Okay, so I'm not sure whether I've always had it and I've just noticed in the past few months or it's just started happening recently, but I have serious oily skin trouble. I used to notice my skin would be a little shinier by the end of the day when my acne was worse but I thought nothing of it. Recently I was prescribed duac and it cleared my skin up almost completely, it was a miracle. So, I didn't feel the need to wear makeup anymore, but I've also noticed that although my skin got clearer, it also got noticeably shinier, so by midday its like an oil slick and I'm not sure whether it's because of something I'm doing differently or simply because I'm not wearing as much/any makeup anymore, but it's becoming a real problem as I find it irritates my eyes to the point I look like I've been crying and I can't open them. I've seen my doctor about it, and she said to continue with duac and to wash three times a day, when I've read that washing more than twice a day only aggravates acne more? So I tried three times a day which did not help so I'm sticking to twice a day, and the duac isn't making a difference to the oiliness. Any products I tried that aim to get rid of oily skin just made my skin TOO dry and cause it to flake and causes dry patches. It's like it's only one extreme or the other. Any ideas of the causes of the oiliness? And if there's anything that could perhaps completely stop the production of sebum? I've changed my diet and cut out dairy and red meat, and I'm currently trying to take certain vitamins that have been said to help, I'm about ready to give up