3 Simple Ways To Make Your Pores Look Smaller
Oil is what makes your pores look large. "It's complicated, but oil changes how light interacts with solid objects, making things appear bigger," says Ranella Hirsch, a board-certified dermatologist in Boston. "So the more oil your sebaceous glands are pumping out, the larger your pores will seem." It's also why pores may look their most cavernous right before you get your period -- that's when you have the highest levels of the hormone progesterone, which increases oil production.