Skin Beauty

Oily skin

Oily skin is caused by over-active sebaceous glands, that fabricate a substance called sebum, a naturally healthy skin lubricant. When the skin creates excessive sebum, it becomes heavy and thick in texture. Oily skin is typified by shininess, blemishes and pimples. The oily-skin kind is not essentially bad, since such skin is less prone to wrinkling, or other signs of aging, because the oil helps to keep needed moisture locked into the epidermis (outermost layer of skin).

The negative appearance of the oily-skin type is that oily complexions are especially susceptible to clogged pores, blackheads, and buildup of dead skin cells on the surface of the skin.Oily skin can be sallow and rough in texture and tends to have large, clearly visible pores all over the place, except around the eyes and neck.

Goal

The goal of treating oily skin is to remove extra surface sebum without complete removal of skin lipids. Severe degreasing recovery can foster an actual worsening of sebum secretion, which defeats the aim of the cleansing. A way} of cleansing oily skin is to cleanse with a natural face cleanser formulated mainly for oily skin. The cleansers pH should be 4.5 - 5.5, from the time when the skin's pH value is approximately 5.4. Gel cleansers work best on oily skin. (see: surfactant) Oily skin products should contain very little natural oils. They should not contain waxes or other synthetic lipid agents that could aggravate the oily condition of the skin. A toning lotion should also be natural and have a pH of 4.5-5.5 and formulated mainly to help balance and hydrate oily skin. Some cleansing products have lower concentrations of hydroxy acids, which eliminate dead cells from the upper levels of the stratum corneum. Those products should be used on a habitual basis to work the right way.
In cases of excessive output of sebum, there have been anecdotal reports of efficient control using dietary supplementation of Niacin (Vitamin B3) at a dosage of 500 mg to 1000 mg/day.