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    Smiley It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    I have had only 1 cup of coffee in the last 3 days (due to broken water pipe I had no water to make tea, and had a cup of hubby's leftover coffee from morning) and my skin looks SOOOOO much better!

    I also heard (on this board) that Which Hazel shrinks the pores, and I have been using that, as well.

    When I was dirining coffee, the pores on my nose were so large that consealer and foundation would actaully disappear into them, leaving me with this moon-crater look to my skin. Now, I am not even WEARING foundation, jsut consealer and powder!

    WOOOO_HOOOOOO! Thank you, Vyanka, for letting me in on this!


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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    yay...isn't it great.

    i've noticed them smaller the first day i stopped, plus the witch hazel astrigent that makes them even smaller.

    i'm going to a spa soon to get a deep skin cleanse. that also worked great.

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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    Do you have to cut out all coffee or is decaf ok ?
    Is hot tea ok ?

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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    damn i'm screwed couldn't give up coffee if my life depended on it.

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    Wow - I just checked, and it does seem to be true! I switched to tea instead of coffee whilst I was overseas. I don't look in the mirror too often, especially closely and the pores wern't too terrible anyway which is why I haven't noticed, but they are close to non-existant now!

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    I could never give up coffee...maybe im not so vain afterall... hahaha... yea right...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FL Dancer
    Do you have to cut out all coffee or is decaf ok ?
    Is hot tea ok ?
    I have a horrible caffine addiction, so I just switched from coffee to tea for starters. I went from 4 to 6 or more cups of java a day to about 4 mugs of Irish breakfast tea, which is the strongest I could find. Big difference.

    I read (In the Acne Perscription by Nicholas Perricone) that coffe has something in it which causes cortisol production. Cortisol is the hormone responsible for acne (one of them, anyway) belly fat, and some other actual serious helath issues. Supposedly decaf does the same thing. Tea supposedly does not contain this compound.

    But you could just experiment and find out, I guess.

    Hope that helps.

    PS--Queen Helene Mint Julip mask rocks at shrinking pores, too!


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    I'm never drinking coffee again, EVER!

    Colleen, the tea that you are now drinking does it have caffeine in it?

    I also have that mint mask, love it.

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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    Hell I'm glad my pores aren't that big then 'cause I'M SCREWED!!!

    I couldn't give up coffee to save me life.

    Give me my Grande Caramel Macchino (sp) every day of the week and twice on Sunday. And I love to munch on the beans covered in chocolate too.
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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    oh no this is not good at all.. wow i had no idea

    i cant not function with out my coffee...

    oh well thanks for the info

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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    Vyanka:

    I am drinking Trader Joes's Irish Breakfast tea. It says it is made from 100% natural black tea. It does have cafine, but not as much as coffee. As I recall (and somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) a cup of coffee has about 200 mg of caffine, while tea has about 50 mg.

    I was too scared to give up all caffine at once, and decided this woudl be a reasonable step-down.

    It has taken me a few days to get over the mental fuzziness, but it is clearing. Along with giving up sugar and flour, this is making my skin SOOOOO much better!

    One thing, though. I have REALLY long days, as I am awake with my kid all day and then work 5-8 hours each night. I get SOOO sleepy driving home. Do you kow of anything (non-caffinated) to help me stay awake?


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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    colleen

    One thing, though. I have REALLY long days, as I am awake with my kid all day and then work 5-8 hours each night. I get SOOO sleepy driving home. Do you kow of anything (non-caffinated) to help me stay awake?
    Well, this may not be true, but when I started giving up caffeine, I read that drinking ICE COLD water has the same effect as a quick shot of caffeine (VERY temporary though). Something about it shocking the system and your body having to work to heat it up to your body temp.

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    It's been a week w/o morning coffee and my skin looks incredibly good. Pores look almost non existent. Not only does the texture to the skin of my face looks good now, so does the rest. It looks smoother. I noticed that also.

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    Default Re: It's true! Coffee really does enlarge the pores!

    Wow,this is completely new information for me.Great advice.Giving up coffee totally would be hard though,but I'm definitely cutting down,even though I don't have large pores.

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    I have also noticed my N-L lines have been getting less noticable. I wonder if this is the no-coffee or a new moisturizer I am using??


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    May be a combination of both, Colleen.

    Caffeine, as you know, is a diuretic. It flushes your body of needed water and nutrients. The side effect to that is "shallow" skin. When you quit caffeine, your body is able to hold onto water more easily and it will reflect in your skin. I remember when I was smoking (about 7-8 years ago), I looked older than I was. 2 months after quitting, I noticed a huge difference. I didn't look like my 30's anymore...and now, I still don't look like I'm in my 30's.

    Congrats on quitting caffeine!!

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    This post is making me think. I am 21 in a month and just recently started drinking coffee. I really love it. I was staying in a suite in atlantic city and it came with a coffee brewer, so i tried it for the hell of it.Ending up having 4 cups that night and feeling great! Now I drink one cup a day. I do not really have a problem with large pores though, and i find that the one cup of coffee curbs my appetite a little. should I stop while there is still a chance and go back to tea? I can definitively see how people can not go a day without coffee... I make sure to stay hydrated and drink lots of water during the day...

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    Venus is right.Coffee is also a laxitive.It can help some people keep of weight.It has helped with that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silky
    This post is making me think. I am 21 in a month and just recently started drinking coffee. I really love it. I was staying in a suite in atlantic city and it came with a coffee brewer, so i tried it for the hell of it.Ending up having 4 cups that night and feeling great! Now I drink one cup a day. I do not really have a problem with large pores though, and i find that the one cup of coffee curbs my appetite a little. should I stop while there is still a chance and go back to tea? I can definitively see how people can not go a day without coffee... I make sure to stay hydrated and drink lots of water during the day...
    Well, people think that because coffee, cigarettes, etc are diuretics, it means that it causes the body to flush just water. However, this is not the case. In the instances that someone is drinking coffee/smoking/intaking caffeine, these products cause the body to lose, not only water, but other much needed minerals and vitamins. Aside from that, these are toxins which tax your liver and your kidneys. While they don't seem harmful, the amount of work your organs need to do to process, not just the actual product, but the toxins in which these products are made is staggering.

    Your best bet is to limit your intake of caffeine/coffee to 1 cup per day. You may want to check out using organic/herbal coffees in place of mass produced coffees if you really feel the need for coffee.

    Quote Originally Posted by onlythebest
    Venus is right.Coffee is also a laxitive.It can help some people keep of weight.It has helped with that.
    Caffeine kills appetite, however, it would not be recommended to use coffee/caffeine/nicotine in place of a good healthy diet and exercising. I know you weren't saying to do that, but I just wanted to make that clear.

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    Thanks Venus =)
    I jsut bought the mint julep mask, how often do you ladies use it, once a week?

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    I use it twice a week, overnight.


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    You're right Venus,I wasn't trying to say that.I have this routine that I do before work that consists of a half a pot of coffee and a hot shower afterward.It makes me feel so much better before my shift.
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    Damnit! I didn't want this to be true, but it seems to be, for me at least...I'm a decaf drinker, and my naturopath put me on a program that replaces my decaf with dandelion root coffee (an EXCELLENT substitute, btw. tastes like weak coffee), and suddenly my pores are noticeably smaller.

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    OH, cool! Where do you get it?


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    Health food stores- some groceries too. And online, of course. I highly recommend trying it! It's a dandelion root , chicory root, beetroot, barley and rye blend. Mine is 'Swiss Naturals', but I thik that's a canadian brand.

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