Oily skin: how I dealt with it
Oily skin: the one thing in life that seemed impossible to get rid of when I was a young teenage boy entering the awkward stages of puberty. And it didn’t help that I fitted the ‘oily skin’ criteria: Asian? Check. Lives on the equator? Check. Going through puberty? Check. Screwed? Check.
It plagued my life no matter what I was doing. Whenever I woke up, my face was drenched in oil and if you managed to touch it you would notice how briskly your fingers slid off the surface of my skin…yeah, nasty! Even when I was in an air conditioned room my face was spewing oil faster than the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
I tried many things to try and tackle this problem. I washed my face and applied a moisturizer twice a day - oil would still accumulate. I tried to scrub my face with a strong cleanser - oil would still accumulate. I even tried the so-called ‘magical’ blotting paper that many people swear by. I thought I had found the cure and I thought my skin was going to change for the better! It was too good to be true…it most definitely was. It did the exact opposite and it made my skin oilier. And upon researching I found out that if …show more content…
First of all, I now drink almond milk and hazelnut milk. I also use these when I eat cereal. They both contain a good amount of calcium, vitamin D and riboflavin; all of which are good for your teeth and bones. Secondly, I have quit eating food with cheese in it such as pizza (which was really hard to quit because…well it’s pizza that’s why) and other sorts of pasta. And finally, I have also started ‘reading my food’ (yeah I know, my motto at the beginning has been completely demolished). I always check the allergy information to make sure there is no milk in the food I consume. So overall, quitting dairy products really is not as hard as you think. But then again, just like with all these diets, it’s all up to
Oily skin: the one thing in life that seemed impossible to get rid of when I was a young teenage boy entering the awkward stages of puberty. And it didn’t help that I fitted the ‘oily skin’ criteria: Asian? Check. Lives on the equator? Check. Going through puberty? Check. Screwed? Check.
It plagued my life no matter what I was doing. Whenever I woke up, my face was drenched in oil and if you managed to touch it you would notice how briskly your fingers slid off the surface of my skin…yeah, nasty! Even when I was in an air conditioned room my face was spewing oil faster than the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
I tried many things to try and tackle this problem. I washed my face and applied a moisturizer twice a day - oil would still accumulate. I tried to scrub my face with a strong cleanser - oil would still accumulate. I even tried the so-called ‘magical’ blotting paper that many people swear by. I thought I had found the cure and I thought my skin was going to change for the better! It was too good to be true…it most definitely was. It did the exact opposite and it made my skin oilier. And upon researching I found out that if …show more content…
First of all, I now drink almond milk and hazelnut milk. I also use these when I eat cereal. They both contain a good amount of calcium, vitamin D and riboflavin; all of which are good for your teeth and bones. Secondly, I have quit eating food with cheese in it such as pizza (which was really hard to quit because…well it’s pizza that’s why) and other sorts of pasta. And finally, I have also started ‘reading my food’ (yeah I know, my motto at the beginning has been completely demolished). I always check the allergy information to make sure there is no milk in the food I consume. So overall, quitting dairy products really is not as hard as you think. But then again, just like with all these diets, it’s all up to