{"id":2957,"date":"2024-12-12T12:22:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T12:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2024-12-12T12:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T12:22:38","slug":"seven-things-that-clog-your-pores-and-cause-acne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/2957","title":{"rendered":"SEVEN THINGS THAT CLOG YOUR PORES AND CAUSE ACNE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='\"entry-meta\"'>Pores: We\u2019ve all got these tiny openings in our skin for releasing sweat and oil, but for some people, they can be more temperamental than others. Or, rather, clogged pores happen more often to some of us than others. Clogged pores happen when oil doesn\u2019t or can\u2019t flow through them as it should, explains board-certified dermatologist Geeta Yadav, MD.\n<div>\n<div class='\"entry-meta\"'>\u201cTypically, this is caused by the overproduction of oil that then becomes trapped by dead cells that haven\u2019t properly shed from the lining of the pore. Makeup, dirt, and\/or comedogenic ingredients can also block the pore, and prevent that flow of oil through it,\u201d she says.\n<div>\n<div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<p>Comedogenic is essentially a word for pore-clogging, and while these types of ingredients aren\u2019t the sole cause of acne and breakouts\u2014there are several factors\u2014they certainly won\u2019t help the situation.\n</p><p>&nbsp;\n</p><p>\u201cPore-clogging ingredients make it much more likely that pimples will form,\u201d says board-certified dermatologist Rachel Nazarian, MD. \u201cIn someone who has naturally oily skin or who harbors the bacteria that causes acne, using these ingredients is like adding gas to the fire. It\u2019s a dangerous combination that can exacerbate acne and cause consistent breakouts.\u201d\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Pores: We\u2019ve all got these tiny openings in our skin for releasing sweat and oil, but for some people, they can be more temperamental than others. Or, rather, clogged pores happen more often to some of us than others. Clogged pores happen when oil doesn\u2019t or can\u2019t flow through them as it should, explains board-certified [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2960,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions\/2960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></div></div></div></div></div>