I am 29 years old and ever since I had my son (2 1/2 months ago) the pores on either side of my nose?

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are visibly bigger (kind of like orange peel) and it's really ugly and I've become self conscious about it. I've never had a problem with my pores before (no enlargement, no pimples and very few black/white-heads) and I am guessing that it's from the weight gain during pregnancy...skin stretching out and then shrinking back again. It's only noticeable when you're a few feet away from me...but I am very uncomfortable when someone is upclose and can see. What can I do to "minimize" the appearance of these? Or is there ANYTHING at all I can do to make them shrink?? Do the over the counter chemical peels help at all? Please help! Thank you :)

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Try clay masks, and scrubs first. Remember, now is the time to really keep your skin clean. Make sure you use a good blemish wash and a face cream. If the masks don't work, I like the L'oreal "Advanced Solutions Acne Peel." I know you may think, "I don't have acne, this guy is crazy!," but it's not the acne ingredients you want, The peel itself is really effective at firming pores around the nose. Try a good mud mask first though, that should work. It isn't the fact that your skin expanded and then retreated; it's more that your body chemistry is changing again, and you are losing elasticity in your skin.