I have had a strange year this year with regards to my skin. On one hand I started using the dermaroller and have been really pleased with the results on my scarring. On the other though, my pores have become huge this year.

It started before the rolling and my dad has large pores so part of it at least is genetic. The thing is though that my skin has gone from looking quite young and fresh (aisde from scarring) to looking what I consider to be quite old and haggered in no time.

In the space of about 6 months my pores have just opened up and it is leaving me feeling pretty down. is this how it normally happens? Your pores just seem to suddenly go at one point? I look after my skin, stay out of the sun and in general my skin is in good nick in that I have very few wrinkles and no dry skin etc...

It just feels like as soon as I have started to win the battle over my scars my pores have decided to kick in and knock me down again.

I figured my pores would begin to really worsen in my late thirties not in my early thirties

Is it normal for pores to transform in such a short space of time?

This post has been edited by greg09: Oct 26 2009, 09:46 AM

hey have you used any peels or anything that is what caused mine mate, maybe u could try a led light that is meant to help pore size but then again so is the dermaroller

after a peel or dermbrassion woundt pore size go back months later from the collagen regrowth

sounds as though something isn't right and your skin is trying to tell you. perhaps you are stressing your skin out too much with some other things and it is contributing to the sag and open pores. dermarolling, from what i understand, is introducing a controlled inflammation to your skin so that it will stimulate new collagen. i think it is probably quite important not to stress your skin out with other things whilst you are engaged in this process.
are you sure you're not doing anything else that could irritate it?

I look after my skin, don't drink or smoke and eat well. My brothers and father have largish pores so I have just accepted that it is in my genes and I am learning not to care.

My pores aren't due to chemical peels or anything like that (only ever did 2 light ones) and I had a bit of a wake up call the other day and just though life's too short to be stressing about something as trivial as large pores so I am learning not to give a shit and it feels good to finally just realize that these things happen but so what, I can still have a laugh, walk, talk, see etc... Like I said, life's too short and that's what I am just going to keep telling myself.

Have you ever taken accutane? If so theres your answer. I remember reading a post of yours stating that those of us who have had success with LED's simply can't be certain the LED's are helping or if it's just the dermaroller/needling. Well i know for certain LED's help me and i recommend you try them i bet all my money you will stop getting enlarged pores if you use light therapy correctly.


Just do a bit of research into the science behind it. One of the first things you will notice with light therapy is a reduction in pore size.... so give it a try.

I took Accutane and it made all my pores less noticeable. Whether it unclogged them or did something else I have no idea, but I used to be able to see the pores on my nose in front of the mirror. Now everything just looks smooth and even.

my first guess is that it could be one of the topicals, or collagen producing creams you use? cps change the appearance of pores for a while.

I wouldnt think rolling affects pore size.

Accutane, changes the way skin reacts for years after use and everyone seems to have different reactions.

never really thought about pore size much but a friend told me
last week "your pores are a lot smaller now, it looks better" (her
other comment was "your craters are gone".... she's so tactful).

i think we have similar routines 1.5 rolling, topicals a/c, rest, exercise.
I do use led's so maybe larmar's right???

I don't know why people have reason to doubt me, for most they reduces poor size. It is normally one of the first things led therapy does.

Jcraig.....yeah same thing happened to me on accutane and shortly afterwards. Long term its a different storey and can trigger inflammatory responses.

out of research i have done as i suffer from this i beleive it is micro swelling around your pores from trauma to ur skin basically, mine was from a peel, i agree with lamarr use the led lights if u want to use something but i wouldnt use a dermaroller as i cant see this helping with your pores if it is micro swelling like mine. it will just prolong it i would have thought. i have used a led lamp not a very good one mind but i do believe it is helping slightly i havent used it to often to be honest as i want a better one but go for a lamp nothing else if i was you.

This post has been edited by cursed1: Nov 4 2009, 05:47 PM

Never on accutane and like I said my bros and dad have large poers and didn't really suffer from acne.

Am now looking into the LED side of things once again but I have accepted that I have large pores and don't care as much any more as like I said life's too short. Always up for improvement though so thanks for the suggestions.

pores shrink dramatically in size appearance on accutane. What are u talking about lamarr?

read lamarrs responce below that one tomuchaccutane..

And I agree with lamarr in regards to the led's. Theres plenty of science and down right hard data backing led's. And its nothing new.. I even used my led on a lower back injury. Not the first time I had this injury. I have had it happen several times as a result of weight lifting. Each time I have had the injury it has lasted atleast a month. The last time it happened I treated it daily with my led and was recovered fully in 1 week!

As i said dude, same thing happened to me while i was ON accutane. I have a HUGE list of nasty side effects i picked up from accutane. Accutane can really mess with the skins ability to heal and when you have been off of it for a few years you may see the same thing happening as it has happened to me and many others....

If you are on accutane now it may seem wonderfull but side effects from accutane can appear months/years after you finish. A drug which has the power to alter DNA replication may do funny things to you... I have had numerous people PM me about spontaneous scarring, rosacea, hairloss, excess sweating etc etc all induced by accutane.

This post has been edited by lamarr1986: Nov 5 2009, 11:28 AM

With this side effects caused by accutane that developed a long time after finishing accutane, do they ever subside? I used accutane starting about 2 years ago and finishing 7 months after that, and I have definitely experience excess sweating starting about 5 ish months after finishing. I was just surprised from you post, because I had never heard of that as a side effect, but now it makes sense. I'm just wondering if I can ever look forward to that going away.

I took accutane years ago, and had no idea that it could alter DNA replication. At the time I was just happy to blindly do whatever the doctor told me to... silly me. I never thought about it again until this exact moment. Lamarr your post finally made some sense of some things for me, so Thank You.
I'd love to know more about the side effects too. Is it all too late, is there anything that one can do to try and stop the harmful effects?
Sorry if this has been asked a zillion times before!