Oily yet dehydrated skin

[addicted]

i read in her world that vichy's aqualia thermal cream is recommended for oily yet dehydrated skin. has anyone tried it out yet?

[missyfrills]

i heard vichy products has a lot of alcohol content so it will make dehydrated skin worse.

[AnnieY]

hmm how to see that u have fine lines on your face? i dun really know how to see it...

[Badger]

I guess most of the time fine lines refers to lines on forehead, frown lines, corner of eyes (crowsfeet) or smile lines.

Sounds like you have no lines to see AnnieY......

I have lots on my forehead....

[AnnieY]

hmm yah i dun have on forehead and around eyes.. but i heard some ppl say can see on cheeks? i dunno how to see... if not too obvious maybe i cant see.. im rather insensitive to things unless its super obvious kind.. keke

[Badger]

Oh yes, i can see fine creases on the cheeks when my skin is dehydrated. I've used Estee Lauder's So Moist Deep Hydrating Mask for the past 3 yrs. It's a wonderful product to me! But seems to be discontinued. Managed to find one in Jurong East 2 mths back. But i suppose that's probably the last tube i can find...

[ririan]

I dont have any lines on my face when not smiling, when smile, I can see some very fine lines on cheeks area when I bring a mirror to my face really really close ... that really freak me out !!!! although everyone say they cannot see the lines, but I can when I bring the mirror really close is this the start of wrinkles????

[ailicec]

I have the same problem too, add fine lines around the eye...and i have sensitive skin to boot. i'm not even 30!

i'm currently using aesop, SKII (strangely, i can use the whitening and treatment essence w/o any problem), juice organics and another online natural brand of skincare from US.

My steps:
1) Very gentle cleanser (+ cleansing oil when i have make-up)
2) toner w/o alcohol or exfoliator
3) water based antioxident serum or whitening essence
4) hyaluronic acid serum
5) camilia oil (depending on how 'hardworking' i am)
6) sunblock or make-up base

[chiaberry]

They are laughter lines. As you get older, they would get deeper because the collagen production of your skin goes down with age. We cannot avoid it, all of us will get it sometime. Even a top plastic surgeon said he and his wife inject Botox regularly.

[ailicec]

was just wondering that if we laugh/smile lesser, it would not get too deep?

i have the same problem, but my GP suggested radiofrequency instead.

[sugarpie]

purplecurlZ : if the surface has fine lines,very dry,and yet these areas will produce oil,it means surface dehydrated,oily inside.

[Sweet Secrets]

i have those on my eyes, and forehead, then i applied moisturiser and stop oil control products and my forehead is so much more better now.

[lyuira]

That happens to my whole face
I control it somewhat with BHA and light moisturisers. So far so good.

But the general recommendation is to use "for all skin types" cleansers and exfoliate. Alcohol makes the problem many many times worse only.

[missyfrills]

i wish can put those BHA to help dissolve the clogs. Pity my skin is very sensitive with lotsa clogs too. I think i should create another new thread with "oily, dehydrated and sensitive skin."
Terrible combo!!!

[Sweet Secrets]

yes i agree, use a gentle cleanser, and avoid using toner that has alcohol or for exfoliating properties.