Enlarged and visibly open pores is one of the most common skin complaints. Enlarged pores can make your skin look uneven and textured and excessively open pores can facilitate clogging and acne. One cannot really get rid of enlarged pores or shrink them completely, but there are a lot of methods or remedies that can help improve the overall appearance of them and make them negligible by shrinking them to some extent. If you have open and enlarged pores, below are some of the remedies that can help you shrink pores naturally to some extent –

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Apple Cider Vinegar

You can use a home-made apple cider vinegar toner to shrink pores to some extent. All you have to do is mix together half cup of rose water with a tablespoon of unrefined mother apple cider vinegar and mix it really well. Transfer to a spray bottle and use it as a regular toner.

Egg Whites

Egg whites are quite popularly used for saggy skin and skin that has open pores because it has a tightening effect. All you have to do is break an egg and separate the yolk, you need the egg whites. Add in 1 to 2 drops of lemon juice and whisk it really well. Apply this on your facial skin and let it sit for 15 minutes before you wash it off.

Sugar

Sugar has natural AHA and works great in the long run for minimizing the appearance of an large pores. All you have to do is mix together a tablespoon of fine sugar with few drops of water to make a sticky mixture. Apply this on your facial skin and let it sit for 20 minutes before you wash it off.

Bentonite Clay

Bentonite clay not only helps tighten your skin and shrink pores to some extent but it also detoxes your skin and unclogs your pores. All you have to do is mix together apple cider vinegar with enough bentonite clay to make a thick paste. Apply this on your facial skin and wash it off after 10 minutes.

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Kaolin Clay

Kaolin clay, just as bentonite clay helps shrink pores and draw out all the excess sebum and debris from pores. All you have to do is mix kaolin clay with enough rose water to make a paste and apply it on your facial skin concentrating on areas where you have open and large pores. Let it sit for 10 minutes and rinse it off.

Ice Cubes

Using ice cubes directly on the skin helps shrink you pores to some extent due to its cold temperature. All you have to do is use ice cubes directly on your skin for massaging until it completely melts and follow up with a good moisturizer. For added benefits, you can also add a few drops of peppermint essential oil.

Rose Water

Rosewater is quite known for its pore shrinking and skin purifying properties! You can add a few drops of peppermint oil to rose water and use it as a facial mist or you can freeze it into ice cubes. Use these ice cubes to massage your skin as mentioned in the previous point.

Cucumber

Cucumber helps shrink pores and detox your skin. It also has a skin cooling effect and is great for oily to combination skin. All you have to do is mix together fresh cucumber juice with some honey and use it as a 15 minute face mask.

NOTE-

  • These remedies do not vanish your open pores completely and there are no research studies done on these ingredients for shrinking and large pores, but they do show some tightening and pore shrinking effect in the long run and is used since a long time in home-made recipes for shrinking pores. Take it as a general information and not a substitute to any clinical treatment.
  • If you have severely enlarged visible pores, I would suggest you go to your dermatologist and get the necessary treatments after consultation.
  • Always patch test to check whether these ingredients suit your skin type or whether you are allergic to it or not.           
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