Walk into any pharmacy or scroll through any beauty platform right now, and you will find dozens of products promising to "erase," "shrink," or "eliminate" pores entirely. It is one of the most persistent myths in skincare and one of the most commercially exploited. Here is the truth dermatologists have been saying for years: you cannot permanently close or remove your pores. They are a fixed structural feature of your skin, present from birth, and essential for its function.
