If you have oily skin, it’s one of the easiest and at the same time one of the hardest skin types to treat for acne. You get clogged pores and so on more often. But at the same point in time, you can use more drying agents, because quite frankly you have the extra oils to spare. But the way to treat your oily skin is not actually to use drying agents or otherwise despite what you may think. The first thing to do is actually to change your diet. Chances are if you have oily skin, you are eating too many bad fats and too few good fats. Bad fats cause more oil production as does a certain deficiency of good fats. Good fats will better regulate oil production, and you could definitely use more fruits and vegetables, that goes without saying. But also, stop touching your face. Of course you have to wash it. But in between, you often have the tendency to squeeze pimples, touch it to see how it works, etc. You are only spreading oil and bacteria. So stop doing that. And finally, start using a light moisturizer. Your skin is overcompensating for a lack of good oils in the skin. So this will help you without clogging pores and while keeping everything in balance. A water based moisturizer is your best choice. All of this will help you with your oily skin while of course using a good treatment based on something non irritating yet effective such as for example tea tree oil. Retinol has also however been known to be more effective on oily skin in some cases.