There is a TL;DR at the bottom. I have written reviews before, but I only write them for products that actually impress me or extremely disappoint me. Well, let's just say...this product did not disappoint. It kept popping up in my "Products for You" category, so I finally decided to try it. Now, I am lucky enough to not suffer from blackheads, but I do have really bad sebaceous filaments on my nose and chin, as well as ingrown hairs on the lower part of my chin (I have PCOS). I have searched for something to help with the sebaceous filaments for, no joke, years...and nothing actually helped remove the filaments AND minimize the look of my pores. Most products would just get a little bit of the filaments out and leave the pores still looking big, because it wasn't getting all the filament out. This bothered me so much, I have resorted to using one of those metal blackhead remover tools on my nose and chin at least once a week for the last few years. While this method got the filaments all the way out, it also left my skin extremely red, and painful from having to push down so hard to get them out. AND most of the time, my pores didn't really look a whole lot smaller. It sucked, but it sorta worked. I did just that last night, and the filaments had gotten so bad that I gave up after about 15 minutes, and just tried to soothe my sore skin. Well this little dude was delivered today, and I decided to try it right away...and I am SO GLAD I DID!!! As I said above, I did attempt to clean my pores out last night with my usual, painful way and it was not successful this time (sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but it always leaves my skin red and sore). So, my pores were (if possible) bigger this morning. Well...they're not anymore. I genuinely didn't think this little octopus dude could help what force couldn't, but holy crow!! I wish I would have had the forethought to take a before and after picture! My pores were big and red on my nose & chin this morning, but after using this little dude, they are visibly smaller and the redness is almost completely gone! I'm genuinely impressed. Now, don't get me wrong, it wasn't perfect( but what is?) but, it was absolutely worth the money. My pores are not teeny-tiny, but they are visibly smaller and it absolutely did get rid of some of the worst filaments I had (I mean they'll be back, eventually, but for now they appear to be gone). And it is a little drying, but nothing a moisturizer can't handle. It also didn't seem to irritate my skin, at least not any worse than pushing around on it with a hard metal tool does...????. All in all, this is definitely a product I would tell my closest loved ones to try. So, if you're debating whether or not to get it, just do it. It is actually worth the money. TL;DR- it actually worked and helped remove some stubborn sebaceous filaments on nose and chin. Stop debating on whether to buy it and just get it. I gave four stars because it is kind of drying on the skin, and I'm not sure if it is a long-term fix for the sebaceous filaments or not.
