sebum
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- noun
- /ˈsiːbəm/
- Specialized
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sebo
- Dandruff is not caused by dryness but rather by too much oil (sebum).
- excess sebum
- produce sebum
- sebum helps
Octopus bubble Mud pack effectively cleanses away sebum from pores.
- Octopus bubble Mud pack effectively cleanses away sebum from pores.
- They're, you know, older patients don't need to cleanse their skin at all every day because they don't produce as much sebum or oil as younger patients.
- However, by the one month point I hit the wall, the waxy sebum wasn't shifting at all and it definitely looked like I wasn't washing my hair.
- We all know about sebum and odour.
- It's like the press version of the Ennis free no sebum powder.
- I mean, wow, he really hung Bannon out to dry, which isn't easy because Bannon discretes a thick layer of sebum.
Examples
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Sebum, produced by the sebaceous glands, contains both cholesterol and squalene.
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They're, you know, older patients don't need to cleanse their skin at all every day because they don't produce as much sebum or oil as younger patients.
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As we age, our body produces less sebum.
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When sebum mixes with dirt and eventually forms a crust, the condition is called seborrhea.
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Aloe Vera's pH balancing property can limit excessive sebum production.
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Stress, fatigue, and hormonal changes can also trigger the glands to produce excessive sebum.
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The patients' skin surface lipids were analyzed after tape stripping collection, with the results suggesting a change in fatty acid composition of sebum.
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Malicezia are fond of these hideouts because they contain glands that secrete an oil called sebum that's thought to lubricate and strengthen our hair.
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The blackheads and other unsightly issues are actually your pores' way of trying to protect your skin from environmental assaults (like conventional skincare) by creating hard sebum plugs.
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The tiny glands in our skin produce sebum, which helps keep our skin moisturized.
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Etymology
Sebum comes from the Latin sebum, which meant 'fat' or 'grease'. So sebum is the skin's natural oily substance that helps keep skin and hair soft and protected.