Oily Skin Care Tips

Oily skin has a terribly negative effect on self-esteem as well as body image. Greasiness and shine often outweigh acne concerns. Oily skin is both uncomfortable and cosmetically unacceptable.

Oily skin type characteristics:

Coarse textured, pores tend to be larger, and face looks shiny especially in the T-zone area (across the forehead, down the nose and including the chin). Oily skin is prone to pimples, blackheads, and white heads, but having breakouts does not mean you have an oily skin.

Oily Skin Care: Common Misconceptions

This is absolutely false.

- Blotting facial oils helps to reduce the production of sebum.

False. While blotting can provide a temporary method of removing the oil, it has no bearing on controlling the source of the actual problem.

- Oily skin is not a concern for those with rosacea.

Again, false. While rosacea sufferers are more likely to have drier, more sensitive skin due to the natural aging process, oily skinned rosacea people are not a rare case.

- Accutane fully eliminates (“cures”) oil production.

False. While Accutane does normalize the glandular lining, which in turn helps repair a faulty mechanism contributing to cystic acne formation, (and consequently helps reduce sebum production as an often desirable side effect), sebum production is not entirely eliminated and skin may continue to remain oily or experience a return of oiliness post treatment.

- You can’t wear make-up while using oil control products.

Make-up should be labeled oil-free or “non-comedogenic” and is appropriate for use by those with oily skin. It may also be applied on top of products that help control acne or oily skin conditions. For those more affected by excess oils, despite the use of some oil control products, the use of a powder base may help. Rice powders don’t plug pores and help absorb excess oils.

- Oil control products cause unpleasant dryness and irritation.

While many products which reduce levels of facial skin oils may cause these problems, this is absolutely not true across the board. And product misuse or overuse can also be responsible for skin irritation, not just the product formulation.

Masks And Oily Skin Care System.

If your skin is dull, which is often the case for oily skin, a clay based mask will soak up the oil, draw and lift impurities, not to mention dead skin cells. The relaxation benefits of applying masks are great, but there is such a thing as over-doing it.

For oily skin care masks should be used only about once a week, unless the package states differently. Be sure to always read the directions.

So, what happens if you over-use a facial mask? Your skin gets really busy making even more oil to compensate for the oil that you just stripped away.

Learn about Skin Support System for oily skin here. It consists of: Anti-Redness Mask, Facial Cleansing Gel and Support Serum products to boost the results.