I’m really glad that my days of bad acne are in the past. There were a few years during junior high when I thought that I’d have pimples forever, but now I only get the occasional stress breakout. The thing that I find really annoying is that avoiding clogged pores on my nose is still really hard. I recently bought some CVS brand pore strips to see if they helped at all.

I waited to use the pore strips until right after I showered, when my pores were steamed open. After leaving the strip on my nose for 10 minutes, I peeled it off and took a look — it definitely took some of the blackheads out of my pores, but I didn’t really see a huge difference.

Maybe if I use them on a more regular basis, there will be a difference over time? I’m not really sure, but I’ll use the rest of the strips in the box and see what happens! How do you deal with clogged pores on your nose? Any secrets you can share?