The body knows when it’s been staring at its perceived “imperfections” in the bathroom mirror for just a little too long. First, the vision starts to blur. Things get fuzzy; you lose the ability to recognize your own face for what it is. Then comes the next phase: the hallucinations. Are those your barely-there crow’s feet from squinting at the sun all those times you left your sunglasses at home, or are they wide cracks in the earth’s surface? Is that a fine line on your forehead, or is it the “really big one” you read about in the New Yorker?
Skin with BlackHeads |
Sebaceous filaments look like blackheads, but they’re different. It’s not an easy distinction to make, but it’s always better to be safe than sorry. Blackheads are clogged pores that need to be unclogged — with an exfoliator, with some alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) or beta hydroxy acids (BHAs), or extractions by a professional’s trained hand. Consider them the evil twin(s) of sebaceous filaments, which are healthy, totally fine hair follicles with a little bit of dead skin around them. You can’t get rid of them; they will always be there. As one wise Reddit user pointed out, this lemon looks to have sebaceous filaments, not blackheads. Don’t squeeze them. They’re normal.
Skin with Sebaceous Filament |
And because sebaceous filaments are
innocuous, there’s no need to deal with them harshly. Stop the picking,
squeezing, popping, and ill-advised DIY extractions, and try the skin-clearing
wonder products instead. But just remember: If there’s one thing we know about pores — and
therefore sebaceous filaments, and blackheads, too — it’s that nobody really notices
except you. And your bathroom mirror, of course. Your mirror sees all.
Credit: Refinery
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