Maybe some sort of deep cleaning pore scrub, I think nutrogena makes one! Also putting astringent on a cotton pad and using that to rub your face gets out black heads as well as those little medicated pads like oxy, depending though on how sensitive your skin is as some of those are pretty harsh..............
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I have this witch hazel based cleasner from Whole Foods that has really helped, when all of that really harsh stuff dermatologists had me try didn't. It's also improved the texture of my skin, it's less coarse.
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Clean & Clear do a range for blackheads, including a scrub that contains jojoba which I use. Also, Biore pore strips are good - you can get them cheaply on Ebay. I buy the nose ones and then put one on my nose and cut another one in half and stick half on my chin and the other half inbetween my eyebrows on my forehead... VERY ATTRACTIVE haha If you boil some water, put it in a bowl/basin and then carefully sit over it with a towel over your head, you will open your pores up, then use the Biore (or other brand) pore strips and this will really enable them to get the gunk out. Then make sure that you use some really good cleanser, facial scrub etc. Do a search for jojoba on the forum because it is very good for cutting down grease and unblocking the pores. I bought a bottle of jojoba oil and every few days I scrape my hair back and apply jojoba oil to my face, leave it for 5-10 minutes then wash it off with some face wash... seems to be helping. I have found that this won't make them all go away, but it should help the problem somewhat.
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Same as Vlal, I also discovered Clean & Clear Blackhead Clearing Scrub which I use most days. Great stuff, I noticed an improvement after only a few days!!!
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Walking & Low Carbing to 146lbs - nearly there!
July 07 : 167lbs
Sept 07: 153lbs
Nov 07: 147lbs
May 08: 144lbs
July 08: 140lbs
Blackheads! 
If you boil some water, put it in a bowl/basin and then carefully sit over it with a towel over your head, you will open your pores up, then use the Biore (or other brand) pore strips and this will really enable them to get the gunk out. Then make sure that you use some really good cleanser, facial scrub etc. Do a search for jojoba on the forum because it is very good for cutting down grease and unblocking the pores. I bought a bottle of jojoba oil and every few days I scrape my hair back and apply jojoba oil to my face, leave it for 5-10 minutes then wash it off with some face wash... seems to be helping. I have found that this won't make them all go away, but it should help the problem somewhat. 
