How to Use sebaceous in a Sentence

sebaceous

adjective
  • That's the work of sebaceous glands, also known as oil glands.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023
  • And, just like the skin on your face, your scalp is home to lots of oil-producing sebaceous glands.
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Breakouts happen when your sebaceous glands become clogged with oil and dead skin cells.
    — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Just like the skin on your face, your scalp contains sebaceous glands that produce oil (sebum).
    — Emily Rekstis, SELF, 10 July 2020
  • That overabundance of oil in all the wrong places is created by the sebaceous glands in your skin.
    — Stephanie Saltzman, Allure, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Men also produce more oil in their sebaceous glands, and the skin may need extra help with oil control.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • Some of these genes cause variations in the structure of a person's sebaceous glands.
    — Angela Palmer, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2024
  • It’s composed of sebum, the natural oil produced by skin’s sebaceous glands, and sweat.
    — April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Also known as cerumen, earwax is made from ceruminous glands that secrete wax and sebaceous glands that pump out oil.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Jan. 2019
  • Skin's acid mantle composed of sebum, which is the natural oil produced by the sebaceous glands in skin and our body’s sweat.
    — Danusia Wnek, Good Housekeeping, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The process is regulated by a protein called Gata6⁺ made by sebaceous duct cells.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 May 2017
  • Just like the skin on your face, the sebaceous glands on your scalp produces oil as a protective barrier, and to keep the skin from drying out.
    — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Your hair naturally creates oil, otherwise known as sebum, which comes from sebaceous glands in the skin of your scalp.
    — Sha Ravine Spencer, Health.com, 5 July 2021
  • Sebum is produced by the sebaceous glands, which naturally cover our bodies from tip to toe.
    — Rebecca Dancer, Allure, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Vernix is a sebaceous layer of cells that almost appear as a creamy white substance that covers a baby as it is delivered.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 29 Oct. 2018
  • An excessively greasy scalp implies over-reactive sebaceous glands on the scalp.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Lanolin is a substance that is secreted by the sebaceous glands of sheep and other wool-bearing animals.
    — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Squalane is a natural substance that your skin’s sebaceous glands produce to improve oil production.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • Its composition can vary across skin’s surface, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles.
    — Deanna Pai, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The sebaceous glands are responsible for producing skin oils.
    — Alex Vance, Parents, 5 Aug. 2024
  • What’s more, the dryness triggers your sebaceous glands to overproduce oil, which may prompt a vicious cycle of washing your hair more to get rid of the greasiness.
    — Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
  • In addition, lips lack other skin features, such as hair follicles, sweat glands and sebaceous glands that provide extra moisture or oils.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Also, a man’s sebaceous glands create 50 percent more oil than a woman’s, putting men at greater risk of developing oily scalp and hair.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Our jawline creates the perfect borderline between the sebaceous glands.
    — Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Turns out, your ears (and the area behind and around them) actually contain oil glands, which produce sebum — the oily stuff that causes clogged pores and sebaceous cysts.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 19 Sep. 2018
  • These may activate sebum production, which can be a problem for a skin type that already has larger oil-producing sebaceous glands.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Cedarwood bark oil helps balance the activity of the skin’s sebaceous glands and contributes to this shampoo’s natural earthy scent.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 May 2022
  • When your body and mind experience stress, levels of the hormone cortisol increase, which stimulates the skin’s sebaceous glands to produce more oil.
    — Stacey Colino, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
  • Deeper peels penetrate the dermis, a deeper layer of the skin which contains sweat glands, nerve endings, hair follicles, sebaceous glands and blood vessels.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • Washing in hard water is also an issue; extra minerals in tap H2O can leave a substance on the skin that blocks sebaceous glands.
    — Amy Capetta, Woman's Day, 12 June 2017

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