Hello,
I have had blackheads for longer than I care to admit, and after years and years of them not leaving it's starting to get me down. The main problem is my nose, my chin also has quite a few but my nose makes me the most self conscious. They're quite deep, and there's probably upwards of 100 blackheads dispersed all over my nose. I can cover most of them with makeup, but some won't be covered and they're still under all of the makeup at the end of the day.
I have tried everything I can think of: soaps, charcoal masks, exfoliators, benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, I even caved and bought a clarisonic a few months ago. Whilst these products have made my already clear skin on my cheeks look much healthier, they have done nothing for my blackheads. I do not have a dermatologist (to be honest I'm not sure how to find them in England) and I have never had any professional treatments done. I have been considering microdermabrasion lately, but am concerned that it won't work, or that I'll have to become reliant on them (once you take blackheads out don't they just come back??)
Anyway, any advice at all would be much appreciated, I am desperate to solve this problem on my face. Thank you