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Originally Posted by antimony
I know this sounds like an odd question, but are you sure you really have oily skin?
Although I truly had oily skin as a teenager, as I got older, my skin was both a total oil slick, and kind of dull at the same time. No mattifying or oil-control product really worked for me. A makeup artist finally convinced me that I did not in fact have naturally oily skin... what I actually had was dry skin that was so parched, that my oil glands were over-producing oil to try and seal in what little moisture I had in my skin. She convinced me to try using a rich but non-pore-clogging moisturizer. Within a week or two, all of my oiliness disappeared.
Obviously, that's not the case for most people with oily skin, but I figured I'd put it out there if oil-control type products aren't working for you.
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No, no! My skin IS oily...I wish I had a picture. I've been oily since I was 9 years old. I'm 24 now...I did notice that the more I attempted to "dry out" my face, the more it produced oil. I had one dermatologist make me wipe my skin with alcohol swabs (back when I was in high school) BAD idea!!!