Coco-not?
For some people, coconut oil is the beauty fluid of the gods.
Coconut oil is usually used as part of the oil cleansing method — or the practice of applying nutrient-rich oils to dissolve the sometimes pore-clogging oil produced by your face — or as an overall moisturizer. And people SWEAR by it.
Alison Caporimo
There are even people with oily skin who swear by using coconut oil on their faces.
"People with oily or acne-prone skin tend to dry out their skin with aggressive cleansers, which can cause the skin to overcompensate by producing more oil," dermatologist Dr. David E. Bank, director of The Center for Dermatology, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery, tells BuzzFeed Life. "A coconut oil might do a better job of sealing and protecting the skin, but it varies from person to person."
And coconut oil also has a lot of other skin-loving properties...
"Coconut oil contains skin soothers like vitamin E, omega-3 fatty acids, and lauric acid, which is a fatty acid that has been shown in a study to have anti-microbial, anti-fungal, and anti-inflammatory properties," dermatologist Dr. Sejal Shah of Smarter Skin Dermatology tells BuzzFeed Life. For ultimate absorption, massage it between between yours hands to take it from a harder form to a liquid consistency.
But it can be pore-blocking.
"Coconut oil is considered a 4 on the 0–5 comedogenicity scale, which is a list of pore-blocking ingredients with 0 being non-pore-blocking and 5 being incredibly pore-blocking," says Shah. In short: You could definitely break out from it.
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