Tea Tree Essential Oil
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Tea tree oil is an essential oil derived from a plant mainly native to Australia. It's been traditionally used as a medicine.
Key Benefits:
Kills bacteria: Tea tree oil has a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity and kills acne-causing bacteria on the skin. Terpinene-4-ol is the active ingredient in the tea tree oil that destabilizes the cell of the bacteria, essentially killing it.
Anti-inflammatory:
It decreases the inflammatory cascades that stimulate inflammation and redness, a major benefit for acne-plagued skin. It treats a wide range of acne: It works on both comedonal acne (blackheads, whiteheads, smaller blemishes) and inflammatory acne (big, red, angry pimples).
It's Anti-viral and anti-fungal so useful to treat Athlete's Foot (fungal) and cold sores (viral) Tea tree oil is moisturizing, which differentiates it from topical benzoyl peroxide and retinoids, which are usually drying. Patients using the tea tree oil had significantly fewer side effects of dryness and irritation.
Other Skin Benefits:
• Reduces dandruff. Given its anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal potential, it's been suggested for use in dealing with dandruff or seborrheic dermatitis.
• Heals minor cuts and scrapes: According to a 2006 study, tea tree oil helps kill S. aureus, a type of bacteria that can cause infection in open wounds. It also increases white blood cell activity, helping to reduce healing time.
