Greasy Skin?!?

Well I wash my face several times a day, but not overly, say three or four times, usually with a basic face wash, or sometimes an Oxy face wash. Also I wash my hands quite a lot more, I like being clean, but I'm not to the point where its compulsive, but I wash them at least twenty times a day. Anyway, my skin is good, I used to get spots and I still do when I eat chocolate, but, although my skin has pretty much cleared up, parts of it still feel greasy, even when I wash a lot, my fingertips, on the underside and the area immediately surrounding my mouth seem to be the main areas, they just feel greasy for some reason and its embarassing too.

Can anyone help ?

Reply 1

durhamlad1

i used that brevoxyl cream for a bit, ya need to get it of ya doctor though. I think your ok with it, washing your face several times a day is not needed twice once before bed and when you wake up is fine. I had canny bad spots for a bit but the cream worked fine.

Reply 2

durhamlad1

and also eating more fruit.

Reply 3

It's all the washing that makes it greasy - you're washing off all the natural oils so your skin is fighting to replace them. Those little blotting paper thingies do the same.

Oils are needed for several reasons, including protection against bacteria, so if it's a need to be clean thats making you wash so often you're probably doing more harm than good.

You should only wash your face twice a day (unless you've eaten something messy!)... it'll seem to get worse at first when you stop doing it so often, but give it a week or so and it should even itself up.

Otherwise, the best advice I can give is to use a moisturiser MADE FOR GREASY SKIN. Be really really careful with them, you want just a light coating morning and night after cleansing, but it'll give your skin a helping hand and stop it from producing so much oil of it's own.

Hope this helps
skevvybritt x

Reply 4

lauren23

dont wash so much! 3-4 times day washing with face wash is gonna aggravate ur skin. twice a day at the most. ur skin needs a little sebum to stay healthy!

Reply 5

Cortez

i got the same problem. And everytime my skin gets greasy i wash it lol. That must be where im going wrong :p:

Reply 6

Monii

well it's probably caused by the fact that you wash your skin too often! just stick to washing it just two times per day (morning and evening) and use a fascial mask 1-2x per week