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Step 1
Stick with the basics: The experts suggest cleansing your face two or three times daily with good old soap and water. Pack a premoistened cleansing pad if you won't be around a water basin throughout the day.
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Step 2
Understand that dermatologists and aestheticians often disagree on which types of soaps or cleansers to use'but all agree that once you find a product that works well for your skin, you should continue using it.
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Step 3
Follow the recommendations of dermatologists and shower or bathe in tepid rather than steaming-hot water. Hot water can strip your skin of needed moisture, while cold water can shock your skin.
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Step 4
Avoid using cleansers that tend to overdry skin. This paradoxically causes your skin to produce even more oil than usual.
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Step 5
Use only noncomedogenic moisturizers and sunscreen products'this means they're oil-free and won't clog pores.
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Step 6
Talk to your dermatologist about a class of drugs called retinoids, which reduce production in oil glands and shrink their size.
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Step 7
Keep in mind that oil glands are very sensitive'stimuli such as hormones, heat and (some say) fatty food can trigger them.
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Step 8
Remember that your efforts to keep your oily skin clear can only go so far, as some studies indicate that oily skin is hereditary.
Comments
sean500 said
on 7/26/2009 For people with oily skin on a budget pick up the Garnier fresh cleanser, toner and moisturiser. The cleaser cleans without stripping, the toner tones and hydrates with stripping and the moisturiser hyrdates and balances without oilyness or stickyness. Its around £7 - £9 for all 3 products that will last over a month.
If you can spend more on products I would recommend Liz Earle. Cleanse and polish, skin boost tonic and then your skin type moisturiser, they have a choice of 3. Around £30 for all 3 products if you shop around and will last around a month or 2.
punkmarkgirl said
on 7/14/2009 I have insanely oily skin and have found 2 products in the last year that I can't live without. The first is called Model In A Bottle Makeup Setting Spray - this is excellent if your oily skin causes makeup to streak and smear. A few sprays will set makeup for at least 6 hours. The second product is called Mattify! and it's a Kaolin Clay Powder you can apply before and after foundation (or alone) that soaks up oil for hours. It's saved me from having to use blotting papers every hour of the day. I buy both from Ebay - just type their respective names into the search. Hope this helps someone else in the battle against oil!
rachelsme said
on 7/28/2008 That really helped... thanks... also, crush 1/2 tbsp poppy seeds, 1/2 tbsp Buchanania latifolia and 1/4 nutmeg. Mix 2 pinches of turmeric powder, 1/2 tbsp honey, 1/4 lemon with the crushed material. let soak for 15 min. apply on face and neck (or wherever treatment for oily skin is needed). This not only removes dead and unhealthy shin, but also exfoliates and cleanses the skin, removing the oil, leaving it smooth, soft and clean for hours. It works wonders for me, not to mention that i have a really oily skin!!!
tjo1980 said
on 6/10/2007 I have been using the step by steps instructions on the TESS teen skin care almost normal skin care kit ...got it at sephora... So far TESS is working wonders on my skin
tessskin.com if u wanna check em out
tjo1980 said
on 6/10/2007 I have been using the step by steps instructions on the TESS teen skin care almost normal skin care kit ...got it at sephora... So far TESS is working wonders on my skin
tessskin.com if u wanna check em out