User Reviews for tea tree oil

fantastic - the smell is the only problem

My daughter had warts horribly on her feet and toes. We spent hundreds of dollars on different treatments at the doctor. Which all failed and caused terrible pain! We used tea tree oil with silver shield on her warts, and within Weeks they were just about gone completely. I put tea tree and silver shield in gauze and wrapped with medical tape overnight. This stuff really seems to work. Well worth the $8.00!

Just started today bc my wife got it for me. I am treating a toenail fungus and athlete'so foot. Let's hope it works!!

I used 100% tea tree oil, the local drug store ordered for me, to apply with Q-tips for my herpes type 2. The minute two spots popped up I started putting the oil on and they went away in 3 days instead of 10. It's like it stopped the process of the sores at that time so they didn't get painful, while healing them to go away. Also I applied the oil in all other tingling areas around my anus and vagina, and had absolutely no sores come up. It has worked well for me! I think the bad reviews are from people using diluted tea tree oil, that is mixed in with other ingredients, like IN shampoos or lotions. I would recommend asking the pharmacy to start ordering 100% Austrailian Tea Tree Oil, that's what I did and it cost me about $5 a bottle. I've also used it to resolve my cracked heels, and keep them from returning. Read More Read Less

I think there is a typo in side effects - near bottom it says the it is LIKELY SAFE to take by mouth. I believe it should say UNSAFE

Rosacea, skin and ocular. Saw 3 eye doctors when I developed a red spidery blotch on one of my eyes. Tried all sorts of expensive eye drops and oral meds= no improvement. Finally found some great Australian sites w lots of info on using tto for demodex mites that are found in high numbers on anyone w rosacea. It's been a siege but the tto is a godsend and my ocular rosacea is nearly gone. While researchers haven't agreed on the causes for rosacea, no one disputes the link between demodex and rosacea. So keeping the demodex mites under control is critical to people w rosacea. Thankfully tto is inexpensive: trader Joe's carries pure oil, soap, shampoos, etc all at low prices. The Body Shop sells a WONDERFUL tto facial wash that has helped my skin to look better than it has in maybe 15 years. Surprising positive side effect is that my eyebrows and lashes are growing and my hair isn't falling out the way it was...since the mites live in the hair follicles and the tto kills the mites, I guess this allows the follicles to grow new hair. If you google hair loss and tto, you'll find a lot of info. WARNING: tto is very toxic to pets so never touch them with it on your hands. They do make shampoos w tto for dogs but the tto is less than 1%. Read More Read Less

using straight tea-tree oil directly on the sores on my face has helped the swelling and reduced the redness, it stings but the pain from the tea tree oil is easier to deal with than the pain from the swelling. My face has broken out a lot this summer so I'm going to try using the oil as preventative after this heals up, nothing else has reduced the swelling as much as the TTO has, and it feels like it's healing much faster. Using a moist paper towel to soften, clean and cool the sores. TTO has many other uses and I highly recommend trying it out, if you do use it on your animals DO NOT use it in human concentrations, it's toxic to pets (and people) if ingested, and pets lick themselves a lot, so use no greater than a 1% concentration on your pets. Read More Read Less

Toe nail fungus of 3 toenails on one foot. It took almost 1 year, but the tea tree oil along with clipping and cleaning rid of all of it. That to me is a big deal and a big statement to be able to make!

did not kill toe fungus over a period several weeks. had NO effect. made skin on my foot blister severly.

I've been using tea tree oil on my toenail fungus for one month. I apply it everyday at least twice. This week I applied it five times a day and the skin around my nail is enflamed and itching. I'm seeing definite improvement in the nail, so I'm going to continue to apply it twice a day for a few more months. As with most fungus, treatment takes diligence and patience, but tea tree oil is the only remedy that has had any affect on mine!

I used about 40 drops and about one galloon of water. Soaked my feet 30 minutes. Just started and it feels so good. Too soon to see results though. The smell isnt great but my feet feel so great.

Cannot believe this but it seems I am extremely allergic to tea tree oil. Itching like crazy where I applied it on my arm is swelling, redness and itching and keeps spreading. If I scratch and then touch another area that also become like infected too with swelling and sometimes itching like my lips 2x larger moist cause water is coming out of the area just like my arm if I scratch hard water comes out of it and then it covers. I realize every time a press on my lips it feels moist cause I am having same reaction as my arm Nothing seems to work and now I am trying Benadryl pills cause its so bad, please work as I have not slept well and cant afford a doctor right now. OMG, why am I reacting like this???? Read More Read Less

Seems to be working. Easy to apply.

Severe small burns. Topical treatment imediately reduces pain and swelling. Re-apply as often as pain returns which sublimates untils application is by the hour or later. Skin becomes dry and tough and no swelling occurs and healing completes rapid.

Using tea tree oil on my cold sore has sped up the healing process. It has reduced the size and the pain

Applied diluted oil to genital wart as a topical antiseptic. Did not work as well as Lidocaine ointment, but good if licocaine is not available or if you prefer not to take prescription medications.

HSV2: Put a few drops in a tablespoon of melted coconut oil. It doesn't help get rid of it or prevent it, but I do find it helps with the itchiness.

worked instantly for itchy feet and ankles...couldn't tell what was causing the itch but it worked!

After having my second child I developed a severe case of excema (?) on my leg. For years it drove me crazy, itching, flaking, red, oozing. Finally, a friend told me to apply tea tree oil. I used it twice a day at first. Then followed it with once a day. Within 6 weeks my leg was clear and has not bothered me since!!!

Takes time to eliminate the infection, but well worth the effort.