Sentences with phrase «oil gland production»

For example, oil gland production can increase around menstruation.

For oily skin get a foaming cleanser that is still mild enough to not increase your oil gland production.

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You also need to encourage saliva production and keep the mouth moist — oil pulling is great at keeping the mouth clean and really working out the salivary glands.

The male hormones, androgens cause sebaceous glands to expand and increase oil production, which in turn will feed the bacteria on the skin.

When used on the skin, it balances oil production, unblocks sebaceous glands, which can lead to blackheads and whiteheads, destroys bacteria, and removes damaged skin cells.

It is probably caused by hormones delivered to the baby at the end of pregnancy that stimulates an excess production of oil or it may be due to yeast that develops in the sebum glands.

It is believed to be caused by hormones that are passed from you to your little one even before birth, which can cause too much production of oil (otherwise known as sebum) in the oil glands and hair follicles.

Excess oil production from sebum glands cause cradle cap, which can also occur on the eyebrows, ear, nose, back of the neck and groin.

«Adolescent acne is a skin condition of puberty, when the body is producing increased levels of hormones called androgens, which, in turn, cause increased production of increased oily sebum and increased blockage of the oil glands, facilitating the growth of acne bacteria,» Dr. Orlow explains.

In treating acne, the focus — just as it was decades ago — is on three key factors: preventing dead skin cells from blocking the oil glands, reducing excessive oil production and reducing acne - causing bacteria.

This delicate area also has fewer oil glands, necessitating a need for eye creams to encourage oil production.

If you're wondering why vitamin A is so important, then it binds to sebaceous gland receptors in the skin and decreases oil production.

Pantothenic Acid is also known as vitamin B5 and in large doses helps reduce sebum (oil) production from our sebaceous glands.

However, quite differently, Vitamin B5 works by reducing the oil production of the sebaceous glands.

Zinc plays an important role in the production of new cells (including hair cells) and the maintenance of oil secreting glands (that make hair shiny).

As a result, DHT production of sebum (oil from glands) increases, which can lead to oily skin and cause a cycle of clogged pores and breakouts.

Accutane is a form of vitamin A and works by attacking the body's natural oil gland, thus reducing the sebum production.

Oily skin type is more prone to pimples, blackheads and breakouts due to the excess production of oil secreting glands.

Some acne medications work by reducing the oil production in your glands.

These glands are responsible for the production of meibum, an olive oil - like fat that prevents evaporation of the eye's tear production.