How to Treat a Blackhead - You Need to Know This Information If You Have Problems With It

Blackheads, commonly known as open comedones, are follicles which have a wider than usual opening.
They are filled with plugs of sebum and sloughed-off cells and have suffered a chemical reaction thus resulting in the oxidation of melanin.
This gives the material in the follicle the classical black color.
This are few easy steps that you need to fallow: 1.
Open pores In order to remove easily the blackheads, you need to start with a steam bath, which softens the skin and open the pores.
After that prepare an infusion of mint, sage or chamomile and, for about ten minutes, sit face down over the steams of this infusion, do not forget that your head should be covered with a towel all this time.
2.
Exfoliating Once the pores open, you can start removing blackheads by peeling efficiently but also delicately, doing so you will avoid hurting the skin.
Use either a mask-peeling (that you can find it at your local drug store or supermarket), which at the time of removal remove all the impurities, or you can also use a natural mask prepared at home from two teaspoons of corn flour and a tablespoon of olive oil.
The ingredients are mixed together after which the mixture can be applied by gentle massage.
Remove the mixture after few minutes with warm water in abundance.
3.
Disinfect After the extraction of blackheads, apply with a gentile dab some astringent solution, in order to cut the excess of sebum and closing the pores.
Finally rinse well with warm water.