There is no single deep, dark secret for getting rid of blackheads. The good news is that, unlike their more difficult cosmetic cousins the whiteheads, blackheads respond to simple treatment you can do at home. Here are some tips based on the best information for what works to treat blackheads so you can get them gone for good with simple home health care.
Squeezing and popping blackheads is a bad idea and not the correct way to remove blackheads. You can’t really pop a blackhead to remove it, because the oil is too tightly stuck in your skin and if you try anyway you will cause trauma to the skin around the blackhead leaving it red and irritated. It will also result in enlarged pores, which will require special attention in your daily skin care routine.
Many blackhead sufferers worry about excess oil production in the oil gland of the skin. One of the surprising things about blackheads on oily skin is that the skin around blackheads secretes less oil, not more. After all, the blackhead has the pore plugged. For this reason, you shouldn’t waste time trying to treat blackheads by blotting up oil from your skin.
