Tea Tree Oil

I use the whole Tea Tree line from the Body Shop, and it's worked wonders for me. But I'm going to say this above all else: Unless you have very oily skin, DON'T USE IT. Drier skin seems to be more sensitive to TTO than, say, my own. (As proven by my friend who decided to use it when she had a bad breakout...) Otherwise, if you have oily, very acne-prone skin, it's wonderful. Just don't expect a "miracle overnight" result. It won't happen.

i use a eucalyptus and tea tree oil bar soap to wash my face, which works extremely well for me, however i still had a few pimples i wanted to get rid of, and some scarring i wanted to lighten. i saw the rave reviews on here, and needing a spot treatment, i decided to give it a shot. i didn't think it would be a problem, considering it's already in my facewash that i love, so i put it on as a spot treatment one night. the next morning my scars already looked lightened and my zits had seemed to go down. so i decided to use it during the day too, again as a spot treatment, under lotion and makeup. i dont know if that's what did it, but after only a few days of this, i woke up one morning and i had like 5 cysts on one cheek, big, nasty red ones. my skin had been soooo close to being clear, with mainly scarring to be dealt with, and then BOOM, breakout over night. that NEVER happens to me. the places i broke out were the LAST places i EVER tend to break out. before buying, i had read some reviews of this happening to people, but thought it wouldn't happen to me because tea tree oil is already in my face wash, and seems to work great! but apparently putting undiluted tea tree oil even only on spots somehow causes more pimples. maybe it's purging or something, i dunno. but since i stopped using it as a spot treatment, my bumps are already on their way to being gone. maybe tea tree oil is only good as ONE of the ingredients in something. NOT as the sole ingredient. i mean, the bottle even says: Do NOT use full strength on face. But stupid me did it anyways. funny thing is, it never burned or itched or anything crazy. just caused huge red bumps that covered my left cheek! ugh. it sucks cause i was soo close to being completely clear. once again, my overzealousness got the best of me. i'm learning that sometimes it's better to settle for a few zits than take a chance and jeopardize your whole face.

I picked up some tea tree oil at a local organic grocery store about a week ago because I heard about the healing power it had on the face. I'm completely satisfied, as it works wonders for my skin. I usually have extremely dry skin (I was a former proactive user, and that made it worse). With tea tree oil, my skin doesen't dry out (as long as I put a moisturizer on aferwards, and even sometimes, i'll ad a few drops of tea tree oil to my moisturizer just to give it an extra boost. Don't waste your money on proactive, or other "miracle" acne products. This is the real deal, and will clear your skin!

I mix lots of this with Spectro's moisturizer for blemish prone skin (great moisturizer which contains salicylic acid) and it works for me just as well, if not better than BP. Benzyl peroxide can be very damaging to skin long term. It produces radicals which, much like harmful sun rays, can cause premature aging. Check out my review on Spectro's cleanser as that also contributes to my clear skin.

It does stop the pimple from getting any bigger but it took 2 days for me to see a small difference in the colour, not in size. I would not look to this product if you want a pimple going fast but I would use it as a starting product to stop the formation.

I mixed a few drops with a dime sized portion of Ponds moisturizing cream. I left it on for an hour while i did some homework at night. But i felt like it might be too much for my skin and i didn't want to sleep all oily, so i washed it off. The next morning, my pimples were under control. My skin tone looked more even. The thing i liked the most was that my old acne scars had considerably faded. I think if i used this consistantly it would have worked. But its too messy and oily for my likes.

The best I have found is at Wmart for $8 and is Pharmaceutical grade. I use a clean eyedropper and apply straight from the bottle with my hand at night after showering about every other night. Another great use is to dilute about 2 droppers full into a small spray bottle with about 8oz of water. Shake and spray onto scalp after shampooing. It unclogs the hair follicles. I have thick fine hair and it gives it lots of body and keeps it from becoming oily.

I find it works best if diluted with aloe vera gel

Been using this product for well over 3 months now and by itself i would say it was as successful as id hope, before this i used BP which sadly stopped working for me causing a massive break out :/. Although its common to use one or the other i would recommon using both, applying the tea tree and while still moist apply the BP on top of this. And it worked! HOWEVER!! My acne has not gone completly and doing this really really dries the skin causing it to feel extremly tight AND in the long run causing lines! :O So what you have got to consider is it worth it in the long run. With all the products i've used im sure they havnt done any favours for my skin :/ and im only 18!

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.