What Causes Blackheads? Dr. Murad Explains How Blackheads Form.



Well, virtually everybody gets blackheads! It could be from the environment. It could be from poor nutrition. It could be from all kinds of things. But the fact is virtually everyone will have blackheads, usually around the nose if you look closely enough! And blackheads, again, are this accumulation of dead material at the pore. And over time it turns black because of environmental damage, free radicals causing an inflammatory response, which causes the pigmentation.