WHY DO YOU HAVE GLOW TAKING OILY SKIN !!!

People may ask you if they can get some oil for frying their veggies if your face is loaded with it & looks as if you had oil wash, something like this :

Glow taking Oily Skin

First of all let's know what causes our skin to be oily, it's Sebum, released from Sebaceous glands (microscopic glands in the skin). It's is an yellowish oily substance made up of fats. It isn’t bad since it protects and moisturizes our skin and keeps hair shiny and healthy. However, too much sebum may lead to oily skin, resulting in clogged pores and acne. 

Genetics, hormonal changes or even stress may increase sebum production. While other factors behind oily skin may be nutritional habits, oily makeup & skin-care products. 

Symptoms of oily skin include:

• a shiny or greasy appearance
• very large or obvious pores on the skin
• skin that looks thick or rough
• occasional or persistent pimples
• clogged pores and blackheads

  CAUSES & SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR OILY SKIN

1. Over Sebum production 

: As discussed above, it's caused due to Genetics, Hormonal changes or Stress thus solution to it is :

(a) Apply entire lemon juice using a cotton pad over your face. Avoid lemon juice if your skin is very sensitive or have active acne as it can cause irritation. Lemon helps cleansing skin pores and removing sebum and oil triggering bacteria..

(b) Few milk drops in a tsp. of turmeric can be a great face mask to apply. Let it dry for 10 minutes and rinse your face with cold water.

(c) Soak used coffee grounds in pure coconut oil & massage it over skin additional benefits being even skin texture and toning.

Other Precautions to take :

1. Avoid greasy beauty products which do not cause secretion of sebum or oil.
2. Beauty products that cause skin irritation must be avoided as your pores may form sebum to combat irritation.
3. Face wash must be chosen wisely which suits your skin type and acts chemically to control sebum production. Dry skin people have sebum production below average.
4. Dietary supplements which minimizes oil production, must be taken.
5. Reduce eating oily and spicy food as it trigger sebum and oil production.

 

2. Hormonal imbalance 

: When Puberty hits, a person has n number of visible changes both externally & internally, one of them being change in the skin. Androgen (a male hormone) decides sebum production, higher the androgen, more will be the sebum produced and secreted through skin pores. Thus it's absolutely necessary to have a healthy balanced diet full of nutrition which can help in fighting negative aspects of puberty.

3. Genetics

: When a child is born, what entire family first talk about is how does the child look, mother, father or someone else in the family. It is so because genes of our parents implement in us what we call familial traits, because of which we are alike our parents. Every part of the body is affected due to parental genes and so does the skin. If you have oily skin, check your mom's or paa's skin, it would be oily either. It's completely natural and nothing is worth worrying.

 4. Caking too much of makeup

: Yes we all aspire to look astonishing and mesmerizing but don't you think that natural glow is the best and most beautiful look. But today people are interested in artificial beautifying products which along with TEMPORARY beauty ruins our skin as an added gift. When we Cake Cosmetics on our skin surface, it contaminates small pores and suffocate them due to which fresh air can't reach them. This make skin really dull and creates tons of skin problems. Especially those slimy greasy make-ups make your skin a thriving ground for acne and other oily skin related problems.
Instead you should try multani mitti (pitcher's clay mask) regularly to give your skin a post make-up look

5. Harsh cleansers & scrubs

: Now you would think that harsh cleansers & scrubs leads to dry skin and yes you are correct, but what happens after that is quite interesting. Due to such harshness our skin faces excessive dehydration thus oil-producing glands gets activated & try to lubricate the skin 

: Dehydration also leads to oily skin due to same phenomena, oil here tries to compensate the lack of fluid in our body

6. Utilizing inappropriate skincare products

 : Due to lack of knowledge about how to choose our skincare products, people often get lured by attractive advertisements and it may prove regretful for them later. Skin related products should be purchased according to our skin type which people don't, esp in winters when people tend to use heavier moisturizers that can make the skin oilier and clog skin pores. Thus proper market research is important along with knowledge of your skin type. I'm looking forward to post on How to know what's your skin type and also on How to choose skincare products, thus keep following for updates.

 7. Nutritional habits 

: Indian mother shouts at her children when they eat skin ruining foods, because she is tought from the beginning what to eat and what not to. Fried foods, Salty snacks, Sugar loaded items, dairy products like cheese, butter and milk; etc can trigger oil-producing glands in the skin to increase secretion. Though dairy items are quite essential for calcium and other types of nutrition but other food items must be avoided

HOPE YOU FRIENDS ARE AWARE OF THE CAUSES OF THE OILY SKIN, NEXT WILL BE THE BLOG ON SOLUTIONS FOR OILY SKIN.