Tag Archives: Hair Follicle

Why Do Pores Get Clogged? The First Change That Leads to Acne

If clogged pores were simply caused by dirty skin, washing your face more thoroughly should solve them. But it doesn’t. That’s because what we call a clogged pore isn’t simply something sitting on top of your skin. It’s a change happening inside a structure just beneath the surface — and understanding that change is an […]

Understanding the Pilosebaceous Unit: Where Acne Begins

In What Causes Acne? and Why Do Pores Get Clogged?, we kept mentioning the same structure without stopping to explain it properly: the follicle. It’s time to slow down and actually look at it. Much of what we’ve discussed so far — healthy shedding, clogged pores and microcomedones — happens within one small structure: the […]