Oily Skin | Why Your Face Dey Too Oily and Wetin You Fit Do
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Published on August 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🩺 Medically reviewed by the Health Decoded Guide Editorial Team · Last reviewed: August 2026
🔍 Quick Breakdown
Oily skin na when your skin dey produce more natural oil (sebum) than your body need.
Oily skin no be sickness, but the extra oil fit block your pores and increase the chance of pimples. With the right skincare routine, plenty people fit control am well.
👉🏾 Small oil dey protect your skin. Na only when e too much e fit begin cause skin problems.
🟧 Wetin be oily skin and wetin e dey do?
Your skin naturally produce oil to keep am soft and protect am from drying.
• everybody skin dey produce oil
• some people naturally produce more oil than others
• oily skin fit happen for teenagers and adults
👉🏾 Oily skin no mean say your face dirty or say you no dey wash am.
🟧 Wetin dey happen for your body?
• the oil glands under your skin begin produce plenty sebum
• the extra oil mix with dead skin
• pores fit block easily
• pimples and blackheads fit begin develop
👉🏾 Na the blocked pores—not the oil itself—dey usually cause acne.
🟧 Why e dey happen?
• Hormone changes
→ puberty, pregnancy or monthly period fit make your skin produce more oil.
• Family history
→ if oily skin dey common for your family, you fit inherit am.
• Hot weather or stress
→ these fit make the oil glands work more.
👉🏾 Washing your face many times every day no go stop oily skin. Sometimes, e fit even make am worse.
🟧 How you go know say e dey?
Early stage:
• face dey shine quickly
• forehead, nose and chin dey oily pass
Later:
• blackheads
• whiteheads
• pimples
• large pores wey easy to notice
👉🏾 Oily skin fit affect your chest and back too—not only your face.
🟧 Wetin you fit do by yourself for house
• wash your face gently morning and night
• use moisturiser and sunscreen wey no dey block pores (non-comedogenic)
• no scrub your face too hard
• use skincare products wey fit oily skin
• if pimples become serious, see healthcare professional
👉🏾 The goal no be to remove all the oil. Your skin still need small natural oil to stay healthy.
🟧 Real life example
Zainab notice say before lunchtime every day, her face don dey shine well-well.
After some months:
• blackheads begin show for her nose
• pimples begin come out almost every week
She think say washing her face five times every day go solve the problem. Instead, her skin begin feel irritated and the oil no reduce.
After she visit clinic, healthcare professional explain say she need gentle skincare products instead of harsh soap.
After she understand, she decide to:
• wash her face only morning and night
• change to non-comedogenic skincare products
• stop scrubbing her face aggressively
👉🏾 After some weeks, her face no dey oily like before and the pimples reduce.
👉🏾 Gentle skincare usually work better than trying to dry all the oil from your face.
🟧 🩺 When you suppose go hospital
• pimples become very painful or leave scars
• your skin suddenly become extremely oily together with other hormone symptoms
• skincare products cause severe rash or swelling
• acne no dey improve after proper treatment
👉🏾 Early medical advice important.
🟢 Final Reassurance
Oily skin common well-well, and e fit happen for teenagers and adults.
👉🏾 With the correct skincare routine and the right products, plenty people fit control oily skin and reduce pimples.
📚 Reference
For full medical references, see the English version of this article.
⚠️ Disclaimer
This article na for education only. E no replace doctor advice.
If oily skin dey cause severe pimples, scars or other worrying symptoms, abeg see healthcare professional.
🔗 Related Health Topics
• Acne
• Acne Scars
• Rosacea
• Keratosis Pilaris
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
👉🏾 If you still get questions or prefer full medical detail, read the English version.