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[JustPlainMe]

I get it, i have nasty mondo oily skin. But in my sleep too? I notice it when i wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and in the morning. It's so bad. And theres nothing i can do, i'm sleeping. Why does it do this? This obviously leads to break outs.
And i still don't understand why i have such oily skin (im talking buckets of oil and hour after i rinse my face) because no one in my family has it. I use up to 10 oil blotting sheets a day. And they arent cheap! In fact, no one has ever had acne either. What the hell? Why am i so lucky?

Dangit, i posted this in the wrong forum. Sorry. Meant to put it in Mild to Moderate.

[Wynne]

Oil alone doesn't lead to breakouts so try not to stress about the oil refinery you possess. I used to (and still do) imagine the numbers of houses' electricity I could supply if my oil were somehow hooked into the power supply system.

People can produce huge amounts of oil and be completely clear-skinned because they have normally shedding skin or their skin cells aren't abnormally 'sticky', etc.

I have visible droplets of oil within a few minutes of cleansing my face. It certainly makes my makeup (mineral) go on smoother.

I am clear, so lots of oil does not mean breakouts. You just need to determine why your particular skin breaks out; check out nutrition and holistic health, determine if your acne is primarily comedonal or if it is inflammatory as those different types do entail generally different methods of treatment. I had comedonal acne but glycolic acid, switching to a gentle cleanser, and occasional use of a topical retinoid cleared me completely.

Moving the post to Oily Skin Issues as it seems to fit quite well there.

[JustPlainMe]

I really have no idea what could be causing my acne. I'm 27 years old and only recently (2 years) have i had acne. It's bad. I was also diagnosed with Rosacea. But my diet is a vegetarian diet. I have been one since i was 9 when my parents told me wear hamburgers came from.

[Polska Laska]

My skin is an oil slick too, but I was clear generally my whofe life up until four monthes ago (read my log if interested). Anyways, what kind of acne do you have exactly? Cysts, papules, pustules... non-inflamed... would you say it's mild, moderate.. severe..? More info needed!

[allix]

I have combination skin and I hardly ever break out anywhere except my forehead. My T zone and the area around it can get really oily and shiny. I was in a pinchthe other day and randomly bought a container of Stridex pads (alcohol free/2% SA) and they have actually been working really well. They are pretty drying but that's great for oily skinned people. If you keep them by your bed you could just swipe one whenever you need to during the night. I have only been using them for about a week but I definitely saw a difference. Good luck!

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you guys should try and get a topical anti androgen formulated for you by a compoundong chemist.

You can buy a spironolactone cream online but it is kind of greasy. I would get a compounding pharmacy to make a cosmetically acceptable one.

You guys have oily skin because your sebaceous glands are genetically sensitive to male hormones(androgens).

Justplainme, was your skin oily before 2 years ago when you got acne?

[acne_battle]

I have the same problem. I constantly am oily when I sleep but during the day Im dry.

[bryan]

you guys should try and get a topical anti androgen formulated for you by a compoundong chemist.

You can buy a spironolactone cream online but it is kind of greasy. I would get a compounding pharmacy to make a cosmetically acceptable one.

You guys have oily skin because your sebaceous glands are genetically sensitive to male hormones(androgens).

I'll mention again here, like I've done a few times in the past, that topical spiro simply isn't a very powerful antiandrogen. I don't know the specific reasons for why that is, but it _may_ have something to do with the exact choice of topical vehicle, and/or certain other issues. I'm just not sure. But in any event, I can even show you one small report from a medical journal which actually tested it, and came to the conclusion that spironolactone in a topical cream had no effect at all on sebum production.

[belle8410]

This happens to me too. When I wake up in the morning it's not terribly oily, but it's definitely more oily than it would be at the end of a normal day. Even if wake up after a daytime nap, my skin looks oily, whereas if I didn't nap it would look fine. What the heck