Dr. Shereene Idriss explains that most dark spots on your nose aren't blackheads but sebaceous filaments, a normal feature everyone has. Sulfur-based products regulate oil, reduce bacteria, and prevent breakouts.
These are not blackheads, but these are. These are sebaceous filaments. I'm a board-certified dermatologist, and these right here, these are sebaceous filaments. They are very, very different than blackheads. They're completely normal. We all have them. And the biggest way to differentiate them from blackheads, if you guys look closely, is that they're all equal in size across the nose, whereas blackheads are not. And neither one of these are easy to get rid of. So how do we treat sebaceous filaments? Sulfur-based products. And they come in a multitude of different ways, from soap— let me use myself as a pointer— soap to cleansers to ointment masks to even spot treatment. You can find sulfur in many different ways over the counter. Sulfur is one of those underdog ingredients because it quite literally stinks, but it can help regulate your oil production, not just in the short term but most definitely in the long term, help minimize the bacteria overload and the gunk on your face that Causing your breakouts. And number 3, I was about to say breakups, and maybe number 3, it's going to help with your redness. It's going to help control redness. So people with a lot of acne who have a lot of flare-ups who get red from those flare-ups, or people with rosacea, it's going to help with your redness as well. TED Talk is over. Let me know if you guys have any questions below for your old as fuck board-certified dermatologist.
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