Blackheads Removal
Following these blackheads removal techniques can help in keeping your skin clean and fresh! Blackheads are usually something that teenagers have to deal with growing up, although sometimes they will continue to cause concern and embarrassment into adulthood.
Fortunately blackheads are fairly easy to deal with, and as such blackheads removal can become another part of a morning routine before going out to school or work. Equally it’s a process that some prefer to carry out in the evening before retiring to bed. In order to understand how to get rid of blackheads, it is important to understand why they have appeared and how to safely remove them avoiding reddening, inflammation or infection.
What are Blackheads?
The medical name for a blackheads is comedones and they appear as a blackish dot on the skin that can be felt as a slight bump on the surface of the skin. They are usually more prevalent around areas of the face with noticeable pores, for example blackheads on the nose is very common. Blackheads are officially grouped under the term acne vulgaris, although the treatment of blackheads is a little different to that for acne.
What causes Blackheads?
Although poor hygiene was once thought to be the cause of blackheads, they are actually caused by a perfectly normal bodily function – the production of sebaceous oils. Poor hygiene can however make the appearance of blackheads worse, and good hygiene and attentive skin care with a blackhead removal tool can resolve the issue.
When there is an excess of sebaceous oils produced by the body, the sebum can accumulate in the sebaceous gland’s ducts where it quickly darkens to a yellow colour as it is exposed to the air. From the surface of the skin, the colour is darkened as light reflects from the surface and duct of the blocked follicle, giving it a black appearance. It is this small black bump that is referred to as a blackhead.
Blackhead Removal
Prior to the invention of blackhead removal tools, the only advice for blackhead removal was to wash the skin in hot water with plenty of soap. The heat from the hot water opened the skins pores and the soap lubricated the surface. From there, using the finger nails, pressure could be applied to the sides of the blackhead allowing the hardened sebum to be squeezed outwards from the duct and be cleansed from the skin.
The problem with this method is that using the finger nails to press quite hard into the skin could cause temporary but noticeable reddening to the areas at best, and actual damage to the surface of the skin at worst.
Blackheads Removal Tool
These days it is easy to find blackheads removal tools, you can even purchase them on Amazon. Although there is still the slight risk of temporary scarring, if only sensible pressure is applied to the skin, it is a perfectly safe method that will yield excellent results after only a few minutes of effort.
Rather than using your fingernails to apply pressure to the skin, blackheads removal tools have a small loop that can be place over the raised blackhead and the pushed into the skin allowing the sebum to be squeezed up out of the follicle and through the loop.
Cleansing the Area
The final part of any blackheads treatment is to thoroughly clean the area. As the process of removing blackheads exposes the skin to any germs that linger in the unblocked blocked follicles, it is vital to complete the process with a good clean up. Do this by disinfecting the area with a good facial cleaner, or a small drop of alcohol on a cotton bud.
Blackhead Treatment
If these simple steps of blackheads removal are followed carefully it becomes a quick and simple routine to keeping your face looking fresh and clean!
