Is It Possible to Shrink Large Pores?

So you have large pores on your face? Are you also suffering from blackheads which tend to go hand in hand with enlarged pores? If you are, here’s a bare face fact.

You might find comfort knowing that enlarged facial pores is one of the most common skin problems in Asian women. In fact, you’re most likely to notice enlarged pores around your nose, because that area has more oil glands per square inch than any other part of your body.

What is the large pore?

Pore serves the skin by allowing sweat and sebum, a naturally produced oil, to exit the skin and carry away toxins and debris. As we age, pore may enlarge as a result of excessive oil production or thinning skin. In moving toxins out of the body through the skin, the pore will take a hit and exhibit inflammation. The toxins we eliminate are not totally benign, and as they irritate and inflame the skin they may result in atrophy immediately around the pore.

Over time, the atrophy surrounding the pore becomes even more pronounced because we lose our collagen infrastructure in the dermis. Imagine that the hair follicle is a tent pole and the skin a tent. Even though the extruding hair is soft, the follicle root is fairly rigid, enough so that it causes the skin to be held up slightly. Over time, sagging in the skin around the follicle will occur. Without the stability previously provide by the presence of robust collagen levels, the epidermis collapses beside the pore, enhancing the appearance of enlargement. This appearance can be further exacerbated by dirt that collects in pores from the surface or by overactive sebaceous glands.

Fortunately, enlarge pores can be treated by rebuilding the collagen and elastin matrix in the dermis. Through stimulating collagen and elastin and by decreasing sebum output, we can significantly reduce the appearance of enlarge pores by using Fancy Jasper from Beauty Journey.

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Important Safety Information about BOTOX

This is a post from Allergan:

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BOTOX® Cosmetic is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used to temporarily improve the look of both moderate to severe crow’s feet lines and frown lines between the eyebrows in adults.

BOTOX® Cosmetic may cause serious side effects that can be life threatening. Call your doctor or get medical help right away if you have any of these problems any time (hours to weeks) after injection of BOTOX® Cosmetic:

• Problems swallowing, speaking, or breathing, due to weakening of associated muscles, can be severe and result in loss of life. You are at the highest risk if these problems are pre-existing before injection. Swallowing problems may last for several months.

• Spread of toxin effects. The effect of botulinum toxin may affect areas away from the injection site and cause serious symptoms including: loss of strength and all-over muscle weakness, double vision, blurred vision and drooping eyelids, hoarseness or change or loss of voice, trouble saying words clearly, loss of bladder control, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing. If this happens, do not drive a car, operate machinery, or do other dangerous activities.

The dose of BOTOX® Cosmetic is not the same as, or comparable to, any other botulinum toxin product.

There has not been a confirmed serious case of spread of toxin effect when BOTOX® Cosmetic has been used at the recommended dose to treat frown lines, crow's feet lines or both at the same time.

Serious and/or immediate allergic reactions have been reported. They include: itching, rash, red itchy welts, wheezing, asthma symptoms, or dizziness or feeling faint. Tell your doctor or get medical help right away if you are wheezing or have asthma symptoms, or if you become dizzy or faint.

Do not take BOTOX® Cosmetic if you: are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX® Cosmetic (see Medication Guide for ingredients); had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin product such as Myobloc® (rimabotulinumtoxinB), Dysport® (abobotulinumtoxinA), or Xeomin® (incobotulinumtoxinA); have a skin infection at the planned injection site.

Tell your doctor about all your muscle or nerve conditions, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome, as you may be at increased risk of serious side effects including difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing from typical doses of BOTOX® Cosmetic.

Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including: plans to have surgery; had surgery on your face; weakness of forehead muscles, such as trouble raising your eyebrows; drooping eyelids; any other abnormal facial change; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (it is not known if BOTOX® Cosmetic can harm your unborn baby); are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed (it is not known if BOTOX® Cosmetic passes into breast milk).

Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Using BOTOX® Cosmetic with certain other medicines may cause serious side effects. Do not start any new medicines until you have told your doctor that you have received BOTOX® Cosmetic in the past. Especially tell your doctor if you: have received any other botulinum toxin product in the last 4 months; have received injections of botulinum toxin, such as Myobloc®, Dysport®, or Xeomin® in the past (be sure your doctor knows exactly which product you received); have recently received an antibiotic by injection; take muscle relaxants; take an allergy or cold medicine; take a sleep medicine; take aspirin-like products or blood thinners.

Other side effects of BOTOX® Cosmetic include: dry mouth, discomfort or pain at the injection site, tiredness, headache, neck pain, and eye problems: double vision, blurred vision, decreased eyesight, drooping eyelids, swelling of your eyelids, and dry eyes.

For more information refer to the Medication Guide or talk with your doctor.

To report a side effect, please call Allergan at 1-800-433-8871.

Please see BOTOX® Cosmetic full Product Information including Boxed Warning and Medication Guide.

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Are Eye Creams a Scam?

The skin around the eye area differs vastly from the skin on the rest of your body. It is the thinnest and the most delicate, far more sensitive to pollutants, sun damage and allergens than the rest of your body.

In fact, it’s the thinnest skin on your body. And unfortunately, it gets even thinner as we age…and more dehydrated…and more irritated. You get the picture.

Periorbital dark circles have a great variety of different causes, genetics being the biggest culprit, especially those with pale thin skin which will have superficial blood vessels which results in purplish-blue hue showing.

Also, we tend to lose fat tissue and collagen as we age – causing the eyes to appear tired and hollow. Collagen supplies the firmness and tautness in young skin while elastin gives the skin its elasticity. Wearing sunscreen everyday (rain, snow or sunshine) and large sunglasses will help protect the skin’s structural integrity.

Eye creams are specially designed to be soothing to the skin by applying the proper moisture content. They should create a smoothing effect for fine lines and wrinkles and firm the skin by promoting cellular regeneration and stimulating collagen production.

Beauty Journey’s TIME REVERSAL EYE REPAIR SERUM targets concerns typically associated with chronological aging in and around the eye area. It strengthens capillaries and reactivates micro-circulation. Skin complexion becomes more even resulting in a younger and a more vibrant appearance.

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