Originally Posted by
T-Man007
I totally disagree! I live in Colorado and it is dry as hell here and I know for a fact that my skin doesn't produce more oil to compensate for it. When you have dry skin you have dry skin, when you have oily skin you have oily skin. The reason he is oily after the tanning bed is because of persperation (and probably tanning lotion), not oil production. The persperation is released to cool the body off. There is no evidence whatsoever that states the body will naturally produce oil to compensate for dry skin. I know from personal experience, I have dry skin.
First off that is completely incorrect! My Fiancee is in the medical field and she read your post and said you couldn't be farther from the truth.
There has been extensive studies on this and your skin does naturally produce oil. Some people do have more oil produced naturally then others. That should be obvious because not everyone is the same. This is why some people get more acne than others. I, like you have super dry skin, so much so that it will be dry to the point it hurts. If I don't moisturize it, it will produce a ton of oil. I have a very mild version of a skin condition called eczema and everything the doctor gave me didn't work. I had alot of acne for years. Then I did what I told Diggi to do and now as a worse case scenario I might get one pimple every few months. As soon as I stop using it the acne comes back. Being that I don't use any other face stuff at all how about you explain this to me?
Now, let me make another thing perfectly clear. It is physically impossible to add moisture to the skin. Moisture comes from the inside in the form of hydration. The reason people have to put lotion on numerous times is because they don't get enough hydration. Furthermore, most lotions are incapable of penetrating the skin due to the fact they are made with mineral oils and/or petroleum jelly. These two items have a molecular structure that is to large for human skin to absorb. These are facts.
Honestly bro you usually are very smart when it comes to the things you say, but this was just off in left field. You have these things called pores. Pores are porous. This means that your skin is able to absorb things. Perfect example is if you get pesticides on you they tell you to wash immediately because it will absorb into your skin, and could (depending on strength of pesticide) kill you. So like I said your skin needs to be moisturized when it is dry. If it doesn't work, then why is my skin no longer dry after I moisturize it? Maybe because it was moisturized! As another example if your body doesn't absorb things how come things like nicotine patches, and birth control patches are used? They don't burn through your skin, they're absorbed.
I also wanted to touch base on your comment on the tanning. First off I used to sell tanning beds, bulbs, and lotions and am fully aware of the concept of tanning. I understand which bulbs do what, and what each lotions purpose is. If you go into any GOOD tanning store they will advise you to use a moisturizing lotion after you tan because IT WILL DRY OUT YOUR SKIN! Try going tanning without lotion and your skin will still produce oil, as well as sweat. After you wipe off the sweat you still have oil in your pores. It didn't just appear because your a oily person. It appeared because thats what the human body is naturally supposed to do.
If you don't believe me then take a bottle of baby oil and pour it into a bowl. Then put a regular saltine cracker in there. Then come back and see for your self. The cracker will still be at it's original consistancy. I've performed this experiment in a chemistry class and we put a cracker in baby oil for 1 full month and when we pulled it out it was still as firm as teh day we put it in there. Why? Because mineral oils cover the skin, they do not enter it. Therefore, there is no skin moisturizing taking place. There are only a few lotions on the market that do not have mineral oils and/or petroleum jelly. And studies have yet to prove they actually moisturize the skin. Yes, the do lubricate it. But they don't moisturize it.
First off I never told him to use freaking petroleum jelly. Theres not really much to say but that again your skin is porous so it does absorb things. Since when does are bodies have the ability to make things levitate over our pores?
Diggi - If you want something to clean your skin then you need to take hotter showers (to open the pores) and use a pore cleasing soap. There are many reasons for acne, and some have nothing to due with clogged pores. People who suffer from Zinc diffeincies have acne, for example. And finally, the worst thing you can do to acne is pop the heads. This, no matter how you do it, tramatizes the skin and spreads the infection into other areas. The best thing to do is leave it alone.