A greasy skin is never attractive even without acne. The shine from a greasy skin is enough make people turn away. Greasy skin is mostly related to teenagers because the hormone development during puberty stimulates the sebaceous glands which produce more oil. However the problem is not confined to a specific age group. Some people simply are more inclined to have greasy skin. Those people who have suffered this problem since teenage should not worry because there is a hope. Just because not everyone has oily skin does not mean that we don’t have to learn what causes it.

An oily or greasy skin is also prone to more pimples and dark shadows. It’s not much comfort that oilier skins don’t show their age nearly as badly. There isn’t much that can be done to cure the problem but its effects can be controlled and minimized.

There are a few questions that need to be answered in order to understand how this skin condition emerges.

How does the skin get greasy in the first place?
Skin has a growth of body hair. Oil sebaceous glands are attached to their roots under these hairs. The function of these glands is to produce oil for coating and protecting the hair. However, when there is excessive production, the upper layer of skin is coated by the oil as well.

Many factors can cause the excessive production of oil. Genetics can be one of the factors. There are chances that a child will also have oily skin if the parent or parents have oily skin. Gender can be another cause. Men can have more oily skin as compared to women. Diet is also a factor where consumption of some type of food invites oil production in the skin.

Will it go away once we get past teenage?
Oily skin is supposed to finish after teenage once the hormonal changes in the body have been completed. At the time when a person matures, the skin also ages until it gets dry as paper in our senescence. Not everyone is free from the curse of oily skin during adult. Some people still have oily areas especially on the face which produces sebum more often.

What can be done to lessen the skin’s production of oil?
Sebum is produced by sebaceous glands. Besides this, a blend of varied lipids that is an assortment of fats and dead sebaceous gland cells is also produced. Wax monoesters, squalane, triglycerides and free fatty acids are also found in sebum.