How to use tea tree oil:

How to use tea tree oil: 

Methods: 

• Tea tree oil works slowly, but is less harsh than other options. Twice a day after washing your face with lukewarm water, dip a cotton ball in a 5% tea tree oil gel (or a homemade carrier oil mix).Dab this over your acne. It might take a couple months to notice a big improvement. This is less likely to irritate your skin than the stuff you'd typically find at a drug store (like benzoyl peroxide).(And those drugs aren't much faster anyway.)Using a stronger mix is a gamble—it might work faster, but you might also become allergic and have to stop using the oil.

• Use the oil on the skin twice a day. Treat each area with a fresh cotton bud or wipe dipped in a 5% tea tree oil mix. This isn't a cure-all, but there's a good chance it will help keep symptoms down. Besides fighting bacteria, fungus, and viruses directly, tea tree oil can also help with pain and inflammation. It might even help with warts.Talk to a doctor first before treating deep cuts or puncture wounds that got infected. Never use tea tree oil to treat burns, whether or not they're infected.

Tea tree oil isn't great for most rashes, but you can use it on rashes caused by an allergy to nickel.

• Use a strong tea tree oil mix on athlete's foot twice a day. Wash your feet with soap and water, dry between the toes, then wipe a tea tree oil mix onto your skin wherever you see the fungus. Doing this twice a day for at least a few weeks can help clear up symptoms—or even cure the athlete's foot, if you're lucky.You'll have better chances if you go strong, between 25% and 50% tea tree oil and the rest carrier oil. However, that does mean you're at a higher risk of becoming allergic, which is a pity if you like using tea tree oil for other things.If you don't want to risk that, try an athlete's foot treatment from the pharmacy instead.