BLACKHEADS ON YOUR NOSE

Don’t confuse blackheads with something else. What seems to look like blackheads may be sebaceous filaments instead. These are basically the oil glands on your nose and in the chin area just below the lower lip. They are meant to be there and will never go away. Even if extracted, it still looks the same and it fills right back up again a week later.

The basic rule of thumb here is, if all the so-called “blackheads” in your nose are all the same size, then they are not blackheads. If, however, you have a “blackhead” that is bigger than the rest of the other “blackheads” on your nose, then it really is a blackhead and not just another sebaceous filament.

The best thing to do here is not just lean on your own assumptions between blackheads and sebaceous filaments, consult with your acne specialist instead and get your diagnosis.