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experience with tea tree oil for breakouts
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Posted by mary_Rockland Ottawa, Can, Zo (My Page) on Wed, Jan 28, 04 at 13:25
| Has anyone had experience using tea tree oil for acne or rosacea breakouts? My dermatologist mean well, but their prescriptions don't get the red out. |
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RE: experience with tea tree oil for breakouts
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| My kids and I have had great success w/ tea tree oil. From what I have read, you must make sure it is 100% Australian, believe it or not I found a cheaper brand at Walmart the other day. Only 8.99 for a bottle. For my daughter she sometimes mixes it with a little moisturizing oil if she feels like she needs it. I just dab it on w/ a little cotton swab or ball. Takes care of it almost w/ in 24-48 hours! |
RE: experience with tea tree oil for breakouts
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| Thenks curlymom. So you mean the pimples go away that quickly with tea tree oil? I'm a bit confused why your daughter mixes it with moisturizer? Is she using it for something other than pimples or acne? Anyone have experience with tea tree who has rosacea? Gee, these advertisers on the right sure do their homework about where to advertise? |
RE: experience with tea tree oil for breakouts
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| Hello Mary. I have used tea tree oil for several years, and, yes, in my experience it can work REALLY fast (from a few minutes to overnight for me). Especially if I catch the pimple early, it usually goes right down w/no trace at all. I use it on trouble spots (one drop straight from the bottle), not all over my face. I like mixing it with lavender essential oil which masks the herbal smell & also speeds healing of the skin. I suspect curlymom's daughter mixes it with moisturizer because it's a convenient way to get a small preventative dose each time you moisturize your face - which is good if you are having chronic breakouts (or know you've been hitting the chocolate or chips a little too much: usually the source of my outbreaks ;-P). Three to ten drops to each ounce of moisturizer is plenty. Theoretically, too much can be irritating. Also remember that lavender & tea tree are the only essential oils recommended for use "neat" (i.e., undiluted on the skin). Straight tea tree oil is powerful enough to stop cold sores dead in their tracks too (esp. good mixed w/lavender oil) if caught early. Keep it away from the tender eye area. The only thing that I've found that works nearly as well (or sometimes better) is propolis tincture from my local beekeeper. Green blessings,
~bushpoet |
RE: experience with tea tree oil for breakouts
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| A minor warning: I used it on one of the dogs and he went very woozy directly after. I washed it off with soap and water and he perked up again. It may pay to do a patch test before splashing out. It was 100% Melaleuca from 'Thursday Plantation' - not Leucospermum. I haven't tried that at all. |
RE: experience with tea tree oil for breakouts
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| Warning about any concentrated oil. You are supposed to use only drops at a time dissolved in other oils. Never use an aromatherapy oil straight from the bottle. Get a book about it or ask for the advice of a trained person. |
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