From: news&aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System)
Subject: Re: Oily skin - problem?
Article-I.D.: aio.1993Apr6.133244.14717
Distribution: sci.med
Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co.
Lines: 17

In article <1993Apr5.044140.1@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu>, u92_hwong@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu writes:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> 	I have a very oily skin.  My problem is when I wash my face, it becomes
> oily in half an hour.  Especially in the nose region.  Is this an illness?  How
> can I prevent it from occuring in such short time?  Is there a cleanser out
> there that will do a better job -- that is after cleaning, my face won't become
> oily in such a short time.
> 
> 	Thank you for any suggestion.
> 
>if this is a disease, everyone should have it.  My skin has always been oily -
i used to say "if i were hot enough, you could fry an egg on my oily face".
i am now 50 yrs old and my skin looks younger (i'm told) than some people's
skin at 30 (it's still oily).  i have only a very few tiny wrinkles.  Thank
your lucky stars for that skin. 
