The essential nutrients in garlic help to regulate and control
sebum production on the scalp, thereby helping to treat dandruff effectively.
Insulin and IGF - 1 can stimulate
sebum production on their own, but they also stimulate the release of androgen hormones from the liver and can increase the skin's sensitivity to androgen hormones.
Topical use of green tea will decrease
sebum production on the skin (I personally use Green Beaver Green Tea Facial Moisturizer)-- yay, less oily shine!
Finally, after 8 weeks of daily green tea application, total
sebum production on the acne patients» skin had fallen by an average of 60 %.
283 % of the RDA for vitamin A — the single most important nutrient for keeping
your sebum production on a leash.
Not exact matches
It helps to balance out
sebum levels, which controls the
production of excess oil
on your scalp and in your hair.
Excess oil
production from
sebum glands cause cradle cap, which can also occur
on the eyebrows, ear, nose, back of the neck and groin.
It gets better: Many users say it helps to control
sebum production, and it also doubles well as a moisturizer
on problematic or combination skin.
I would recommend checking out the post
on detox for reversing hair loss and also our hair loss course which will help in preventing
sebum production and generally give your new hair the best chance of survival by showing you how to reduce the
production of DHT whilst super-charging your blood with hair growing nutrients and hormones.
The gut flora has a profound influence
on the structural components of the skin including the fatty acid profiles and
sebum production.
Drugs that have androgens, corticosteroids, or lithium in them can make your skin's
sebum production go
on overdrive.
Elsewhere
on this site I've recommended that you get more vitamin A in your diet for precisely this reason; to keep your
sebum production nice and low.
Acne is caused by excess
sebum production, too many skin cells, the presence of a particular type of bacteria
on your skin, and inflammation.
What this all means is that if you desire to reduce your
sebum production by focussing
on androgens, then DHT should be your main focus.
In my eBook Annihilate Your Acne there's a big section
on sleep deprivation and how that can indirectly increase
sebum production.
Too little or too much
sebum production by our glands will result in overly dry or overly oily skin, particularly
on the face and scalp.
Instead of wasting time with a topical treatment like tea tree oil or permethrin, you should focus 50 %
on reducing your
sebum production and 50 %
on lowering inflammation.