Tea Tree Oil

I had moderate acne for years and none of the prescriptions my dermatologist gave me worked, so I did some research and decided to try tea tree oil. Now my skin is completely clear but dry so I have to moisturize often. Also, it took several months of applying tea tree oil on my face before I saw any difference. The only bad thing about it is it dries out my skin and makes it red so I use a tinted moisturizer everyday. Still, by far the most effective acne treatment for me and I'm so glad I found it.

100% tea tree oil is absolutely the best spot treatment I have ever come across. I dab a little on any pimples that form and they flatten days faster than they would ordinarily. However - only use as a spot treatment (at least in its undiluted form) and only use until the pimple flattens! It leaves healthy skin red and irritated, and if you continue to use it on flattened pimples, they remain very red and take longer to heal.

I have sensitive/oily/acne prone skin. And i mean really oilyyyy skin. Im Asian so my pores are aren't big.... Just your average skin. So i don't know why my skin produces so much oil. But nway... I've tried everything from clinique ..chanel ...drugstore... But nothing worked any magic until i found this baby! I would put it all over my skin the night and next day... I would get my baby skin!! I love this product! Everyone should try this... What would hurt? And proactive is a joke.... That's the main product that destroyed my face!!

I think I'm allergic to this stuff, and it doesnt help with my pimples at all but makes my face covered in new ones. I used tea tree oil a month ago and it did alright but it didnt help my acne, but a week of using it made my face dry and I had huge orange dry patches on my face. It was horrible and after not using it for awhile, I thought I'd give it a go again thinking that I had just used too much. But the next day my face was itchy and covered with small red bumps. My face looks horrible now, and I will not be using it again.

I am reviewing the tea tree oil sold by the Body Shop which is 15% TTO. it doesn't sting (unless you have an open pimple), and when used in conjunction with the Body Shop's TTO toner ($11.00) it has cleared up my acne better and faster in two weeks than benzoyl peroxide had in...well...years! for the record, i am also on othro tri cycln low--but was still having pretty bad breakouts around my mouth. that *knock on wood* seems to be in the past.

I used to use BP on my face, it had good results, but bleached my clothes out and sheets in bed. I quit using BP and always had a few pimples because I wasnt using anything to killthe bacteria. TTO is the perfect substitute, its all natural, and it WONT bleach your clothes. I can literally see current pimples I had before I bought the TTO oil going away. I mixed 1/4 cup of wiitch hazel with 10 drops of TTO, best toner ever, not to strong all natural and keeps skinn lookign good and the TTO is the part of my regimen that is specifically there to get rid of and prevent pimples. Everything I use is easy on my skin, so I needed something in it to stop acne. I have oily skin, and the TTO is the answer for me. Give it a try, I dont know about using full strength on your face like some mebers said, but mixing it with Witch Hazel for me, is perfect!!! Oh and I know its not just the witch hazel helpng it. I have been on my exact saem regimen for 2 months, and just added the TTO.

I have mild acne and large pores from coconut oil. I was on acne.org's regimen but I didn't like the BP and I did my research and leaned it was horrible for your skin in the long run. So I bumped into TTO. I mixed it with witchhazel and applied on my face as a toner. For some reason, I ditched the witch hazel and added tea tree oil in she butter as a moitsturizer. Then I stopped that and then started adding TTO on my skin by itself before apply AHA. OMG my skin is soooooooo dry now. I have oil/combination skin but I now my forehead (where most of the acne is) is so dry!! But my pores are smaller though, I noticed that. How do I get rid of this dryness plz help!

I bought a bottle of tea tree oil last summer to rub into my hair, but then read about the positive effects it can have on your skin. So, every night I would dab some onto a cotton ball and put it on my face. The smell isn't for everyone (my niece always complained about the smell), but it doesn't bother me, and you definitely don't need a lot. I only used it every other day, not usually every night. The clearest my skin has ever been was when I was using tea tree oil, and I have severely bad acne. I haven't bought anymore since I ran out, but I'm considering doing it again, just because it's so cheap. Give it a try!

Wish I had discovered this method sooner because I did the impossible: I SHRUNK A CYSTIC PIMPLE IN LITERALLY LIKE TWO DAYS 1) soak a cotton pad with warm water, apply a few drops of tea tree oil onto the cotton pad and ring out the remaining liquid into the sink. Rub the cotton pad over the affected area, it will likely tingle or sting a bit. 2) put some glycolic acid over affected area (my glycolic acid treatment is called Marine Gel and it has lactic acid, glycolic acid and aloe vera... all very good things to help prevent and get rid of acne) 3) LAST BUT NOT LEAST: dab some Clean & Clear Persa-Gel 5 (benzol peroxide medication) spot treatment over the pimple. 4) wait a few days, I kid you not, you will see results FAST!!! I'm so happy I discovered this, I've never been able to stop a cystic pimple from growing. But I did. WOOO! (in addition to all of this, you can also try a warm compress, by putting 1/3 cup of rice into a clean sock and heating it in the microwave an holding it on your pimple on and off throughout the night as much as you can... I also did this and it helped a lot, but you have to rememeber everyone's skin reacts differently to cold/warm compresses, my skin just happened to like it) WOO go get clear skin now :)

I first used it by itself and it made my acne worse. Found a review on here, tea tree oil AND hydrogen peroxide, worked really well, then stopped working after a week or two Switched to ONLY Hydrogen peroxide and my skins been clear for a month :) check out HP on this website