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Hi,
The large open pores on the nose may be improved by a combination of topical retinoids to minimize comedone formation that makes the pores appear larger followed by fractional CO2 to actually reduce the pore size.
The topical retinoids will take 2-3 months before clinical improvement is seen. Thereafter, several sessions of fractional CO2 lasering will be needed to obtain optimal pore size reduction.
Hope this helps!
Our face is constantly exposed to dirt, bacteria, skin care or cosmetic products. If you don’t clean your face thoroughly, it’s easy for pores to get clogged. The best way to prevent clogged pores is to follow a good daily skin care regimen and exfoliate your skin regularly to remove dead skin cells and excessive sebum.
I noticed that I tend to breakouts after holidays. Yes, weather and humidity changes can sometimes trigger breakouts. Stress/poor quality of sleep due to jet lag and time differences can also contribute. Speaking from personal experience here; I tend to break out much worse in Singapore than I did living in the UK. Went to national skin centre for consultation, and was given some watery creams and Cetaphil products to use. Hard to comment on what you were given, but from what you’ve described here, NSC doesn’t seem to have given you anything specifically for acne treatment.
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