Blackhead Remover Mask, Purifying Peel Off Mask for All Skin Types, Charcoal Face Mask for Deep Cleansing Blackheads 4.23 OZ

I wash my face twice per day, once in the morning before work and again when I get home and wash all of the makeup off. This product is amazing. It not only removed all of the fine hairs from my face, but it removed the gunk in my pores. I don't have blackheads, so I can't speak to that. See the attached photos of my first use. Here's what I did. Because I didn't shower this morning (headed out to hike), I soaked a soft washcloth in hot water and put that on my face for a few minutes to open the pores. Then I used my finger to apply a thick layer of this stuff. A thin layer may not be enough to cling to the junk you want removed. I sat under my ceiling fan until it was fully dried. Do not attempt to remove it until it's FULLY dried. Then I went to my 10x mirror and ever so slowly, pulled the mask, from the bottom up. One thing to note, I did not pull straight up. I pulled close to my skin. Kind of like when you remove a bandaid, you don't want to pull straight up. That said, I can't be sure it made it any more effective. I do know that pulling in this way makes it hurt less when you remove it. I did need to go back and redo my chin, though, but it wasn't about the product. You need those pores as open as possible. You know how you can pull your entire lower lip into your mouth and it stretches the skin on your chin out? That's what you need to do for your chin (maybe not everyone). But you need to keep it in that position until it's fully dried and removed. If you go back to a normal position, the skin closes up around the pore and prevents the product from gripping the gunk properly. As you can see by these disgusting photos, it did the job! Immediately following the peel, I put a cold compress on my face to reduce the swelling before I put a thick coat of moisturizer on. The cold compress with help to cool the skin, reduce the swelling and shrink the pores back down. What I didn't want to do was fill my pores up with moisturizer. While this does make your face soft on it's own, I already had some flaking of skin from exfoliation and since this stuff removes everything, including oils, from your skin, you'll want to put that moisturizer back, just not clogging your pores with it. This product is a bit expensive considering how much needs to be used, but it's way worth it. I may be be able to get away with subsequent peels being a bit thinner. I'll have to experiment.