"Are you really in your 50s?" Kim Hye-soo's poreless, transparent skin becomes a hot topic... Here's how to take care of it.

On the 27th, Kim Hye-soo posted a selfie on her Instagram. In the photo, Kim Hye-soo showcased her flawless, poreless, transparent skin that makes her age hard to believe. Netizens responded with comments like "Is her 53-year-old appearance real?" and "Unreal." As pores tend to enlarge with age, how should one care for clear skin like Kim Hye-soo's?

The beginning of pore management is to avoid lifestyle habits that enlarge pores.

Firstly, dry skin reduces the elasticity of the skin that supports the pores, making the pores appear larger. Therefore, it is important to drink enough water to prevent dehydration and keep the skin moist. However, alcohol consumption impairs the skin's regenerative ability and increases sebum secretion, which hinders pore shrinking, so it should be avoided. Using skincare products that improve sebum secretion can also be helpful.

Practicing proper facial cleansing methods regularly is also important.

If your skin feels squeaky clean and your pores feel tight after washing your face, you are washing it incorrectly. When the skin becomes too dry, it may compensate by increasing sebum production. For oily and enlarged pores, it is better to use a cleanser that contains fewer oil-based ingredients and includes exfoliating components rather than cleansing oils or products with heavy oil content. Rinse thoroughly to avoid irritation, and use lukewarm water for rinsing.

It is also forbidden to squeeze the sebum from pores with your hands.

When sebum that blocks pores hardens and oxidizes, it turns black, forming a blackhead. Squeezing or rubbing blackheads forcefully can damage the skin tissue around the pores, causing the pores to become even larger. In particular, the area around the nose has many blood vessels, so irritation can easily cause redness.