sebum
sebum
Definition
se·bum (sē′bəm)
sebum
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- secrete: What is the name for the glands that secrete sebum onto hair?
- produce: Producing more sebum is NOT due to eating fatty foods.
- call: This is due to the over production of an oily substance called sebum in the lower levels of the skin.
- regulate: The formula contains Vitamin PP and a starch derivative that absorbs and regulates excess sebum as well as aromatic plants that purify the skin.
- eliminate: The gentle cleanser Enriched with a soapwort extract, this cleansing cream-gel cleanses the skin in depth and eliminates excess sebum.
- reduce: Washing disturbs the normal acid condition of the skin, and reduces the sebum ( or oil ) level.
Adjective modifier
- excess: However, when the glands produce excess sebum, the follicles become blocked.
- more: Producing more sebum is NOT due to eating fatty foods.
- much: Too much sebum makes your skin oily and causes spots.
- human: Its structure is very close to human sebum so it is easily absorbed.
- excessive: Seborrhoeic blepharitis is also a disease of the anterior eyelid margin and is caused by excessive sebum.
- natural: The cream brings the benefits of vitamin A and jojoba oil, which is the closest oil to our own natural sebum.
Modifies a noun
- secretion: These are: - A rise in sebum secretion from the sebaceous glands in response to the production of sex hormones in adolescence.
- production: Sweat and sebum production brings moisture onto the skin's surface and as such favors bacterial growth.
- excretion: The main reason why acne appears in adolescence seems to be changes in hormonal status which drive sebum excretion.
- rate: People with bad acne on average have higher sebum rates.
- level: Their skin is a lot drier and oilier due to higher sebum levels and high moisture evaporation rates.
Noun used with modifier
- balance: It helps balance sebum production and smoothes out the texture of the skin, leaving it soft and comfortable.
