Review (3/5): Sucks the skin, but doesn’t really suck out pores!
This is a great concept and I wanted this to work for me. I wanted to have a “Dr. Pimplepopper” moment where I saw my blackheads getting sucked out of their little crevices. It just didn’t happen.
I did pause and ask myself if maybe the issue is I don’t have any blackheads to suck out...but then I chuckled to myself because I definitely do. They aren’t robust blackheads. They are tiny but my nose definitely has them.
This thing does have some suction power so you can’t leave it in the same spot for too long or you can get a mini-Hickie. So the idea is once it sucks onto your skin you need to move it along somewhere else to avoid hickies. It does feel weird and my hope was I would look at it afterward and the little suction cup would be filled with all sorts of icky goodness but no such luck. When I use Biore strips I can definitely pull blackheads out and visibly see them.
At this point I was dismayed so I somehow convinced my husband who has no skincare regiment whatsoever...to let me try it on his nose and forehead. He’s such a brave soul and I think deep down he may have been a bit curious himself. And again....no blackhead remover. Not possible. I love him but he does have blackheads. Now I knew the thing wasn’t working. I mean it sucks with gusto but somehow just doesn’t seem to suck out of pores all that well.
Sad days. This was not the show I had hoped for.