Before we go on to tell you how to minimize your pore size, let us first answer the question of many – ‘Why do I have such large pores?!’
#1 People with oily skin tend to have large pores
When you have oily skin, it tends to produce excess sebum. This results in more oil and dirt collected in your skin, making the pore swell and looking larger than usual.
This does not mean that people with normal and dry skin will not have to deal with the problem of large pores. Though people with normal or dry skin tend to have smaller pores than those with combination or oily skin, they are still susceptible to open or large pore problems.
#2 Your pore size tends to increase with age
As you get older, you skin starts to lose its elasticity, which can cause your pores to look bigger. The effects of environmental aggressors such as sun damage, also typically accumulates with age. Simply put, the older you get, the more likely you’ve been exposed to the sun for longer hours, which causes your skin to thicken and pore size to increase.
#3 Genetic predisposition
You may have large pores due to your genetic predisposition. As with many other things – height, intelligence, body size, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that your pore size could well be attributed to your genetic predisposition. It simply means if one or both of your parents have large pores, it’s likely that you might have gotten it from them.
#4 Hormonal changes
Women may observe larger pores due to menstruation, pregnancy or menopause. Larger pores are usually more noticeable around their nose and cheeks, and this condition may come and go as hormonal levels fluctuate, but as women age, the difficulty of reducing the pore size increases.
Enough said about the problems.
Here’s bringing to you our recommended solutions:
#1 Exfoliation
Without exfoliating your skin, the dirt and dead skin cells are likely to accumulate and cause you to have larger pores. During puberty, pores often enlarge to handle the increased oil output from sebaceous glands. Most enlarged pores appear at nose, chin, and forehead (the T-zone area) so you might want to concentrate your exfoliation on these affected areas.
Porcelain’s Revive – Natural Skin Refiner can help with that…
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The Revive – Natural Skin Refiner is a gentle and non-abrasive exfoliator that is suitable for all skin types. It gets rid of dull skin, improving skin radiance and texture. This is specially formulated with natural enzymes to dissolve dead skin cells and stimulate cell renewal.
#2 Use a Pore Strip
Pore strips can come in quite handy in reducing your pore size. All you need to do is let it sit on your skin for around 10 to 15 minutes and peel it off once it dries up. Those who have tried it before might have observed tiny looking hairs stuck onto your strip. Here’s the good news – they are actually not hairs, they are the sebum and dead skin cells that were clogging your pores and contributing to the appearance of large and open pores. I’d highly recommend you to splash some cold water onto your face to close up the pores.
#3 Tone your skin
Using a toner is effective when it comes to minimizing your pores. It may seem like a redundant step for many, but the functions of toners go far and wide, and one of which includes toning your skin, which helps to reduce your pore size.
Similarly from the Revive line, Porcelain’s Revive – Glycolic Toner contains AHAs and BHAs. Enriched with a unique blend of alpha-hydroxy acids and Vitamins C & E, it clarifies sluggish complexions and protects it against free radicals that cause signs of ageing. Infused with sea salt, witch-hazel, aloe vera and Sodium Hyaluronate, this toner also helps soothe inflammation, hydrates, and accelerate collagen and elastin production. 
#4 Pore- Refining Treatments
1. Porcelain’s Cryotherapy™ Intensive
Like our Cryotherapy™ treatment but better. Bringing your skin’s temperature to a new low of -15 degrees Celcius, this treatment also features a Low-Frequency CryoProbe for improved toning, firming and lifting results. Your skin absorbs products better and faster with Iontophoresis, while deeper Cryostamp depths help work wonders for pore and scars reduction and brightening.
2. Porcelain’s 3Deep™ RF Fractional Skin Resurfacing*
If your large pores are a result of aging skin, you might want to consider a treatment like FSR. It is a breakthrough technology certified by the FDA, which enables simultaneous micro-ablation of the epidermis with volumetric dermal regeneration to affect aging skin and atrophic acne scars, achieving the effects of pore refining, and skin firming & lifting. This technology combines RF with FSR to achieve amazing clinical results.
