Video: Choosing Products for Acne & Oily Skin

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Products with salicyclic acid are useful for people with acne. Learn about products for caring for acne or oily skin in this free video from a licensed medical aesthetician.

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Hi. My name is Mary Thinnes and I'm a skin care expert. Now, I'll be discussing that - how to choose the correct products for home care based on - for oily/acne skin. As far as oily/acne skin goes - just to remind you that it is that they do have sensitive skin. Although, they're not classified as sensitive skin. So, you want to use products that do definitely contain salicylic acid. Salicylic acid actually kills the bacteria that causes acne. So, that being said a lot of the cleansing gels you can find will have some sort of salicylic acid in there or they at least should. You should look for a product that has that for your home care. Salicylic acid or any acids can tend to be a little drying, so I would recommend you using that cleanser once a day, then alternating it with another cleanser, cleansing gel, you know, perhaps in the morning. And then at night, using your salicylic cleanser, but you definitely you want to alternate with the two. You don't want something too drying either because if you dry out the acne [inaudible] skin too much, it can actually tend to cause more breakouts because your skin's natural reaction is to produce more sebum when you're depleting it of the oil, which is sebum in your skin. So, that's how oily/acne skin - that would be the proper home care as far as a cleanser goes for them.

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Choosing Products for Acne & Oily Skin

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