Are Blackheads black because of trapped dirt in the skin?
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
This is NOT TRUE!.
You can see blackheads dotting your nose. Dozens of little black specks of what?
It certainly looks like dirt trapped right at the surface of your skin.
Think back to when you learned that whiteheads and blackheads essentially are the same kind
of acne.
Whiteheads are clogged pores with bacteria trapped BENEATH the surface of the [...]