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Why Do Some People Experience Pore Enlargement After a Peel or Exfoliation?
asked 3 years ago by NoPlasticFlower in New York
Latest answer by Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Question viewed 1,625 times
Tags: exfoliation, large pores
In my research, it seems that a significant minority of people experience enlarged pores following chemical peels and sometimes exfoliation. What is the cause? Will the pores ever close up again? Is there a way to tell which skin types are prone to this unfortunate side-effect?
1 answer to Why Do Some People Experience Pore Enlargement After a Peel or Exfoliation?
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Generally, these treatments are neutral on pore size.
The bottom line here is that there is no treatment that can be guaranteed to make skin pores smaller.
So-called ablative treatments that remove some or all of the outer skin layers such as laser resurfacing, chemical peeling and microdermabrasion initially tend to make the pores look larger but this effect may have to do with lingering tissue swelling associated with the inflammation of healing. This type of change slowly resolves and is not permanent.
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