Big fat ugly pores

[Joeve]

hey sweetie, Have you tried any products with fruit acid? AHA (alpha hydroxy acids)? Lactic acid/glycolic really assist with managing oil in your skin (without drying your skin out like Proactive and other products with high peroxide?) in them. Fruit acid peels can be done by a salon over a course of 6 weeks and are usually around $50 a facial depending on where you are. They really assist in refining pores - note refine not completely reduce - as they control the oil and also incidence of blackheads that leave large pores after they are removed
I am a beauty therapist so feel free to PM me if you want any specific product recommendations. I try to use the most natural products whereever I can however, sometimes you need to use a more 'active' product to assist with specific problems!

[Sammiejane]

Thanks Guys,
Joeve, all the stuff that i have triued over the last 2 years has been botanical,to a point, i used dermalogica, Murad and i cant think for the life of me what i am using now... but all quite fruit active apaerntly.
I dont get reactions to the more 'active' ones, infact barely feel a tingle (if that matters)
If you could recommend anything i would really appreciate it, i know that i need my pores, but really i am sure that they do not need to be the size that they are!
I am off to clear out my PM box, couldnt send you one as it was full

Sunshine - i use to use witchhazel, but i found that it just dried out my skin and would only last for a little while.
Thanks

[AnyDream]

Have you tried a kaolin-clay based masque? Its sucks all the oil out and might help, maybe try once or twice a week.