Comments on: Pore pack nose strips: effective or harmful?

By: sesame

sesame — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:32:50 +0000

Ah…exactly like what my husband does. He always stick it on after bath and then leave it on under aircon to dry. It works well that way!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:34:20 +0000

I use these occasionally, i get the impression that men have the best results, probably becasue we generally have much larger pores.
It’s very disgusting, but so satisfying to see a forest of yellow noodles on the strip afterward.
+1 to the steam/shower first tip. It always works very well for me, but yu really need to let the thing dry completely before ripping it. About 20-30 minutes is enough, plus u need to have the strip quite wet for the ‘glue’ to get in and do it’s job. And rip SLOWLY, and pulling straight up from the skin, the blackheds are fragile, if you pull it unevenly, it will break them off without getting it all out.

By: Haru

Haru — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:51:18 +0000

Actually for me, after I heard that they might make it worse... I stopped I have a pretty bad case of blackheads.. when I was younger I didnt really take much care and also cause I wasnt told about the later consequences.. Nowdays I just make sure to wash really well... but when I really cant take it and I see its pretty dirty or about to fall off I might do this like say once in one and a half month I will use a mud nose pack it hardens and I pull off the dirt... my skin gets kinda red. I dont know any other way besides just constant washing..although that has helped to reduce the pore size... it just still seems dirty...any help? Haru: You need to keep the oil under control. That would help. Use of witch hazel (not as harsh as alcohol) is quite effective. The mud mask is good but if your skin gets red, it could be too drying. I use baking soda to scrub whenever I remember. Recently I found the use of tomatoes effective. I wrote about it here.

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By: lin

lin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:33:23 +0000

Hi, what about pore packs that are not strips, but applied onto the nose and left to dry? Are they less damaging? I've read that strips make your pores bigger, but the application type doesn't. llin: Without looking at the ingredients, my first thoughts are: if they're not srips which you need to rip off, then it should be fine. Anyway, some pple love the strips and have no problems using them.