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23 year old, enlarged pores, what treatment will help best? A facial peel or microdermabrasion? (photos)

jackie.93Oct 17, 2016
Needing advice for my skin, my pores are very enlarged.. in the photos below my face is redder than normal bc I tried so hard and did an at home peel off mask and all and still have prominent pores. Am I too young to get microdermabrasion? Would an acid peel of some sort help? I feel like a 40 year old woman not in my early 20's!!

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Monika Soni, MD

Thank you for your question! I would not advise you to do it at the same time. Both treatments  need recovery time and it is important to space them out. I would advise  you to firstly do microdermabrasion and then wait it out for your skin  to heal, and then proceed with laser. Best of luck! 

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Chien C. Kat, MD

Yes is the answer to your question. 2 weeks is a suitable amount of time to allow your skin to heal well. Alternating peels and Microdermabrasion should provide good results.Hope this helps.

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Monika Soni, MD

Thank you for your question! I would advise you to have a follow up appointment with your provider  and if you have doubts in her/his expertise, you can change your  provider and get your skin examined and go from there. It may be that  you had irritation, some skin regimes are not the best sol...

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