What are open pores and treatment options for that? - Dr. Vignesh Raj

Open pores which are also called as enlarged pores are nothing but the depression what we see on the surface of our skin that ha s one or more openings to the ducts of our sweat glands or oil secreting sebaceous glands. Why it is formed? Open pores are formed because of multiple reasons starting from the usage of comedogenic cosmetic creams, increase in the sebum production from the sebaceous glands and loss of elasticity of the skin because of ageing. So what to do? How to prevent the formation of open pores? Open pores can be effectively prevented by dong certain things. Try to avoid comedogonic cosmetic products. Try and use a water based moisturiser and a gel based sunscreen. So it can be treated with other treatment modalities. It can be treated temporarily and permanently. The temporary treatment options include use of salicylic acid based face washes, use if a retinoid based creams, salicylic acid and retinoic acid based chemical peels, even microbotox injections can reduce open pores. So how to treat it effectively and permanently? To treat it needs treatment like radiofrequency microneedling there the radiofrequency energy is delivered with the help of tiny microneedles which helps in tightening of tissue and it also reduces the size of the sebaceous glands which inturn reduces the production of the sebum. So all this put together it can effectively reduce the open pores and it can be treated upto 70 to 75%.