Tea tree oil uses are several and acne is only one way to use this oil. Tea oil has a few other health benefits we will cover in this article briefly. This oil is quite safe for topical use, it’s nonirritating and nontoxic and has PH balance of almost neutral, the oil is not caustic. In this article you will discover how this oil is used to treat acne and other health problems.

I’ll get straight to the point tea tree oil uses range from clearing up bad breath and treating a toothache, to clearing up a bad case of acne. That is a pretty big claim but tree oil really is one of the better natural home treatments for acne’s pimples and blemishes.

Tea oil has becomes popular as a treatment for acne. Five percent of this oil gel extract is comparable to benzoyl peroxide which is a commercial product used for mild to moderate acne.

Make sure you dilute tea oil at 5 parts oil to 95 part water. You can also use grape seed oil to dilute the tea oil. If you use this oil full strength on the skin it may caused blisters and irritations of the skin.

There are three ways to use Tea Tree oil.

You can use the oil, after diluting it, by rubbing it into your affected skin with your fingertips in working it into the pimples and blemishes in a a circular motion allowing it to penetrate down into the pores and hair follicles. You can applicationly tea tree oil before going to bed and rinse it of in the morning.

You can use a cream or gel that has Tea Tree oil as an ingredient in it or you can drop a few drops of the oil into your creams or lotion if they do not have tea tree oil as an ingredient already.

You can put a few drops of oil in your bath water. Be careful not to get the oil in your eyes.

Do not use Tea Tree oil on babies or use it close to the eyes.

Continue reading for a couple more ways to use Tea Tree oil.

Put a few drops of oil in water and gargle with it and spit it out. It is good treatment for gingivitis, tooth ache or tooth infection. It is good treatment for clearing up a sore throat.

It is good treatment for clearing up bad breath.

Clear up congestion by putting a few drops of oil in a mister or a steamer it will do wonder for clearing up congestion.

The tea tree oil users experience fewer side effects than the people using the commercial products available for acne. If one does experience side effects from using tree oil the side effects will be mild. Side effects include skin, redness and itching. If your skin becomes irritated, dry, or red stop using this product.

Okay you can clear up your acne symptoms, stop a toothache even take care of congestion in the lungs with tea tree oil. But what you need to ask is does the oil treat the causes of acne, treating the symptoms of acne is not the same as curing the cause of your acne. The facts are if you want to be rid of your acne you need to treat the whole complete body, so what do you do….