5 BEST OILY SKIN INGREDIENTS (AS PROVEN BY SCIENCE)

the five best ingredients to control

oily skin as proven by science

I recently posted a skin science video

talking about oil why our skin produces

although I talked a little bit about

ingredients and really dove into kind of

how oil is produced and how our diet or

genetics or even the weather that we

hang out and can impact our skin I

didn't actually give product

recommendations couple people commented

and said hey I'm confused and then when

I got online and started searching I was

equally as overwhelmed a lot of the

advice that's out there on controlling

oily skin isn't actually geared towards

oily skin it's only geared towards acne

and has nothing to do with oil and while

it's true oil is a component of acne

prone skin today I want to talk about

the ingredients that are scientifically

proven to either combat or help with oil

production which in many cases can help

with acne but for instance one blog

online sand tea tree oil I love tea tree

oil I use it in my skincare routine but

it doesn't help with oil production it

helps with acne so if you are suffering

with oily skin particularly if you do

have oily skin and acne these are the

five things that you want to look for on

the back of those ingredient bottles and

the first one that I really love is

salicylic acid salicylic acid is a VHA

acid meaning a beta hydroxy acid it is

fat soluble and this is important

because it means it can actually do some

work in your skin when it comes to oil

oil is a fat you know your oil in your

skin your sebum is made up of fatty

acids so salicylic acid can actually do

some work the way a salicylic acid

product works is by going on to the skin

and it actually loosens up the oil the

gunk and the glue that holds your skin

cells together this is also why it's

really helpful for acne because it can

decrease inflammation and it can help

the skin exfoliate properly but

specifically for those who are dealing

with oil salicylic acid based products

can be helpful for oily prone skin and

if you do have acne it's like a double

whammy the ones I would recommend are

really a lot of the over-the-counter

acne ones

Murad has a great one there are also

some from acne free which are

good yes to Tomatoes is a drugstore line

that it's more natural that has a ton of

different options and then there are

some more expensive options that do have

salicylic acid which tend to be a little

bit more natural which I also love and

stand behind but again turn over those

labels or read those ingredients and

that's how you're gonna find out what's

actually in your skincare don't read the

front read the back secondly let's talk

about retinol and in this group I am

also including retinaldehyde based

products as well as synthetic retinols

such as different or adapt alene gel now

these all are kind of in the same family

group they're derived from vitamin A but

these are extremely helpful for oily

prone skin they're also used in the

treatment of wrinkles and the management

of wrinkles and acne now remember that

not all retinoids are created equal you

have different kinds and the way these

work in the skin is that your skin

actually breaks them down now what's

fascinating is that our body produces

retinol it's very important and on the

inside of our cells that are actually

receptors for it and when it comes to

topical retinoids that's kind of how

they work over time it can actually

change the way our skin behaves

it changes the genes within our skin

specifically inside of that hair

follicle inside of that oil gland and it

basically trains the skin to stop

producing as much oil this is also why

it's super helpful in acne management

because oil is a key component of acne

but if you do have oles skin and no acne

at all these could still be a really

good bet they also have been shown to

penetrate really deep into the dermis or

they can help with collagen production

and collagen synthesis meaning the

rubber bands that hold your skin

together are going to get a little bit

more elastic so these are used in the

treatment and management of wrinkles of

sunspots things like post inflammatory

pigmentation or hyperpigmentation these

are really great and this includes

retinol retinol dehyde retinoic acid

which is a prescription and then

something like adapt lean gel which is a

synthetic retinoid that is patented by

gals err month but it is scientifically

proven to help with acne and some of

these other issues that are related

the next ingredient that is

scientifically proven is clay

specifically bentonite clay or kaolin

clay the way that clays kind of work is

by absorption they can be very helpful

for acne they can be used to tighten the

skin but overall this is basically a

powder that is very very absorbent and

so when you apply this to the skin by

virtue it absorbs either oil or water

and because it has small particles it

can get into those pores so if you have

blackheads which is an open comedone

type of acne it's great but even if you

just have oily skin or even an oily

scalp that night clay or kaolin clay can

be a really good go charcoal is another

compound that is very absorbent charcoal

could also be a good idea and then

sulfur is usually used in the management

of acne and it is actually the most

abundant element in the universe FYI

but by virtue they are extremely