Skin guide / Oily skin
Fine lines on oily skin
Oily skin tends to show lines later and tolerates retinoids well. A gel or serum retinol rather than a cream, and a light moisturizer over it, keeps the routine from feeling heavy.
What fine lines is
Fine lines come from less collagen and elastin with age, from sun (the largest controllable share), and from dryness that makes them show. Cosmetics address the showing part: humectants plump the surface, retinoids and peptides are the ingredients with the most published work, and sunscreen slows the rest. Nothing in a jar removes a wrinkle; a dermatologist can discuss what does.
What oily skin wants
Gels, fluids and lotions; a gel or foaming cleanser; clay or charcoal masks once or twice a week. Oily skin still needs a moisturizer, just a light one.
Cleanser: a gel or gentle foaming cleanser. Go easy on: Heavy butters and coconut oil on the face, stripping cleansers that leave skin squeaky (rebound shine), and picking.
Look for on the label
Go easy on, for fine lines: Starting retinol nightly at full strength (peeling, redness, then quitting), using it in the morning (it is light-sensitive), and expecting change inside a month; the studies run twelve weeks and longer.
Morning
- Gentle cleanser
- Vitamin C or peptide serum
- Moisturizer
- Sunscreen SPF 30+
Evening
- Cleanser
- Retinoid, two nights a week to start, on dry skin
- Moisturizer; a 'sandwich' (moisturizer before and after) for sensitive skin
Thinnest to thickest, water-based before oil-based, sunscreen last in the morning and first off at night. Add one new product at a time and give it two weeks. The routine tool orders whatever you own.
On the site for fine lines
All →Tagged from the maker's own description; serums and oils, moisturizers, masks and exfoliants first. Read each label against the list above.
Made in the USA
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Made in the USA
Made in the USA
Made in the USA
Made in the USA
Made in the USA
Other concerns, oily skin
Fine lines on other skin types
Dew & Balm describes ingredients and label categories from the public record (FDA OTC monographs, the EU CosIng database, PubMed) and makes no claim about what a product will do for you. A concern that persists, hurts, bleeds or spreads is for a dermatologist, and anything on prescription is between you and yours.