Why is my skin rough and dry?

[Anonymous]

I typically have very oily and acne prone skin now it's seems as though my skin has turned into dry skin type overnight. It's been like this for about 3 days and I don't know what's going on.

My skin feels very rough almost sand papery and kinda flaky/peely. It's most dry in the middle of my face. Like around my nose and even around my eyes and eyebrows closest to my nose.

The only thing I've done differently to my skin was use pore strips, olive oil (I heard olive oil gets rid of acne scars), and Maybelle fit powder.

I have tan skin and in the dry areas it looks kind of white like ashy looking. It's also a bit painful in those areas as well. Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with my skin and what I can do to get it to go back to how it used to be?

Now that I have this problem I wish I had my oily/acne prone skin back :(

[Anonymous]

Olive oil is good for your skin,but it clogs your pores.If it's winter time where you live,then it can be the weather.If any of the usual products you use,have alcohol in them or sodium laurel sulfate,it can be very drying to your skin.I recommend using an organic moisturizer, that doesn't have harsh chemicals in it.Any natural products that have no alcohol in them and are democratically tested,would be good to use.Qv,dermeze,Hamilton are good for dermatitis related skin,so something like that may help if your skin is eczema related.Natralia Naturals is also really good too.You need to exfoliate gently at least once a week too,otherwise your skin can build up with dryness and it will make it harder for the moisture to absorb.

[Opinion Owner]

Also Rose Hip Oil,is really good,its organic and balances your skin tone,gets rid of redness and hydrates your skin,it's good to use every day,and then moisturize after it has absorbed.

[rachiee]

Its the weather, more than likely. My skin does the same thing and is currently doing it unfortunately. Did you just start using these products? You may be having an allergic reaction to them but its hard to tell for sure. The best thing to do is to use a facial moisturizer and apply it to your face regularly. Facial moisturizer is light and will allow it to breathe while helping the dry spots clear up.Try to not use makeup/other products that may irritate it even more or block your pores.

[Asker]

Yes I just started using them not too long before I developed this problem. I doubt it being the weather because my skin has never done this before. It's always been oily (but smooth and soft with the exception of acne) even in winter.

[rachiee]

I don't know much about that products but the pore strips may have dried out your skin. But I would assume the foundation didn't help either. Powder foundation tends to soak up oils on your skin... leaving it dry.

[Asker]

Okay so I'll stop using them. I was using a different powder before and that one didn't make my skin dry. I can't think of which product is causing the problem because I started using all of them recently. I have used pore strips before like a year ago and I don't remember them making my skin like this.

[rachiee]

It might not be the pore strips then, or its just the brand if its different. I've found that a lot of drugstore foundations, especially powdered ones, tend to do more harm to your skin especially if there's already issues. I'm sure not all of them do this, but I think a lot of them do.

[HidingMyHeart]

The best thing you can do it use moisturizer. It not only with help out your skin in the case of dryness, but even when it's oily. It's because your skin lacks the moisture and ends up either becoming really dry or over producing its own oils. Also make sure you drink lots of water.

If you want to get rid of the dry flakes then exfoliate once a week

[emily23x0x]

it's because of the winter time.

just try using a good lotion on your face. I reccommend Aveeno Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer it works really good. if that doesn't work, stop using the pore strips because that could be causing your face to be drier.