steaming the face, to open up pores Options

[oOjenniOo]

i heard that to get ride of blackheads, you can steam your face so it will make you sweat and open up your pores, then use a bobbypin to push them out or something [?]

my question is do u steam ur face over like a boiling pot of water or is there like a special technique that comes with it all? and how long do you do it for? does anyone know

[swe3ttemptasian]

a bobbypin!? I don't use bobby pins.. i use something else lol

[ryuusei]

ive never done that before, but this is what ive heard:
get a steaming bowl of water, put your face near it >like right above it< and then wrap a towel over your head and the bowl so the steam doesnt get out.

do it for like 5-10 min i would think? not sure though.

[HelloSunshine]

wow..really..never heard of that..sounds interesting..hmm

[*Kathleen*]

Ew that sounds painful. But yeah...steam is used to open your pores, but I'd suggest just washing your face with something that would kill the blackheads opposed to popping them and making them more irritated.

[Nicolatofu]

well i've read in a magazine, that you turn the shower on as hot as it can go, let it get really steamy in the bathroom, and just set in the for about 10 minutes, then take astrigent and those blackhead stripes to your face while your pores are still open

[StarryEyedSurpri...]

the bobbypin thing doesn't sound too fun to me...

yeah i like ur idea ^^^^

[anger_is_my_frie...]

it's true that the steam does open up pores, but i don't think it'll be healthy if you're like FORCING the blackheads out =/

[lovescream]

EWW ... that just sounds disgusting. My mommy pops them. She says it's good. But damn does it hurt

[pink_skittle_101]

Yeah my sisters pop them on my face (it's really weird...their creepy obsession) and it really hurts, and i makes them worse, steam way sound better, less painful, unless you use the bobby pin 0.o

[lilJdawg]

i remember when i had one. my mom poped it for me with a safety pin. it didn't hurt that much. steaming sounds better & i guess it doesn't hurt as much.

[D1SMANTLED]

why not just use pore strips?

[pink_skittle_101]

why not just use pore strips?

ug...pore strips sound even more painful....

[tears_of_blood]

i think...steam them up so your pores open and then with a towel gently rub your uh..blackheads in one direction...it works for me and requires no pain [unless you rub furiously with your towel]

[LiLaZnGirL122]

get a towel aand den soke ti wit very got water get da water and put it over ur face den get da black head remover and den pop dem out OR u can get to boild water and den put it on a counter and put ur face on top of it so da steam will go on it =) gl

[HelloSunshine]

Ew that sounds painful. But yeah...steam is used to open your pores, but I'd suggest just washing your face with something that would kill the blackheads opposed to popping them and making them more irritated.

haha yeah, i agree..i just stick to good-old face wash

[*stephinika*]

yeah steaming does open up your pores but don't poke out the blackheads...just wash them normally...

[KissMe2408]

steaming does help alot. I got this like lil face steamer that you put ur face in, and it creates steam so you don't have to do the whole sink thing...but if you don't wanna get one of those, then put hot water in the sink, and put a towel over ur head and steam for like 15 minutes. and i mean you don't need to put a bobby pin to push them out...but after you steam, be sure to put cold water on ur face to close the pores before you put nethin else on ur face, and take off all makeup and stuff, and it's better to do it right before you go to sleep, not when ur rushing off to school, or when you need to put on makeup soon after or somethan, u know?

[mai_z]

grr pore strips don't work for me. I use bobby pins that are for buns tho, not regular bobby pins

[bballchick1]

i tried that before. it didn't really help take out blackheads though..i'm thinking of buying one of those tweezerman things that takes out blackheads.

[nyCzxfOx]

um o_O usually wash my face then i use pore strips then i use a needle thingy for blackheads O_O which is like a regular needle.. um.. ^^ and yeah i usually use he porestrips after a really really really really hott shower O_O

[jennyjenny]

Yeah, just buy some stuff at like CVS.

Bobbypins must hurt like the dickens.

[multifaceted]

if you want you can get a boiling pot of water and use that...

or if you want to spend the money there is a pecial machine that will do it for you..

about 10 mins with the steam should work

when you pop them go in a v shape because if you just go horizontally there will be still oil and gunk in the pore, just the black part of the black head is gone. and then prolly the next two days you find a black head in the same spot again.

going in a v shape might make you lose the top part the nose skin and leaves a slight discoloration if you press to hard at once... but it comes off after a week and the discoloration is not noticable.

[aznxdreamer]

well i've read in a magazine, that you turn the shower on as hot as it can go, let it get really steamy in the bathroom, and just set in the for about 10 minutes, then take astrigent and those blackhead stripes to your face while your pores are still open

thats kinda a waste of water tho X_x

[Intercourselyts]

Should this be in health? I don't see how it goes along with fashion