Parvati Magazine September 2013 | Page 26

BEAUTY DON’T BE DISCOURAGED By Blackheads I used to have pretty terrible skin. I spent many an evening picking at it and lamenting over the never-ending appearance of blackheads (aka. comedones). The problem was that my only strategy for combating comedones was to extract them manually. While this is important to do so that your pores don’t stretch out from becoming overly full of dried sebum, cellular debris and environmental impurities (the basic contents of a blackhead), extractions will not prevent them from returning. To truly banish blackheads you need to increase your overall skin’s hydration, detoxify your internal &?G??BvWB??F?F?Rw&??fR?b&?W"W?f??F?????6?6?W'6??????r?V6?&WGFW"?6???????2??r?v?F??&F?&?6??VB??6?v?B?7FW2??&??6???r&?6??VG2??G&FR??W"6???( 2F?R??7B???'F?BF???rF?F??2??G&F??r??W"6???????F??( ?Bf??B?????fV"?b?&R6??vW7F???( 26?F?W"?B???6?F?W"?B???fW"??G&F??r6W'V?F?B&W?V??6?W2??W"6???W????v?F?vFW"??N( ?2??B?????R?VVBF?fV"v?V?G&VF??r&?6??VG2??N( ?2FV??G&F????F??2?2v?B6W6W2?W"?GW&?????6V'V?F?G'??WB?B6??r?v?V??W"6????