Easy answer: It depends.

It depends on your skin type and your body's natural tendencies. You say that moisturizing "is going to make" your skin more oily, so have you have you personally found this to be true? Accutane and BP work for some people perhaps partially due to "drying" the skin, but hey, if making your skin dry is all you have to do to get rid of acne, just haul out to the Sahara and your problem is solved!

This is my take on Accutane, BP and moisturizing: Any product that seriously dries out *my* skin seems to irritate it more than usual, so if anything, Accutane and BP have made my skin WORSE instead of actually treating it. I use facial cleanser, which dries my skin out, then moisturize right after cleansing but I don't have oily skin naturally. So, should you moisturize or not? Maybe YOU shouldn't, but that's up to you to experiment with and find out.

This may sound stupid but how do you actually tell if your skin is excessively oily. Just by feeling it?

Easy answer: It depends.

It depends on your skin type and your body's natural tendencies. You say that moisturizing "is going to make" your skin more oily, so have you have you personally found this to be true? Accutane and BP work for some people perhaps partially due to "drying" the skin, but hey, if making your skin dry is all you have to do to get rid of acne, just haul out to the Sahara and your problem is solved!

This is my take on Accutane, BP and moisturizing: Any product that seriously dries out *my* skin seems to irritate it more than usual, so if anything, Accutane and BP have made my skin WORSE instead of actually treating it. I use facial cleanser, which dries my skin out, then moisturize right after cleansing but I don't have oily skin naturally. So, should you moisturize or not? Maybe YOU shouldn't, but that's up to you to experiment with and find out.

This may sound stupid but how do you tell if your overly oily. Just by feeling your skin?

Easy answer: It depends.

It depends on your skin type and your body's natural tendencies. You say that moisturizing "is going to make" your skin more oily, so have you have you personally found this to be true? Accutane and BP work for some people perhaps partially due to "drying" the skin, but hey, if making your skin dry is all you have to do to get rid of acne, just haul out to the Sahara and your problem is solved!

This is my take on Accutane, BP and moisturizing: Any product that seriously dries out *my* skin seems to irritate it more than usual, so if anything, Accutane and BP have made my skin WORSE instead of actually treating it. I use facial cleanser, which dries my skin out, then moisturize right after cleansing but I don't have oily skin naturally. So, should you moisturize or not? Maybe YOU shouldn't, but that's up to you to experiment with and find out.

This may sound stupid but how do you tell if your overly oily. Just by feeling your skin?

Moisture and oil are two different things.

You can have oily skin that is dehydrated.

You can have non-oily skin that is moisturized.

One has to do with oil/sebum, and one has to do with water retention.

It can be confusing because many "moisturizers" are oil-based, in which case the name is a misnomer. A true moisturizer will use humectants to attract water from the environment to the skin. In general, oil is not a humectant, it is a sealant.

The main problem is that a "drying" product as benzoyl peroxide will strip both moisture and oil from your skin. Your body will produce more oil and replace what was stripped. It will not replace the moisture as easily. So you will have too much oil and not enough moisture.

It's true that oil production has a lot to do with acne. What Accutane does is actually shrink the sebaceous glands in your skin (which produce oil). When they are smaller they cannot produce as much oil.

Removing oil from your skin can help prevent acne. But removing moisture from your skin will make your skin more likely to damage. The problem is it is hard to remove one without removing the other. And then "oily" people falsely believe that moisturizing will make them more oily, so they don't moisturize, and damage their skin even further.

This may sound stupid but how do you actually tell if your skin is excessively oily. Just by feeling it?

One way to test your skin if, for whatever reason, you're just not sure: Use some facial tissue or piece of paper and rub your skin with it. If the paper or tissue comes back oily or blotted, then youve got oily skin!

You can tell most obviously by feeling your face, looking at it in light (is it shiny?), and looking at pore size. Oily skin usually goes hand in hand with larger-than-usual pores. You may also sweat a lot.

Look on the bright side: Oily skin = usually not as prone to wrinkling/aging as dry or normal skin