Skincare for Oily Skin: The Quick and Simple Oily Skin Guide.
The Skinsmith | 20th August 2022
What Is an Oily Skin Type?
A certain amount of natural oil is essential to keep your skin supple and moisturised. The amount of oil the skin on your face produces categorises your skin types into dry, combination and oily. An oily skin is exactly what it sounds like, the skin produces excess oil which creates a persistently shiny or greasy appearance.
Untreated the pores of oily skin can become enlarged and clogged, dead skin cells may accumulate exacerbating the blockage of pores and leading to blackheads, pimples and other types of acne. Oily skin hits when over active sebaceous glands produce excess sebum causing shiny, clogged pores and blackheads as well as a whole host of skin imperfections. Sebaceous glands are located all over the skin and their function is to secrete sebum which lubricates the skin and prevents it from drying out and becoming irritated, it is secreted through the pores along with sweat.
When all is in harmony, sebum not only lubricates but also removes dead skin cells and other irritants from our skin keeping it healthy and clear. Eminence Clear Skin Probiotic Cleanser cools and balances and is a one of the best skincare for oily skin products to help treat acne and breakout prone skins. It helps oily and problem skin using probiotics, cucumber, tea tree oil, yoghurt and sweet almond milk calming and clearing the complexion.
If the surface of your skin looks shiny or greasy and you frequently have breakouts of pimples then it is likely you have an oily skin type. While it is not possible to change your underlying skin type, you can understand it and accept that the skin is a complex organ in its own right, closely linked to your overall health. In consequence there are many reasons why your skin could be oily as a response to both internal and external factors.
How Does Chemical Exfoliation Benefit Your Skin?
Chemical exfoliation for the face is often a blend of acids and enzymes that are applied topically and work on the surface and depending on the exfoliant, within the deeper layers of the skin. On the surface of the skin, they work to remove the dead skin cells whilst in the deeper layers they help to stimulate collagen and elastin production. On the surface of the skin chemical exfoliation reveals a brighter, smoother, more youthful appearance as the new cells are no longer hidden underneath the dead cells! Within the skin chemical exfoliation can help improve firmness, elasticity and support, resulting in a younger complexion with minimised lines, wrinkles and sagging.
When you exfoliate your skin regularly you will also find that your other products work more effectively and you often use less as the dead skin is no longer acting like a barrier to those products!
There are many different kinds of Hydroxy Acids and some work better on certain skin types:
What Causes Oily Skin?
Fluctuation of Hormones
Fluctuations in hormones oestrogen, testosterone and progesterone can affect oil production levels in the skin leading to oily skin. These hormonal changes occur during puberty, pregnancy, the menstrual cycle and Polycystic ovary syndrome.
Diet
Our diet can have a huge influence on our skin, what you put into your body often shows up on the outside. Processed carbohydrates such as white bread, rice and cereal can be broken down quickly in the body stimulating insulin production which in turn increases sebum production. Salt causes dehydration and increased oil production as the body tries to combat the dehydration.
Skimmed milk is heavily processed leading to hormonal imbalance within it, whey proteins and high sugar load activate oil production. Red meat is high in saturated fat which increases inflammation in the skin, this in turn leads to increased oil production. Vegetable oils are high in omega 6 fatty acids, these also have an inflammatory effect. Sugar causes increase in a peptide hormone which in turn can lead to overproduction of sebum. Oily skin solutions can start with a change in your diet.
Change In Weather
Change in weather can be a huge factor in the way our skin behaves. During warmer weather our skin secretes more oil often leading usually normal skin types to become oily.
Oily skin control products such as; Lime Refresh Tonique can be a great relief in hotter weather. It is a refreshing toner that works well on all skin types particularly normal-oily, freshly squeezed lime juice balances the skins appearance
Using The Wrong Skincare Products
It is very possible you are making skincare mistakes when caring for your oily skin, simply using the wrong skincare products can increase oil in your skin. People often think you have to use something fairly harsh to remove the oil in their skin when actually you want something that it going to help regulate sebum production and get into pores. Over stripping the skin can actually lead to increased sebum production. Skincare steps for oily skin should start with a cleanser that will not strip your skin.
Stone Crop Gel Wash is suitable even for those with the most sensitive skin, it washes away impurities without drying the skin, helping to prevent oily skin breaking out. Incorrect ingredients can lead to an upset in your skins balance, many products out there aim to mop up and prevent excess oil but this can lead to dryness and tightness in your skin.
It’s incredibly important for the skin to be moisturised correctly even if you have an oily skin, Mangosteen Gel Moisturizer is a lightweight gel cream moisturizer which minimises pores and hydrates the skin and Clear Skin Probiotic Moisturizer tones, soothes and regulates the complexion. Oily skin control tips include a regular and effective skincare for oily skin.
Switching skin care products too often may create more problems than it solves, we need to give our skin time (experts usually suggest 12 weeks) to get used to and so benefit from a new skincare routine.
Medication
Medication such as hormone replacement treatments and oral contraceptives commonly cause oily skin. Other medication may cause dehydration which will trigger oil production into action leading to oily skin.
How To Treat Oily Skin
Oily skin is down to genetics and often tied to hormones but lifestyle does impact oil production in your skin. Fried food, sugar and excess alcohol stimulate your hormones and stressful lives can also play havoc with hormonal balance leading to increased oil production.
Paying attention to these areas is definitely advisable but the best thing you can do for oily skin effects is to find the right balance and this very much depends on the individual. A good place to start is keeping hydrated, skin can be both oily and dehydrated so Eminence Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Serum offers gentle, soothing hydration. Strawberry is astringent, an exfoliator, rids the skin of impurities and shrinks enlarged pores. It naturally contains salicylic acid which breaks down excess oil and as an added bonus is anti- inflammatory.
The rhubarb preserves the youthful quality that your oily skin naturally gives you. Cleansing the skin with a cream or milky cleanser will dissolve dirt and debris without disturbing the barrier function and natural moisture levels of the skin. Eminence Lemongrass Cleanser gently removes impurities from the skin while herbal ingredients help calm and soothe. It is extremely important that you remove your cleanser with a clean flannel, no splashing allowed!
Incorporating our tips from this oily skin guide will help to provide oily skin solutions for your skin. Keeping your skin clean, clear and hydrated will go a long way to help treat your oily skin but most importantly learn to work with it not fight it.
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