Will Chemical Peels Treat Large Pores?

The pore is large do to past damage to the skin often from acne as a teen. So often patients are falsely promised help with these pores with laser treatment or chemical peel. The treatment can swell the skin for a few weeks but at best these treatments are neutral on pore size. Services are that can be helpful include nonablative treatments like photofacial, which will also help with reds and brown spots. Carefully placed fillers are also a good option. Please be carful out there and try not to be taken advantage of or harmed in you effort to improve your appearance.

Our treatments use combination therapy to improve the epidermis and dermis for most deep scars. The options available for acne scars depend on the character of your scars, in terms of topography and contour. We see atrophic and hypertrophic acne scars, as well as scars that have hypo and hyperpigmentation. We begin each scar evaluation with an assessment of scar quality and subtype. Our main concern is rebuilding collagen and that is why we use a HIDEF protocol that includes combination therapy. Morpheus 8, scar subcision, fibrous release, fractional laser, CO2 laser, Thulium laser, PDL Vbeam laser, and fractional resurfacing can be used in addition to TCA Cross and chemical peels to further improve skin. Patients should start Melarase AM and Melarase PM for active hyperpigmentation. Always begin with a consultation to decide whether early subcision should be started.

Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

Hello there! There are a variety of ways to treat enlarged pores. What concerns me is the sensitivity you are currently experiencing. It sounds like you need to calm those tissues down! A good at home skin maintenance program recommended by a reputable physician, is the first step in having beautiful, healthy skin. From there you can have a proper skin analysis and determine what is the best approach for enlarged pores, such as a chemical peel, or a Vitamin A cream. I hope this helps! 

Chemical peels  are definitely good for patients with large pores. They safely remove or exfoliate the top layer of dead skin, allowing new, more youthful, healthy skin to show through. While the skin typically sheds old, dull dead skin cells every 28 days, this process slows down with prolonged sun exposure and aging. Chemical peels cause this natural cell turnover process to speed up, helping to stimulate the growth of new collagen—the skin-firming protein that acts like a scaffold for the skin. The speed or depth of cell turnover is determined by the concentration of the peel and the amount of time it’s left on skin.

There are many patients who benefit from chemical peels to rejuvenate the skin but peels usually  do not shrink the pores.  However, Clear and Brilliant has had better success with treating pores than other modalities.  Best, Dr. Green