Rooibos tea controls oily skin?

by Natasha
(Canada)

I have had very oily skin all of my life. It's a blessing in some ways as those little wrinkles don't seem to be there now that I'm at the age of 56 but I still get frustrated by the excessive amount of oil that can leech through my skin causing blemishes, etc.

Over the past few months and for most of my adult life I have taken a plethora of health supplements. Recently though, oh about six months or more ago I noticed my skin was clearing up dramatically and that the constant oil was becoming less and less.

I wanted to know what it is that I am doing differently or taking that is helping to diminish the oil on my face? So...I began experiementing with various supplements, taking them then not taking them to see what was making the difference in my complexion.

I stopped drinking rooibos tea for awhile and slowly the oil on the face began returning until my skin was as oily as always. Then I began experiementing again. Several days ago I began drinking rooibos again, a very strong cup and I have now noticed that my oily skin seems to be clearing again. I wondered this morning if it could be the rooibos tea and so I googled rooibos tea and oily skin and presto I found your site!