Do you ever look closely in the mirror at your face and feel like you are staring into the craters of the moon? Enlarged pores can be as annoying and embarrassing as the blackheads and acne they cause. No matter how much makeup you put on, they just can’t be covered up – in fact, caking on the makeup can often make them look even larger. You can’t help wonder if anyone else notices them as much as you do.

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As if the emerging wrinkles weren’t bad enough, sometimes my skin gets blotchy and red – especially in the winter or after prolonged periods in the sun. I’ve never really suffered from true rosacea – chronic redness, inflammation and even acne – but my skin isn’t always the stable environment I want it to be. I need my face cream to multi-task – fighting the signs of aging, moisturizing my dry spots and getting rid “blotchy” red patches.

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Scrub Away the Chicken Skin Bumps

At some point or another, I think just about everyone has gotten those dry patches of tiny, hard bumps that feel like chicken skin on the backs of your thighs or arms (or even on your rear end). The combination of winter’s cold, dry air, long sleeves and heavier fabrics always seems to aggravate it for me. What I never knew was, this annoying and embarrassing condition actually has a name – keratosis pilarsis (KP) – and it is treatable.

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Skin That’s Perfect to a T

I have what you’d call “combination skin.” While my cheeks get dry, I tend to get oily in that notorious problem area known as the “T-Zone,” which sweeps across the forehead and down the nose to the chin. The T-Zone has caused many teenagers (and plenty of adults) sleepless nights as the focus of breakouts, whiteheads, redness and that embarrassing “shiny” look. So what’s with the T-Zone’s greasy nature? This area simply has more oil glands than other parts of the face. The weather can affect it as well – making you feel like an oil slick on warm, humid days.

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