I have been a part of both the groups— the one who appreciates the oily skin for keeping the surface soft and free of environmental irritants, moisture; and the other one who curses skin for producing the reckless amount of oil.
Sometimes it feels fantastic to show off your smooth skin, but getting snapped because of your shiny forehead reflecting light is just as embarrassing.
But over time, I have learned to balance the layer of oil on my skin because I have acknowledged that my habits were contributing to far more oil production than the surface itself.
Yes, it’s our habits which make oily skin more oiler, and getting rid of them might make us less shiny. Let’s check our habits which compel our skins to produce more oil.
You repeatedly wash your face; cease giving your skin signals
When your face is shining like a celestial body, you wash it repeatedly to make your skin believe that “you continue to produce, I am here to rub.”
Surprisingly, though, skin interprets this as feedback and believes that additional oil must be created in opposition to the cleaners.
Skin is a prime narcissist. It knows how to protect itself from the external variables.
So, wiping off your face in a reshuffling mode using cleansers doesn’t threaten it.
Instead, it entices the skin to generate more oil so that it stays soft and unharmed. I suppose the skin doesn’t shout “On your face, you hater.”
You are unable to fool your skin— give it its own medicine.
You may believe that your skin doesn’t need a moisturizer if it produces oil naturally.
Yes, it doesn’t but what if you apply it? That’s when you fool your skin.
When you apply moisturizer, you are compelling the skin to believe that the surface has enough oil— so it should halt its process. Your role is to minimize the perception of the skin that it’s dry.
As it’s overly narcissistic, you will have to beat it around the bush to make it believe that it has enough moisturizer, and it should stop pretending as a self-bodyguard.
You can’t be a black hole if you scrub your skin like a utensil
There’s a concept in developing countries— scrub until the scrubber passes away, or the utensil dwindles.
The concept is well-carried to the skin where you scrub your skin as if you’ll make yourself the black hole today itself (which reflects nothing— not even the light).
Recall that you are not able to turn into a black hole. Once more, your skin will produce an oily barrier to protect itself when you exfoliate it.
Avoid purchasing products that claim to brighten your skin.
The more often you massage, the more resilient your skin becomes to external aggressors and acne.
You overdo the therapies— manage a secret operation.
Salicylic acid therapy is an all-in-one powerbomb that destroys acne, seborrhea, psoriasis, dandruff, corns, warts, and calluses.
Once more, though, avoid acting like an enamored partner who is dependent on it.
Apply sparingly, and avoid letting your skin know that you are trying to dry it out.
If you use it beyond the limit, it will ring the bells of dryness in the ears of the skin, and it will, in turn, release more oil than you could imagine.
The relationship between you and salicylic acid needs to be top-secret. Take care as you step every inch to prevent skin from listening in on your plan.
Trust me! You will have to find a middle ground between oily skin and dry skin because both are bad for surfaces and unless you adopt the central theme, you will be distressed— forever.
