Posts Tagged ‘oil’
The Stress Connection
As we have already showed, not surprisingly, stress has a starring role in the ongoing acne drama. “Ninety percent of my patients complain about what stress does to their skin. It has a huge impact, and it’s becoming a bigger problem every day,” says Katie Rodan, MD, a clinical professor of dermatology at Stanford [...]
Tip No. 3: No Alcohol!
Don’t drink too much, or you’ll get drunk! Well, when it is about acne, alcohol is also an enemy, although your skin can’t get drunk.
Alcohol is still used in some cosmetic products and this is not a very good thing for your skin and for your acne. Fortunately, one could read on the products’ [...]
Acne, a Hormonal Disease
The fact that hormones are related to acne is not longer mythology or grandparents’ idea; it’s pure reality!
In fact acne could be simply considered and called a hormonal disease. The hormones are the ones that are responsible for the maturation of the oil glands in our skin. That is why children don’t usually suffer from [...]
Oily and Sensitive Skins Are Prone to Acne
As you’ve just read the more oil your skin naturally produces, the more prone to acne the skin is. Everyone could recognize an oily skin by the fact it is shiny and coarse in its texture. Oily-skinned persons might have recurring blackheads and also enlarged pores, their skin may show flakiness around their noses as [...]
Types of Skin: Normal, Dry and Oily Skin
Your skin can be divided into three types: the dry skin, the normal skin and the oily skin. As you may imagine only the normal skin is the healthy one, as it is not being affected by special skin disorders such as acne or others.
On the other hand you must know that apart from these [...]
Acne Myth No. 7
Dirt Is a Cause for Acne – WRONG
The fact that dirt or dust could cause acne is one of those grandma’s beliefs! As you will see, it’s nothing more than a common belief, or a groundless myth about this annoying skin disorder.
Common people have always believed only in what they could see, touch, taste etc. [...]
Acne Myth No. 6 - Part IV
Stay Away from Skin Products that Are “Oil Free”, as well as from Those Containing Lanolin!
Although this is not some sort of battle against the producers of cosmetics, but against acne, you should know that these fellows are somehow tricky. As the products containing oil have been recently discovered as being harmful for your skin, [...]
Acne Myth No. 6 - Part III
The More Oil Your Skin Is Provided with, the More Beautiful It Will Be! - WRONG
An ironically funny thing is that there are so many products that are in fact causing acne that the doctors have even invented a word for calling these products’ ability to induce the skin disorder: “acnegenicity”. Acnegenicity refers to both [...]