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Hi,
I feel a bit weird writing on a make up sight but i am here cause i am need of your help and advice.
I am male, 36 and have a very oily forehead and nose. Its been like this for 20 years.
I know how it got oily. Back then, when i did have hair (!!), my hair got very very oily. So when i fell on to my forehead it then became very oily as well. Between the ages of 16-20 my forehead was extremely oily. After i shaved my head the acne cleared up a bit but my forehead remained very oily. I thought back then that over time it should get better but 20 years later its still very bad.
I saw a skin care specialist in the early 2000s but they gave me stuff that dried the skin out but after an hour or two the oil would just come right back.
About 10 years ago i gave up a little and just tried to get it as good as possible. But that has meant washing my face every hour or so (or whenever i use the bathroom) to clean off the excess oil and keep it at a reasonable level.
My wife about 6 weeks ago told me to try Cellnique 'skin purifying cleanser' and 'skin action sebum gel' as they have helped her. But for me, after i put it on and clean it off my skin felt pretty good. Clean and when i felt it not the usually oily yuck type of skin. But that lasts for about an hour and now 6 weeks after using it day and night i feel my skin is maybe more oily than before. When i wake in the morning the oil is quite bad, and i need to wash my face straight away to remove all of the oil.
I dont want to have perfect skin and dont care about wrinkles and that type of thing. I really just want normal skin where i dont have to pour water on it every hour or two to take the excess oil away.
Im really not sure what to do. The things i have tried havent seemed to help me. I just youtubed very oily skin and a few people have mentioned milk of magnesia. So i might try that but given how oily my skin is i am not sure if this will help or not.
If anyone has any suggestions i would be very grateful.
Thanks..!!
I feel a bit weird writing on a make up sight but i am here cause i am need of your help and advice.
I am male, 36 and have a very oily forehead and nose. Its been like this for 20 years.
I know how it got oily. Back then, when i did have hair (!!), my hair got very very oily. So when i fell on to my forehead it then became very oily as well. Between the ages of 16-20 my forehead was extremely oily. After i shaved my head the acne cleared up a bit but my forehead remained very oily. I thought back then that over time it should get better but 20 years later its still very bad.
I saw a skin care specialist in the early 2000s but they gave me stuff that dried the skin out but after an hour or two the oil would just come right back.
About 10 years ago i gave up a little and just tried to get it as good as possible. But that has meant washing my face every hour or so (or whenever i use the bathroom) to clean off the excess oil and keep it at a reasonable level.
My wife about 6 weeks ago told me to try Cellnique 'skin purifying cleanser' and 'skin action sebum gel' as they have helped her. But for me, after i put it on and clean it off my skin felt pretty good. Clean and when i felt it not the usually oily yuck type of skin. But that lasts for about an hour and now 6 weeks after using it day and night i feel my skin is maybe more oily than before. When i wake in the morning the oil is quite bad, and i need to wash my face straight away to remove all of the oil.
I dont want to have perfect skin and dont care about wrinkles and that type of thing. I really just want normal skin where i dont have to pour water on it every hour or two to take the excess oil away.
Im really not sure what to do. The things i have tried havent seemed to help me. I just youtubed very oily skin and a few people have mentioned milk of magnesia. So i might try that but given how oily my skin is i am not sure if this will help or not.
If anyone has any suggestions i would be very grateful.
Thanks..!!