PORE OBSESSED? PLAY IT DOWN

If you’re obsessed with the size of your pores, then you’re not alone. According to a survey of nearly 2,000 participants in the US, 45 per cent of women would change the size of their pores if they could, and almost a third are more worried about pore size than wrinkles. There’s even a name for this preoccupation with pore size - ‘porexia’!

There are actually two types of pores in our skin – sweat pores and oil pores. Sweat glands are very small, while oil pores are actually hair follicles. Each hair follicle contains a sebaceous gland that produces oil (sebum), and these are the pores that are more obvious and can become blocked –