1. double cleansing. oil attracts oil so by massaging your face with an oil cleanser for 1+ minutes, the oil plugs and sebaceous filaments will dissolve. make sure to emulsify your oil cleanser before washing it off! frankly has an oil cleanser than contains BHA/LHA to exfoliate pores.
2. chemical exfoliation. BHA/AHA/LHA/PHA are your best bet for deeply exfoliating and unclogging the pores, thereby reducing the appearance of your pores.
3. peptides. peptides stimulate collagen production and improve skin elasticity/firmness which will strengthen the skin around your pores making them less visible. frankly has a pore peptide serum that has 9 peptides including copper peptides and PHA to gently exfoliate.
4. clay masks. clay absorbs excess sebum, debris, and dead skin from the pores, unclogging/detoxifying them and reducing their appearance. skin1004 and fully cosmetics have clay masks targeting pores.
5. niacinamide. niacinamide controls sebum production, smooths skin texture, promotes even skin tone, and reduces the appearance of pores.
6. green tomato. a new trend in korean skincare is green tomato (tomatidine). sungboon editor and fully cosmetics incorporate this ingredient into their products as tomatidine refines enlarged pores and improves skin elasticity.
4. pink Himalayan salt. the popular poremizing ampoule by skin1004 uses this ingredient since it has natural detoxifying properties which reduce pore size.