Mamamia’s Tried and Tested series is your review of the latest to hit our desks in beauty, health and wellbeing. You won’t find any #sponsored content here, just honest, relatable and independent advice. This week, Mamamia's Beauty & Health Editor trials a viral hack to clear black spots.
Black spots on your nose? Welcome, friend. You're in good company. Because if there's one place on my face that's consistent in producing clogged pores, it's my snoz. It's a real over-achiever on the sebum front.
But contrary to popular belief, did you know that black spots on your nose aren't always blackheads? Yes, really!
While they may look like blackheads, more often than not these black spots are just clogged pores or 'sebaceous filaments', where dead skin and oil block the pore causing congestion. That black colour we see is actually caused by oxygen in the air oxidising the oil within the pore.
Watch: While we're here having a chinwag, remember that time I tried putting lube on my face?! What a time. Post continues below.
And while there are a ton of active ingredients out there that can draw and clear your pores, like retinols and salicylic acid, if you're still swanning around with black spots, word on the (beauty) street is that there's a nifty hack that involves using the cult La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume and waking up to clear pores.
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