<\/span><\/h3>\nOne of the most common mistakes made when dealing with clogged pores is physically manipulating the lesions. Particularly with closed comedones, the contents remain trapped beneath the skin surface, so forceful manipulation can directly damage the follicle wall.<\/p>\n
Damage to the follicle wall can increase redness and inflammation and, in some cases, may lead to infection, discoloration, or permanent acne scarring. For this reason, dermatologists frequently emphasize that improperly squeezing blackheads and whiteheads can significantly increase the risk of scarring.<\/p>\n
The answer to the question \u201cDo comedones leave scars?\u201d, which is a major concern for many patients, depends largely on how the lesion progresses and whether it is physically manipulated. Superficial lesions that are not accompanied by inflammation generally heal without causing permanent tissue damage.<\/p>\n
In addition, not every red or dark mark that appears on the skin after a lesion is a true scar. These marks are often temporary post-inflammatory changes in skin color and, unlike permanent depressed scars, tend to fade over time. The risk of true and permanent scarring increases mainly when a lesion develops into inflammatory acne, becomes deeper, and is repeatedly picked or squeezed.<\/p>\n
It is not possible to permanently clear the pores by squeezing blackheads, particularly around the nose and chin. Because the biological process responsible for the blockage continues, the lesions can reappear within a short time, while repeated pressure only irritates the skin. For persistent lesions, instead of potentially harmful interventions at home, medical treatments performed by dermatologists under sterile clinical conditions may be considered a safer option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes 23 seconds What you need to know about comedones Comedones, the earliest and most basic lesions of acne, are blackheads or whiteheads that form when sebum and dead skin cells accumulate at the opening of hair follicles. This common condition is one of the first signs that the normal function […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12671,"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12669\/revisions\/12671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aktifinternational.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}