Tea Tree Oil

I believe I have combination skin, so this item has worked in a weird way for me. I'm using it a lot on my eyebrows (for some reason I keep getting spots there lately) and near my forehead and sides of my head, where my hair begins to grow. At these areas, this product has worked wonders! It really calms down my acne. I have tried to use it on my cheeks though and it's doing nothing :/ Then again, my acne on my cheeks is different from what I get near my hair. So just test it and see how it works guys! Definitely recommend it though, it WORKS!

USE THIS! So worth it. So I've had moderately severe acne for many years and I'm 19 now. Over the years I've watched as my friends acne has faded naturally while mine has remained through countless oral and topical antibiotics and 3 courses of accutane. I started using tea tree oil a couple weeks ago and there are noticeable differences. My skin is not longer a blotchy reddish-purple color and the giant pimples have seemed to disappear. This is not an overnight cure but I recommend it immensely.

For those who have bad experiences, you have to dilute it with water. I rinse my face using cetaphil face wash, preferably with cold water, then after it dries, I stick the very tip of a cotton swab into the tea tree oil bottle and stir it in a cup with tiny amounts of water. Then I use cotton balls, dip it in the cup, and pat it over my face. After it dries, I apply cetaphil lotion. Then that's it! My face is more "stable" and it looks great! I definitely see faster improvement than using BP. Okay, I've been on Dan's regimen for 5 years, it was working well but I've been experiencing bad side effects such as redness and burning, and oddly re-occurring acne. I finally threw all of my acne.org products away because I discovered it was causing me problems: jojoba clogged pores, AHA damaged/burned my skin, BP caused irritation/dryness/redness, etc. So I had to find an alternative and this was the closest and best I could find. I use the Spring Valley brand I found at Wal-Mart

i don't dilute the stuff at all. just put a little on a cotton ball and apply to my face.within a few days i notice a difference, and i know it's killing bacteria. i use this along with clinique acne solutions and the occasional clay mask. this stuff is a great way to supplement your regimen.

I absolutely LOVE tea tree oil! You can use it in just about everything, not just skin oriented. I first purchased it to make a brush cleanser (6 parts witch hazel, 1 part tea tree oil). The tea tree oil cleanses the brushes as well as conditions it. When using this cleanser recipe it also helps the skin when you're putting on makeup... So knowing tea tree could be used in the face I would spot treat pimples with it. At first the scent was way to strong for me, but I have gotten used to it. I was looking for a cleanser that would clean my pores better but I was having a very difficult time finding one, so I began to add tea tree oil to my purpose cleanser. I use two pumps of cleanser, and with an eye dropper, 3 drops of tea tree oil. This stuff can be extremely harsh on skin if used in 100% form on delicate skin, so it is highly advised by many websites to dilute it. Some say for oily/normal skin use water and for sensitive skin use aloe vera (which also has great skin benefits) Aubrey Organics has the purest gel I could find, besides turning to the type you would drink. Overall, tea tree oil is an amazing product; especially for people who want to go to the all natural route. However, this probably should not be the only thing you use for acne. Exfoliation must occur, so if you want to go all natural google some natural ways to exfoliate the skin to get rid of the sticky, dead skin cells clogging your pores. This is great stuff! *The cost I inputed is for a large bottle of 100% australian tea tree oil from vitaminshoppe

I used it for about 3 weeks, and within the first week it made my skin feel alright and actually soft, and made the pimple less noticeable but never go away. As time progressed the same pimple would come back worst than before, more red and blotchy. Its possible I had a reaction to the Tea Tree Oil or something else, but sadly it didn't do the trick for me. It's different for everyone I guess.

I have been surfing this site for over four years now, and this is the first review I have ever written. I don't trust other reviews because it seems that people are just praying for treatments to work, so they'll write anything on here (even if the product is really ineffective). However, I must say that I am so thrilled with tea tree oil that I felt compelled to write a review. I have a caramel complexion and I get nasty purple marks and bright red marks (it looks weird on someone with skin like mine) after every little pimple. However, with tea tree oil the marks after a pimple are GREATLY reduced if not there at all. This stuff is amazing. If I would've used this instead of BP/SA over the years then I would probably have very few purple/red marks. Anyway, I use this stuff against all the directions I've seen--that is, I apply it UNDILUTED directly from the bottle without mixing it with water. I can't say enough good things about tea tree oil. Seriously, it's amazing.

I use this (5-6 drops) diluted with witch hazel twice a day as a toner/treatment. As a spot treatment I drip 1-2 drops right on the spot. It works GREAT. I've been battling with acne ever since puberty and I've tried most of the popular name brands ones, and found that my skin reacted horribly in the long-run to Benzyol Peroxide and other harsh chemicals found in expensive name brands. So I did a bunch of research and came up with a natural alternative to treating my acne, and this tea tree oil is high on the list. In a study, it was actually reported to have the same effect as 5% BP without all the nasty side effects. So bottom line is try it, because it's all natural and potent. But remember to dilute it with witch hazel or other carrier oils (bergamot, lavender, eucalyptus, etc) other wise it will be too harsh. And most importantly, don't forget to follow through with a good moisturizer, even if you have oily skin (for drier skin, I highly recommend 100% Shea Butter)

small drop in Acne.org cleanser. skin tone more even. seems to be preventing breakouts.

Growing up I've always had pretty good skin, only ever had the occasional pimple that lasted 2-5 days every few weeks, sometimes months if I was lucky. But in the last 6 months my skin has broken out and nothing has seemed to work. A lot of it is cystic acne that lingers before it gets worse, and repeats the process every few weeks; so basically, the pimples I have are constant. I tried face cleansers, such as Sukin, Clearasil, Neutrogena, and St.Ives. None of it did a thing, in fact they just brought on more pimples. I tried acne spot treatments, using the same brands, and also Benzac, and then anti-biotic creams. No change. So I decide to try more natural products; fresh aloe vera gel (which made one of my cystic pimples infected), honey, and salt water. No positive changes again. I then tried just washing my face with warm water, switched it to cold water later on, and neither had an affect. This is when I finally decided to buy Tea Tree Oil. I read positive reviews, a lot mentioning that it's practically a miracle worker. And indeed it was...for a short while. This one cystic pimple I've had for 3 months straight finally decided to decrease in size, the inflammation was fading, and I finally thought I'd found a cure. But then a few days later I started to notice that I was breaking out around this cystic pimple; almost as if it was curing one, but bringing on a dozen more. I continued to use it however. The pimples started to fade and my confidence built back up again. Until two weeks later when I woke up to this cystic pimple staring back at me in the mirror again; it was huge, it was red, and it was painful. I continued to use Tea Tree Oil. But, it's now been almost two months since using this product, and none of the original pimples have gone, and in fact I have more than I started with. I've always diluted the Tea Tree Oil, as it was far too strong for my sensitive skin, and the smell was awful. I first started by putting it on twice a day, and when my pimples were at their worst I used it up to six times a day. It made no difference how much and how often I used it. I'm thinking this product is just not suitable for me, as it has been for so many other people. So in saying that, I would recommend at least trying this product as a spot treatment, as you never know which way it'll go; it could either be the miracle cure you've been waiting for, it could be the worst decision for your skin, or it could just simply not have an affect at all.