non-comedogenic. Most importantly, it is inexpensive!
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I was one of the people who requested a free sample of the product and was satisfied with it. Purity 12 is so far the best I’ve ever tried. I strongly recommend it