Best solution for large pores for 48 year old?

[unrealhousewife]

My skin is plump but always had large pores and redness.

Been looking at phototherapy, does it work?

I don't know. I have bought something drastic recently, some kind of chemical which teenagers use, and it did dissolve the black heads, and tightened the skin a little bit.

I would suggest that you use less harsh products that dissolves the blackheads and this should allow the skin to close back up slowly. Try also to use something like the mud mask to extract the blackheads out ? after I have used the blackhead solution, I think revert back to this as a routine.

To heal redness and to build back up your skin's strength again, either use something with salicylic acid in it. This should heal the inflammation on the pores itself. Also, try to eat more green veg. This does make an immediate effect on your skin as well. I have started juicing and making smoothies. The effect on my facial skin is very very obvious. Also do alight facial massage to stimulate the surface of the skin back into shape.

Rosacea can be caused by food allergies too. I would look into this as well.

I use a good BHA now that give me amazing pores generally but have had peels in the past ( mostly for old acne ghosts )
I think the combo worked together

What's BHA?

beta hydroxy acid = BHA.
It's an acid, but a very light one which removes dead skin cells and allow rejuvenation to occur. It also stimulates the surface of the skin as well, and it makes the cells then align itself back.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_peel

I would opt for a good cleansing routine and then let nature take care of the rest. Or the other option which a lot of people are going for is "skin rejuvenation". i.e. realign the skin's underlying cells again to let new cells grow back. Skin peals or various light skin acids do the same thing.
www.philips.co.uk/e/skincare/

Thanks for that Maisie, wow £800.00 that's a lot of money for a facial!

My skin care routine has always been fine, I have tried every ehich way and the only thing that helps is going on holiday where there is sun and sea water. But sadly that's not practical.

Before you try the expensive facials etc -
Try a wheat and gluten free diet for a month or two (better still, go completely grain free rather than replacing gluten containing foods with Gluten-free junk (ie even more highly processed alternatives).

You may find that it dramatically changes your skin for the better (or not!). The pores and redness may be a sign of a wheat, gluten (or other grain proteins) intolerance.

If it works, great, if not then at least you have ruled out grains as a trigger for your skin issues.

Other things to try - organic makeup, soaps and shower gels and so on, as these won't have the SLS, parabens, synthetic perfumes etc that might be causing redness and other skin problems.

I've found that green tea infused in hot water and left to cool (leave teabag in until the liquid goes cold). Dip a cotton wool ball/pad and dab it over the red areas on the face. When I did this I found that within a week, the redness disappeared. It may or may not work for yourself, as everyone's different, but it's cheap, natural and costs very little.

I've just got that skin, my cousins is the same, my Dad's as well. I am finally on a lactose free diet so I shall see what happens with that, been a month now and not a huge change, but wheat and gluten free May help. I'm Celtic and n.european gene pool I'm not sure if that makes gluten intolerance less likely.

Green tea sounds like a simple solution, I think I have tried every topical application in the book, natural, organic and chemical.

A lot of water helps, but at my age I think I need something quite drastic to take off the gnarliness. Sounds vile but probably doesn't look as bad as it sounds. I can feel it though, not nice.

I had a hydrafacial (£140ish) and the results were really really clean skin, plumped up as well. The large pores appeared smaller I think because of the plumpness and the clean skin (blackhead free).

I'm using a clarisonic at home with some cleaner that the clinic recomended. 3 weeks later my skin has stayed fresh & clean and plump.

I'll definitely be repeating the process.

I've seen a massive improvement since ditching cleansers and switching to Nivea micellar water sensitive and eucerin anti redness night cream.

Celtic/pale north europe a bloodlines have the highest rate of coeliac, problems with wheat, autoimmune diseases (which are associated with wheat/gluten consumption). Sadly I'm in that pale and "interesting" group myself .