Skin care advice

It might sound weird, but it's totally true: even if you have super oily skin, you should still use moisturizer.

I wish I had known this as a teenager. I, of course, had super-oily, acne prone skin and I never touched moisturizer because I was sure it would break me out more. Instead I just applied every acne product I could find and tried to dry my skin out as much as possible. Sound familiar?

The reason this doesn't work is that your skin needs some moisture and if it gets too dry, it will produce more oil to make up for it. So by drying out your skin and not adding moisture, you're actually making it oilier! (As if the world wasn't cruel enough already.)

Now, the trick is to find the right moisturizer for your oily or acne-prone skin. TotalBeauty.com readers have a few suggestions:

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We get plenty of beauty questions at TotalBeauty.com (and if you have one, post it here), but when we saw this one -- from a woman in the Army -- we just had to share:

Hi Ladies, I am a soldier in the Army and I just got overseas about a week ago. The heat here is a lot more brutal than I'd imagined ... Could someone please recommend to me the best products as far as sunblock, cleansers and toners? It actually goes up to 140 degrees here, I want to make sure to take care of my skin the best way I can … Please help, I just don't want to come home next year looking like an alligator. Thanks! -- msbrown822, TotalBeauty.com reader

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