How Do I Take Care of Combination Skin?

Combination skin is both dry and oily - usually in the T-zone - so you need to address both issues. Watch dermatologist Howard Brooks, MD, explain why products with glycerides are beneficial, and why using a moisturizer with SPF is essential.

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Combination skin is what I see most often in my office.

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Combination skin is where you have a T-zone. You have the oiliness on your forehead, on your nose. And patients tend to get a little bit dry on their ears,

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on their cheeks, and around their mouth. So you want to look for ingredients that contain glycerides. Glycerides will cleanse the skin.

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It will also hydrate the skin without stripping it of its natural oils. You do want to follow that-- again, I sound like a broken record-- but with an SPF.

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There are so many different SPFs on the market now. For patients with oily skin, it's really simple and easy now because most of the labeling says for oily skin.

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You want to look for an SPF that's non-comedogenic and that's made for combination skin or oily skin.