Korean pore care: 5 habits Dr. Lim says make your pores bigger

Why enlarged pores happen: the five habits

Dr. Lim starts with your hands. Hands are dirtier than most people think. Touching your face leads to breakouts, squeezing those breakouts enlarges pores, and the cycle repeats. Because enlarged pores are really hard to shrink, the advice is simply: hands off.

Second, squeezing acne at home. It makes inflammation worse and can leave scars and enlarged pores together. Dr. Lim's line is clear: do not try to fix it at home, come to the clinic.

Third, washing your face with the shower head. Spraying water straight onto the face dries the skin out. Dry skin produces more oil, and pores widen as a result.

Fourth and fifth, daily wipe-off toner and frequent nose strips. An irritating toner used every day dries the skin and can make pores bigger. Nose strips stretch pores through the pulling force of ripping them off.

How Muse Clinic Myeongdong handles pore and acne concerns

Instead of squeezing at home, the clinic route starts with a conversation. A counselor talks with you first about your skin and your schedule; then Dr. Lim examines your skin and treats you in the treatment room.

For enlarged pores, the treatment Muse offers is the Pore Injection, which combines the clinic's own recipe with PDRN and targets pore tightening and skin regeneration. For active breakouts, Scaling Skin removes sebum after thorough disinfection, which is the clinic version of the extraction you should not do at home.

Which one fits depends on whether your main issue is open pores, active acne or both. That is decided after the examination.

What to expect from pore treatment in Seoul

The Pore Injection is done after numbing cream is applied to the area. The clinic notes that one session can make a difference, but because results vary between people, three sessions are suggested for a better outcome.

Treatment works best alongside the habit changes above. If you keep squeezing spots or using nose strips, you keep stretching the same pores. Our guide on how to get rid of enlarged pores covers the options in more depth.

Why Myeongdong Muse for pores and acne

International patients see the same price list as Korean patients. Interpreters for English, Japanese and Chinese are on site, which helps when you are describing how your skin reacts to products.

The clinic sits one minute from Myeongdong Station Exit 5, on the 3rd floor of Goryeo Daeyeongak Tower. Weekend hours (Saturday and Sunday 09:00 to 15:00) make it easy to fit in between shopping and sightseeing.

Planning pore and acne care around your Seoul trip

If you have breakouts, book early in your trip so the skin has a few days to settle before you fly. For more on fitting acne care into a short visit, read one-day acne treatment in Korea.

If you plan a series of Pore Injections, it suits people who can return to Seoul. On a single trip, start with one session and keep up the home habits: hands off, no squeezing, lukewarm water by hand instead of the shower head, and fewer nose strips.

If breakouts are the bigger issue than pore size, say so at the start of your consultation. It changes which treatment is suggested.