Tea Tree Oil Benefits

Tea tree oil can help heal and prevent acne. There are a few things that can cause acne such as a poor diet, hormonal imbalances, overactive glands and blocked pores are the most common but certainly not the only causes of acne.

Acne is caused when the normal skin bacteria are affected by one or more of the above listed causes. Everyone has bacteria in their skin, even people who follow a very healthy diet and scrub their faces clean twice a day can get acne.

Types of Acne

There are several types of acne, from the mildest form, a blackhead which is simply a blockage in the pore, to more severe types of acne such as whiteheads which trap the oil in the skin and appear to have white pus in it (which is exactly what it is.) Pustules or pimples are caused from a blockage of oil, dirt, or bacteria that is trapped on the skin itself.  This type of acne starts out as a red bump and turns white after a few days and the white pus becomes noticeable. This type of acne can cause scarring and infection. The most severe form of acne is known as cysts; these are large, deep, infected areas of the skin.

Tea Tree Oil and Acne

Tea tree oil is very beneficial for preventing, resolving and fighting acne. Tea tree oil has the three main medicinal properties in it, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-viral; these three elements make up most of the common causes of all infections.

Seeing that acne can be caused by one or all three of those properties, it’s necessary to use a product that can fight all three, which tea tree oil can do.

The secret to getting the most out of your tea tree oil is to make sure you buy tea trea oil that is of the highest grade.  There are a lot of pretenders out there, so don’t get duped.  The company that I buy my tea tree oil products from has been creating high quality, high grade products, made from Australian tea tree oil, for over 20 years.

Give me a call if you have any questions.  You absolutely have to get those chemicals out of your home!