If pore-refining creams and serums aren’t cutting it, there may be a better answer.
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Largeporesareoneofthosecommonskinconcernswithabundant“solutions”andelusiveresults.Ifyou’vetriedcountlesspore-refiningcreamsandserumsbuthavestruggledtoseeavisibledifferenceinthesizeofyourpores,youmaywanttoconsiderBotox.
Botox,aninjectableskintreatmentmostcommonlyusedtopreventandreducetheappearanceoffinelinesandwrinkles,isgainingpopularityasapore-shrinkingsolution—andtheexpertssayitactuallyworks.
“UsingBotoxtoshrinktheappearanceofporeshasbeenusedbyprofessionalsforaroundadecade,”saidDr.CoreyL.Hartman,aboard-certifieddermatologistandfounderofSkinWellnessDermatologyinBirmingham,Alabama.“Theapparent‘pore-shrinking’benefitwasseeninnumerouspatientswhosoughtoutBotoxtotreatotherconcernslikefinelinesandwrinkles.Manynoticedthattheirporesappearedsmaller,andresearchwasdonefurtheronthatbenefit.”
Inrecentyears,theprocedurehasbecomemorepopularthanever.“I’venoticedanuptickinpat
