Wanting to prevent oily skin is perfectly normal, if you’re the type of person whose body seems to function like an overly productive oil factory. Of course you wouldn’t want to leave a first impression of a greasy complexion on that first big date, or have your prospective boss being distracted by your overly oily skin during a job interview. The good news is that you can control, if not stop oily skin easily and safely.
Your skin needs a certain amount of oil or sebum to keep it smooth and to protect it from germs. However, over-production of oil by your sebaceous glands not only makes you look unattractively shiny, it can also result in the development of pores that appear larger than normal. Unfortunately, these enlarged pores can resemble unsightly acne scars.
Another thing, skin that is overly oily is more prone to dust and dirt. So you face the problem of not only having unattractively shiny skin, you have to deal with dirty skin too.
What’s more, too much sebum can block your pores and result in other problems such as whiteheads, blackheads, and acne. It’s bad enough for these problems to appear on your arms, your back, or your neck. It’s even worse if they make their appearance on your face.
So what can you do to control the problem of oily skin? Treat it with oil.
It sounds funny, but it’s true: oil can resolve the annoyance and inconvenience of oily skin. But not just any type of oil, mind you. Stay away from mineral oil — a by-product of petroleum — which can exacerbate your complexion problems. Consider instead a plant-based substance such as jojoba oil.
Why? Because jojoba extract actually helps regulate your skin’s production of sebum to just the right amounts. In other words, it prevents your body from making too much of that slippery stuff. You get soft, smooth, skin that doesn’t feel like grease was smeared all over it.
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