Stop Tearing Your Pores: The 3-Step Sebum Melting Routine That Actually Works

If you are still using peel-off nose strips or physical scrubs to clear blackheads, you are actually making them worse. Ripping strips off your skin tears the delicate skin barrier and stretches out your pores, causing them to fill back up with even more sebum. In Korea, Gen-Z consumers have completely abandoned nose strips for Olive Young's viral "sebum melting" (피지 연화) method. Here is how it works.

Step 1: Dissolve Blackheads with Clio Gold Collagen Cleansing Balm

Blackheads are made of hardened oil, and oil dissolves oil. Massage your face with the Clio Gold Collagen Cleansing Pack Balm. Focus on areas with blackheads like the nose and chin.

Good to know: Peel-off nose strips offer a temporary fix but stretch out pores permanently, requiring expensive clinic laser treatments ($500+) later. Dissolving blackheads gently with a nourishing collagen cleansing balm preserves the skin barrier and stops pore dilation before it starts, acting as a high-value preventative investment.

Step 2: Shrink and Firm Pores with Medicube Zero Pore Serum

After rinsing away the dissolved sebum, apply the Medicube Zero Pore One Day Peptide Serum.

Good to know: Professional esthetician blackhead extractions and pore tightening facials cost $100+ per session. Using the Clio balm and Medicube Zero Pore Peptide Serum at home forms a highly effective routine that keeps pores clear and tight for months, which can mean fewer trips to the salon over time.