As an esthetician, people usually come to see me when there are problems with their skin that their home care products or medications have not corrected. Many of my clients actually caused or excerbated the problems with their skin by trying to address the oil problem that they perceived they had...and so used harsher cleansers, washed more frequently, wiped their faces with alcohol, witch hazel, cleansing toners and astringents, etc. et. etc. Sound familiar? The problem with this is that all of those things actually causes the skin to produce more oil.
In trying to strip their skin of oil, what they really accomplished was the stripping of the skins hydration. The acid mantle of the skin (the mix of oil and water that protects the skin by maintaining an acidic ph balance ranging between 4.5 - 5.5) has to have hydration(water) to maintain the proper balance. When you disrupt that by stripping the skin of water content, you get skin that feels dryer and rougher, but actually produces more oil. That oil will often get trapped under the dry, hardened outer surface of skin and now you have the added problem of flaking skin, blackheads, pimples, and darkened areas on the face (most often around the mouth, chin, and jaw area). STOP THE MADNESS!!!
Embrace your glow...and if your skin really is oily, don't bemoan it so much. Oilier skin ages slower. You, my friend, will look countless years younger than your drier skin counterparts at your next class reunion.
So...how do you know if you really have oily skin? Do you feel oil on your skin within an hour or 2 of washing your face? Do you have larger and more visible pores? Then yes. You probably have oily skin. However, if you are only oily in the t-zone (forehead, nose, chin), then you have combination skin and you DO NOT want to use all products for oily skin types.
For my truly oily people. Use Beyond Acne cleanser which is not just for acne clients. It has more surfactants to cleanse excess oil, but without stripping your skin. Also, use a lighter oil-free moisturizer like Skin Balancing Lotion, and Moisture Seal hydrating toner to seal in hydration, and always use a good exfoliant to keep those excess layers of skin from building up and trapping oil underneath the skin. Try Reveal exfoliant. AHA exfoliants are more effective than scrubs.
My combination people have to pay a little more attention. Your regiment is not always so clear cut. You may have to experiment a little more. I have found that Clearly Beautiful cleanser which has fewer surfactants works well for most. Combine that with Essential Moisture moisturizer and Moisture Seal hydrating toner, and Reveal exfoliant for a good regiment. Now the difference is you may only need to use the Reveal exfoliant 2-3 times a week. More may be too drying. Also, in the summer months, some clients found Essential Moisture to be too heavy and Skin Balancing Lotion to be more suitable.
In ALL cases, however, while you may see some reduction in oil production, realize that science and products cannot undo what God created. If you are an oily skin type then you will remain just that. Don't try to dry your skin out...it will not work! Instead, make use of mattifying powders (GIVEN Porcelain finish) or simply press tissue against the offending oily area to absorb the oil and shine. And remember...it may not be oil...it may just be your natural beautiful healthy glow.
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