How to Reduce Enlarged Pores at Imi-seok Dermatology Clinic

These days, with the weather suddenly turning hot and people taking short-sleeved shirts out of their closets, many visitors come to Imi-seok Theme Dermatology Clinic with skin concerns about enlarged pores. When pores become enlarged, anyone can feel stressed regardless of skin type, whether oily or dry. This is because large pores themselves interfere with smooth-looking skin and make it appear aged.

Reasons Pores Become Enlarged

1. When sebum production is excessive

In general, people with oily skin or acne-prone skin, where sebum secretion is active, tend to have enlarged pores. Excess sebum production itself can enlarge pores, and if the sebum composition is poor, the skin around the pores becomes dull. For this reason, during puberty, when hormone secretion is especially active, extra care with skin management is needed.

2. When pores are blocked, as in keratosis pilaris

Keratosis pilaris, commonly called chicken skin, often occurs in people with dry skin. When skin cells are not shed properly and block the openings of pores, the pores become larger. It is necessary to manage the skin so that sebum and waste do not clog the pores.

3. When skin elasticity decreases due to aging

As skin ages, overall elasticity declines and pores expand. As the amount of collagen and elastin that support the skin decreases, pores stretch along existing wrinkle lines. This often appears around the nose and cheeks. From the 30s onward, when aging begins in earnest, continuous care is needed to prevent vertically elongated pores and fine wrinkles from forming.

4. When thick hair makes pores look larger

Hair growing around the nose and cheeks is often thicker than other hair. Because the hair is thick, the pores are also larger and may look like blackheads. Care is needed to prevent inflammation in enlarged pores.

5. When inflammation occurs due to various waste substances

If residue left after makeup and waste such as fine dust accumulate on the skin, sebum may not be able to drain smoothly, making pores larger and inflammation more likely. When inflammation occurs, scars can form during the recovery process. It is very important to keep the skin clean so that breakouts do not occur.

6. When lifestyle habits need to be corrected

There are also many cases in which pores become enlarged due to poor lifestyle habits such as irregular sleep patterns, frequent extreme stress, or washing the face too often. Since enlarged pores are not easy to return to their original state, prevention through proper lifestyle habits is the best approach.

Pore Laser

It is impossible to eliminate pores completely, but there are ways to bring them back close to their original size. One of them is using pore laser treatment. Even cosmetics said to have pore-reducing functions can only help prevent pores from expanding further, and it is difficult to expect actual shrinking effects. Therefore, for those who want a more definite treatment effect, improvement through pore laser treatment is recommended.

1. Kaiser 300

Kaiser 300, a CO2 fractional laser, treats pores by creating microholes in the skin and stimulating fibroblasts through mechanical stimulation. It is widely used for pore treatment because it has relatively high targeting accuracy and delivers consistent treatment results.

2. Sylfirm X

Sylfirm X, which even people with sensitive skin can receive without 부담, uses microneedles. It shrinks pores by delivering radiofrequency into the dermis through the needles. Compared with other lasers, it has the advantage of causing less pain and helping relieve various skin concerns.

3. Potenza

Potenza, a radiofrequency laser, has the advantage of showing improvement within a relatively short period. When the laser is applied to the skin, the tissue cells coagulate and collagen production is induced. As a result, collagen regenerates from deep within the skin, helping improve skin elasticity.

4. Scarlet

Scarlet, a laser that combines fractional laser and radiofrequency energy, is known to have excellent effects in improving pore widening. It induces regeneration by penetrating fine needles deep into the skin, and because it can deliver energy delicately in 0.1 mm units, it is effective for improving pores.

Medical Skin Care for Pores

When medical skin care is performed together with pore laser treatment, it can help calm the skin and improve regeneration ability while minimizing side effects such as pigmentation.

1. Platinum PTT

Platinum PTT, which uses fine pure platinum at 140 nm for treatment, sends ultrasound deep into the skin to the ends of the sebaceous glands. In this process, local thermal damage occurs and destroys the problematic sebaceous glands. Because pure platinum is used, daily life is possible after the procedure without using medication.

2. Hydrogen Toning

Harmful reactive oxygen species are a major cause of aging. Hydrogen toning has the effect of improving harmful reactive oxygen species, helping improve aging and skin conditions. In addition, because it stops the action of cytokines that cause skin inflammation, even sensitive skin can receive the procedure without worry.

3. Oxygen Therapy

Oxygen therapy, which improves the skin by introducing 100% pure oxygen and customized ampoules containing oxygen into the deeper layers of the skin, has effects on collagen regeneration, pigmentation improvement, and capillary constriction. It is often performed before and after pore laser treatment to calm the skin and reduce pain.

4. Milk Peel

Milk Peel, which uses a gentle-textured complex peeling ingredient, softens pigmentation and helps improve skin tone more evenly. It also regulates excess sebum to smooth the skin surface and has the effect of removing blackheads and whiteheads, so regular Milk Peel treatments can help keep pores clean.