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Dr. Lancho

Concern · Texture & enlarged pores

Why does my skin look rough, or my pores appear larger?

What you may be noticing

Skin that looks or feels uneven under makeup or in certain light. Pores that seem more visible than they used to be, particularly across the center of the face. A general sense of roughness rather than one specific mark you can point to.

One concern, several possible drivers

Visible texture is influenced by more than pore size.

Sebum activity, acne history, scarring, photodamage, collagen change and surface irregularity can all contribute to how texture reads on the skin — often more than one at the same time, in the same area.

What Dr. Lancho assesses

  • Texture pattern
  • Pore prominence
  • Acne/scar history
  • Skin thickness and quality
  • Pigment or redness
  • Tolerance for downtime
  • Previous resurfacing procedures

Clinical reasoning

More than one contributor can converge on the same texture.

  • Sebum & pore biology

    Oil production and pore behavior can make pores read as more prominent, independent of any scarring or collagen change.

  • Acne & scar history

    Past breakouts can leave textural change behind long after the acne itself has cleared — a separate contributor from active oil or pore biology.

  • Photodamage & collagen change

    Sun exposure and collagen loss change how the skin's surface reflects light and feels underneath, distinct from either pore size or scarring.

  • Surface irregularity & tone

    Redness or pigment sitting alongside textural change can make the overall surface read as rougher than the texture alone would account for.

Treatment approaches

A pore cannot simply be closed.

Depending on which contributors the assessment identifies, an approach may draw on RF microneedling, medical microneedling, or a chemical peel selected for the right depth — each addressing a different layer of what's actually creating the texture, rather than one tool asked to correct all of it.

When combination treatment makes sense

Where sebum activity, scar history and photodamage are all genuinely present, Dr. Lancho may consider a staged approach — addressing the most significant contributor first and reassessing, rather than treating every possible cause in a single pass.

What treatment can — and cannot — change

Results depend on which contributors are actually present, the treatment selected and individual biology and downtime tolerance. Pore appearance and texture can be improved, but the underlying oil and collagen biology that produces them isn't eliminated — ongoing skin quality is part of the plan, not a single procedure.

Related treatments

  • RF microneedling for skin remodelingAddresses collagen and textural change at a depth chosen for the finding, not a fixed setting for every patient.

    Sylfirm X

  • Medical microneedlingA controlled-injury approach considered where texture and mild scarring are the primary target.

    Microneedling

  • Depth-selected chemical resurfacingA peel selected for depth and the problem, not defaulted to as a first step.

    Chemical peels

Where photodamage or pigment overlap is present, fractional light-based treatment may also be considered, and picosecond treatment where the applicator and indication support it.

Before your consultation

Bring the observation, not a device name.

You don't need to arrive knowing whether the answer is oil, scarring or photodamage. That's what the assessment is for.