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Everything You Wanted To Know About Oily Skin
From open pores to blackheads. Everything you wanted to know but didn't have anyone to ask.
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So, what is oily skin?
The truth is that there's no such thing as "oily skin". When we diagnose "oily skin", we mean the skin's tendency to produce excess oil (also known as sebum). People with "oily skin" type produce on average more sebum on their faces, especially in the T-zone area - forehead, nose and chin, than people with "normal skin" type.
The sebum is produced in the sebaceous glands. These glands are in the dermis, the deepest part of the skin. The sebum comes out to outer surface of the skin through the hair follicles. The outcome is shine and an oily feel, normally in the T-zone area, wider pores and therefor the pores are usually clogged, thus creating whiteheads or blackheads.
The sebum has a big part in oiling, protecting and softening of the skin and hair, this is why women with this type of skin have less wrinkles later on compared to normal skin type. The sebum lubricate the skin and helps to protect the skin from external damages as it acts as a shield. Read more on products for oily skin...
What Is Your Skin Type?
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Normal skin: Characterized by not having oily or dry areas at all.
Oily skin: Characterized by having oily shiny skin in all areas and no dry areas.
Dry skin: Characterized by tight, sometimes even with scales and no oily areas at all.
Combination skin: Characterized by oiliness mainly in the nose forehead and chin also known as t-zone, and normal or dry skin everywhere else.
Having that said, you should know that you can't count on these four categories all the time. Your skin type is not permanent. Changes in the skin occur as a result of external and internal factors: climate changes, emotional state, hormonal changes, medication, diseases, smoking, nutrition and more.
This is why we have to diagnose the skin type at a given time. Every skin type requires specific treatment to the behavior of the oil secretion, moistness level, wound, acne, pigmentation, wrinkles and so forth.
Oily Skin Conditions
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Classic oily skin: Defined by excessive secretion of the sebaceous glands, expended pores, blackheads or whiteheads. Even after Cleansing, in a short period of time, the skin is shiny. Sometimes pimples can be found in that skin type.Dried oily skin: the dryness is a result of treatments or products that cause skin dehydration, climate changes or internal changes.
Combination skin: Excessive oil secretion mainly in the t-zone while other parts are normal or dry.
Acne oily skin: Defined by acne (pimples), active mostly in puberty accompanied with wounds in the chin and jaw areas.
How To Treat Oily Skin?
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5 Tips For Oily Skin Care
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1. Cleanse your face. Not more than twice a day, with a gentle cleanser, suitable for oily skin. Avoid alcohol based cleansers.2. Absorb the oil secretion with with special products for oily skin.
3. Oily skin makes its own lubrication but you should also want to moisturize it as well. Use water based moisturizers. Moisturizing is crucial if you have combination skin.
4. If you have pimples you should treat them specifically. It's important to diagnose the pimples and make sure it is not acne, which has its own unique treatments.
5. Make sure to use makeup that doesn't clog the pores and is oil-free. There are really good foundations for oily skin these days that control the shine and keep the skin matte.
What Is A BlackHead?
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4 Tips For Treating BlackHeads?
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2. Use gentle peelers such as alpha and beta hydroxide acid. They can shed dead skin cells from the skin surface and reduce the pore blockages.
3. Products that contain derivative of vitamin A sometimes help the skin to function normally and improve the pores appearance which improves the sebum path (and you get less blockages).
4. Birth control pills. Sometimes in severe problems of sebum production, taking pills can adjust the hormonal system and reduce the excess production of oil. (You must consult your gynecologist).
How To Remove BlackHeads?
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When it's done gently, in the right way, with minimum pressure than it is the best and only way to remove blackheads.
The Steps Of BlackHeads Removal
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2. Peeling, in order to remove dead skin cells. At this stage you should also soften the skin with steam.
3. Applying a special softening lotion (found at cosmeticians) that will prepare the skin for the blackhead removal.
4. Cover the fingers with a cloth to aviod slipping.
5. Press evenly from both sides of the blackhead.
6. Repeat this action only one more time if necessary. If the blackhead didn't come out, then we probably can't get it out, and if we keep pressing we might damage the skin, worsen the infection and scar the area.
Important note: If there are pimples, touching and picking is a bad idea and should be avoided. These actions will speed up the infection and can also create scars.
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- JoanneOtt JoanneOtt Feb 26, 2009 @ 10:35 pm
- Great lens. I've had oily and sensitive skin for years.
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- spirituality spirituality Oct 21, 2008 @ 7:32 am
- I have dry skin and combination skin - it's also sensitive. Nice and complicated huh? Add rosacea and it's a real treat. Fortunately I have found a solution for all those issues :)
Great lens, though not about a problem of mine
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- shumshamir shumshamir Oct 12, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
- Great lens! 5 stars!
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