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[Jofo]

Cedarwood oil is claimed to reduce oily skin and help with acne. While this seems to be a generally accepted fact, I can find almost no studies or firsthand experiences of people actually using cedarwood oil for oily skin, or even acne for that matter. This is all I've been able to find:

1. Johnson and Johnson conducted a study on cedarwood oil and two other topicals to test their effects on oily skin. "A comparison between the treatments indicated that at 3 weeks the average percentage reduction in sebumeter readings on forehead and cheek was best with cedarwood." (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1172087.html)

2. A member of hairlosstalk.com conducted his own test by applying cedarwood oil to the left side of his chin, and he said that side of his chin became dryer after a couple of weeks.

3. Acne.org member Yeti said cedarwood oil cleared his bacne: http://www.acne.org/messageboard/Cedar-Oil...cne-t44572.html

It sounds like a promising remedy, so I'm curious, has anyone here tried it? I'm probably going to buy it and test it out myself pretty soon.

Edited by Jofo, 18 July 2011 - 08:00 PM.

[iAcne]

Nice find and thanks for sharing, tell us if it goes well.