Tea Tree Therapeutic Essential Oil

Dilute 5 ml of Tea Tree Therapeutic Essential Oil in 100 ml of carrier oil of your choice for using on your skin.

Acne. For treating acne, 5% tea tree oil gel seems to be just as effective as 5% benzoyl peroxide gel. Although Tea Tree Therapeutic Essential Oil  appears to be less irritating to the face, it may act more slowly than benzoyl peroxide. Applying tea tree oil twice day for 45 days can lessen the severity of acne.

Fungal toenails (onychomycosis). In 1 out of 5 people who try it, applying 100% tea tree oil solution to the skin twice daily for six months will cure fungal toenail infections. After 3-6 months, it can also improve symptoms and the look of the nails in 2 out of 3 persons. It appears to function similarly to clotrimazole 1% solution taken twice daily. However, lesser levels of tea tree oil do not appear to Athlete’s foot (Tinea pedis). 

Applying a tea tree oil 10% cream works about as well as tolnaftate 1% cream for improving symptoms of athlete’s foot. But the tea tree oil cream doesn’t seem to cure the infection. Applying a stronger tea tree Aroma  oil solution (25% or 50%) can help to clear up the infection in about half of people who try it for 4 weeks. But this higher concentration doesn’t work as well as standard treatments, such as clotrimazole or terbinafine.
There is interest in using tea tree oil for a number of other purposes, but there isn’t enough reliable information to say whether it might be helpful.