Oily skin has been misunderstood for decades, often treated as if moisture is the enemy rather than the missing piece. The ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Though facial cleansing is an important way to remove ...

One of your skin pores gets blocked by dead skin cells or dirt and bacteria (that is always on your face) and causes an infection in the blocked pore. The redness is from the infection. As simple as ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

I’ll be the first to admit that I waste way too much time in the bathroom mirror studying the condition of my pores. At this point, I might as well consider it a step in my nightly skin care routine.

Congested skin is a way of describing skin that feels rough and bumpy. The term isn’t used to make a clinical assessment, so it can mean several different things and be used in different ways. While ...