Oily Skin Problem

Oily skin is shiny, thick and dull colored. Often a chronically oily skin has coarse pores and pimples and other embarrassing blemishes. It is prone to blackheads. In this type of skin, the oil producing sebaceous glands are overactive and produce more oil than necessary. The oil breathes and gives the skin a greasy shine. The pores are enlarged and the skin has a coarse appearance.

By the hormonal changes of adolescence, oily skin is common in teenagers, but it can occur at any age. In general, the tendency to dry skin with age. The flow of sebum or oil increases during adolescence and starts decreasing with age. During pregnancy and menopause can hormonal imbalances in the oil imbalances and increasing the activity of the sebaceous glands.

Many people have skin that is oily only in certain areas and dry or normal in others, a condition known as combination skin. First oily oily skin remedies you can do your own is cleansing with warm water and soap to prevent clogged pores.