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You know those peel-off masks you keep seeing on Instagram? The suuuuuper satisfying ones that lift your blackheads on contact? Uh, yeah, they’re actually really effing bad for your skin. Unless you’ve got the strongest, toughest skin of all damn time (which, like, you don’t…sry), the act of ripping a mask (or anything, TBH) off of your face can lead to irritation, redness, dryness, and an increase in breakouts. Translation: that instant gratification is so not worth it.
That doesn’t mean blackhead face masks are totally off the table, though—thanks to the fact that there are plenty of gentle, wash-off formulas that use ingredients like sulfur and clay to zap blackheads, zits, and excess oil without, you know, ripping off a layer of your skin. Ahead, the seven best blackhead face masks that are just as gentle as they are effective.
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