Are Those Really Blackheads?
Do you just hate those little bumps all over your nose? Don't be a hater, they're just doing their job! Learn how in this SciShow Quick Question. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support...
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If you’re tired of being made to feel bad about your skin …...getting zit-shamed by commercials for lotions or little strips that’ll get rid of those“unsightly” spots on your nose…...then I have some good news for you.Those ads often refer to those tiny little spots as blackheads, but … that is not whatthey are!Those are just your normal hair follicles, doing what they’re supposed to do!Blackheads are a type of non-inflammatory acne, the type that doesn’t make your skinreally red and swollen.The medical name for blackheads is open comedones, a comedo justbeing a clogged pore.And your pores can get clogged because of overproduction by the oil glands in your skincalled sebaceous glands.Sometimes, the mixture of this natural skin oil -- or sebum-- along with...
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If you’re tired of being made to feel bad about your skin …...getting zit-shamed by commercials for lotions or little strips that’ll get rid of those“unsightly” spots on your nose…...then I have some good news for you.Those ads often refer to those tiny little spots as blackheads, but … that is not whatthey are!Those are just your normal hair follicles, doing what they’re supposed to do!Blackheads are a type of non-inflammatory acne, the type that doesn’t make your skinreally red and swollen.The medical name for blackheads is open comedones, a comedo justbeing a clogged pore.And your pores can get clogged because of overproduction by the oil glands in your skincalled sebaceous glands.Sometimes, the mixture of this natural skin oil -- or sebum-- along with...
