How to reduce shiny/oily skin on guys?

Hi I was just wondering how I could reduce shiny/oily skin. I'm a guy (if that makes any difference in what I should use), and my acne has recently cleared up really well after I've started washing and cleansing my face with tea tree oil products. Although, under lights my skin looks very shiny. I'm guessing I'll need to use some products to reduce the oil, does anybody have any good ones they can recommend?

Hi I was just wondering how I could reduce shiny/oily skin. I'm a guy (if that makes any difference in what I should use), and my acne has recently cleared up really well after I've started washing and cleansing my face with tea tree oil products. Although, under lights my skin looks very shiny. I'm guessing I'll need to use some products to reduce the oil, does anybody have any good ones they can recommend?

In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

It is not good to apply an ice pack to the skin. Ice is constricting the pores, preventing your product from working as efficiently because the product cannot enter the constricted pores - well, not as effectively as dilated pores.

Does your skin feel tight after cleansing? If so, perhaps change that cleanser because by striping the skin of oil, the skin begins to over produce oil to compensate! Try using anything from La Roche Posay (their Effaclar Micro-exfoliant toner is good and their Effaclar matte moisturiser saved my oily skin- it has an oil absorbing property which lasts!).

If you don't want to change your routine, try using oil blotting sheets - cost a few quid at Boots and they absorb shine leaving your skin matte. The boots ones are really good because they contain salicylic acid which helps clear pores which will prevent spots and blackheads!

Also bare in mind that men's skin is thicker and so, more prone to producing oil than a women's skin.

The only thing that controls sebum production are hormones, mainly testosterone and DHT which is why men often have oilier skin than women. It appears to produce more oil when you wash a lot because you're getting rid of the top layer (all the dead skin cells etc) which absorb a lot of the oil so when that isn't there it's literally just a pool of sebum with nothing to absorb it.

& on topic... I found lo'real anti-shine mattifying moisturising gel helped a lot for oiliness & shine but I don't think it's moisturising enough I only use it now if im going out somewhere.

edit: Oh and pure aloe vera gel works great too but i only use it once-twice a week.