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[mbbento]

Good afternoon!

First off, I have searched this site and others for literally years for a "cure" to my oily skin. Likewise, I have tried all the different gimics and treatments - none of which have been all that effective.
Sometimes it feels unbearable to go through my day like this, and I see no reason why we have to suffer from gross, shiny skin. Oily skin seems like a very treatable condition, yet nothing has been put on the market. Why is this condition avoided by researchers and the drug companies? Is it a lack of profit or caring? I am confident it could be remedied if given enough attention. Maybe we should start an awareness group:)
Does anyone else feel neglected as a person with chronic oily skin and believe an effective treatment should be available by now? As anyone who took accutane knows, sebacous glands can be controlled, if not shut down completely.

[pink_polka234]

I believe that oily skin is partly caused by dehydration. So your skin makes oils to compensate. Water and moisturizing. And also, You should not be able to fully shut down glands, you have to have oils or you'll DIE. Okay, maybe not but you would still be in a bad boat.

[bryan]

I believe that oily skin is partly caused by dehydration. So your skin makes oils to compensate.

I don't know of any scientific evidence to support that hypothesis. I think it's probably just a myth.

And also, You should not be able to fully shut down glands, you have to have oils or you'll DIE. Okay, maybe not but you would still be in a bad boat.

Kligman thinks that the sebaceous glands are useless relics of the past. He thinks of them as "living fossils". We could do just fine without them.

[Black Beaute]

Good afternoon!

First off, I have searched this site and others for literally years for a "cure" to my oily skin. Likewise, I have tried all the different gimics and treatments - none of which have been all that effective.
Sometimes it feels unbearable to go through my day like this, and I see no reason why we have to suffer from gross, shiny skin. Oily skin seems like a very treatable condition, yet nothing has been put on the market. Why is this condition avoided by researchers and the drug companies? Is it a lack of profit or caring? I am confident it could be remedied if given enough attention. Maybe we should start an awareness group:)
Does anyone else feel neglected as a person with chronic oily skin and believe an effective treatment should be available by now? As anyone who took accutane knows, sebacous glands can be controlled, if not shut down completely.

CeraVe. Reduce my oily skin to about 1% oil.

[mbbento]

Well maybe not shut them down completely, but control them. The only time my skin has been normal was from about 3-8 months post-accutane. It was neither dry nor oily, just perfect (like 95% of the rest of the population). It seems as if medical researchers put an honest effort into oily skin, so solution could be found.

[pchic]

This is like baldness, there is a huge market for it but it's difficult to find an ideal solution, and most of what we got are topical treatments. Isotretinoin IMO is not a very good long-term solution as it does damage to the body in the long run.

I believe that an ideal solution is to treat it from inside (e.g. oral treatments). But the problem is to avoid any damage.