Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The idea of vacuuming out sebum from pores has been around forever. Same concept is used at some expensive spas and my ex had an extremely expensive home 'este' machine that was supposed to do the same thing (along with a couple other things). I have no idea about spa treatments but I imagine they use a much stronger, more focused vacuum. This thing works about as well as that beast of a compressor she kept boxed up in the closet for 5 years before dumping it. Anyway this is my experience with the Panny EH2511A. I've got larger pores and excess sebum in the nose, chin and area between the eyebrows. I'm probably guilty of eating too much cheese and protein is what causes it and my T-zone. Ok ok, not a metrosexual but my ex was the highest maintenance woman you could possibly think of and she hounded me for years to take care of my skin so that's where I picked up everything. I've been using pore strips once a week for years along with washing my face twice daily with a good facial soap and non-clogging moisturizer with good results. But seeing this on Amazon and at a decent price brought up visions of no more paying for strips and waiting around for the thing to dry hoping nobody sees me. Also somewhat fascinating in a freakish way was the idea of just zoom zoom zoom vacuuming up all that annoying gunk. I took a long shower, opening up my pores and tried it out. I used the small end and worked around the trouble areas. Filled up the mister and used that. Mister is worthless, even by putting warm water in it. Just having your nose wet does the same thing as what the mister is supposed to achienve (better seal around the suction cup). As other's point out, it leaves your skin red and irritates it. As far as sucking out the sebum from the pore, it's worthless. I noticed some stuff in the plastic suction cub to give the illusion that it's working at least a little bit but it's doing nothing more than just scraping the surface stuff off with the side of the cup. You can achieve the same results if you have the thing off or just by gently using a fingernail. Simply put, it doesn't have enough concentrated suction to actually pull the sebum out of the pore. Tried it again about a week later, same results. Going back to Amazon and feel foolish for believing it might work. It belongs on an infomercial. FYI don't ever, ever use your finger(nails) to pinch your pores. It damages your skin.