Excessive Sebum Production (Oily Hair, Oily Skin)

Your skin shines. Your hair becomes greasy faster than you can wash it. The sebum forms as though your body wants to place a layer between you and the world — a layer you did not order, but that is obviously needed. Medically speaking, the sebaceous glands are producing more sebum than necessary. Hormones, genetics, diet — there are enough explanations on the physical level.

But there is also a question that is rarely asked: What is someone protecting themselves from when their body permanently replenishes a protective layer? What is so threatening about unguarded contact with life that the skin feels it needs a suit of armour made of fat?

Excessive sebum production is not a cosmetic nuisance — it is an armoring, made visible on the surface of the body.