When Fighting Acne, Dry Skin Can Be Worse Than Oily
Posted on March 8, 2008
Filed Under acne, natural cures |
It is true, that one of the major surface causes of acne is oil secretion. If your body is secreting oil, it may clog your pores, which in turn, creates acne outbreaks. Some well-meaning advice that follows this, is to apply products to your skin, in an effort to dry it out. Sometimes, however, doing that can make the problem worse. In all things, a balance must be maintained, and overall cleanliness is better than going to any one extreme or another.
For example, f you use a harsh, drying product on your skin, you run the risk of drying out your skin too much. When this happens, your sebaceous glands excrete more oil, in an attempt to compensate. Yes, your skin knows when it is too dry, and does what it can to rectify the problem. In addition, dry skin dies faster than healthy skin, causing you to have an abundance of dead skin cells. This is a recipe for exactly what you were trying to prevent in the first place, more oil secretions and dry skin cells will result in blocked pores, and more acne. Dry skin can be just as harmful as skin that’s too oily.
When looking for a cleansing agent, and there are many good on the market, there are some ingredients you want to stay away from. They include Alcohol, lanolin, isopropyl myristate, sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium laureth sulphate, propylene glycol, mineral oil and parabens, as well as Benzoyl peroxide. Many of these ingredients are good for treating current acne, or in taking care of an outbreak you are currently suffering from, but should not be used as a cleansing agent on areas that aren’t broken out (unless you want them to break out, of course!)
It’s also okay to use products that have oil in them, especially oil that is similar to the body’s natural oils. Using these oils can actually be beneficial, even if you have oily skin, as it can rebalance your skin’s oil production. The kinds of natural oils that will help include Tea Tree Oil, Lavender Oil, Jojoba Oil and Coconut Oil. Coconut and Jojoba oils are often used as a base for other products, but they can be used on their own. Tea Tree ad Lavender oil are excellent antiseptic and healing oils, that also can serve to soothe your skin. No matter what you use, it’s important to exfoliate your skin often, to slough off any dead skin cells that have collected. Remember, dead, dry skin is just as bad as live oily skin!
While it is definitely true that oil can cause an acne outbreak, that doesn’t mean the way to not get an outbreak is by having no oil on your skin at all! Keeping a balance, or replacing unhealthy levels of oil with natural products that mimic the body, can be a benefit to your skin.
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Skin Care from the Dead Sea
Hi, I suffer from acne myself. I try finding posts about it and browsing sites like yours reading what people have to write about the different cures. I find lots of different ideas thx
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!