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Originally Posted by patty0411
Hey!!! What I use when I want to get rid of my white/black heads is a "Double-ended Blemish Extractor" made by Sephora. It cost $16 and I've had it for about 2 or 3 years and it's been working great. The great thing about the tool is that it's stainless steel, so you can sanitize it easily.
What I normally do is wash my face with warm water, then use the tool around my nose area to extract the black heads and stuff...
I've used nose strips and other strips but they only seem to take out the white heads..
HTH!
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Yeah, I second this! These are really cool. They are great for the big, occasional one that pops up, but when you have like, every pore on your nose lookin' kinda dingy (which is sooo annoying) it's hard.
To get rid of and prevent blackheads, you must exfoliate, then use a cleanser or treatment with benzoyl peroxide. A lot of people like Salicylic Acid for blackheads, but it's never worked for me. Or better yet, get an exfoliating cleanser with benzoyl peroxide. I know you can get them at drugstores, but the best is Proactiv. I had used it for like 8 years and then recently stopped using it because I thought, "my skin is clear, I don't need this anymore..." DUH, TIFFANY....my skin was clear because I WAS using it...
Anyway, I was trying some different cleansers without acne medications and I had a horrible breakout AND blackeads on my nose. Not to mention I was like, gross oily all the time. I went back to Proactiv a few weeks ago and my skin is NOT oily at all and the breakout is gone and the blackheads are gone too! It's totally worth it...