2006-07-31 20:47:14 · 4 answers · asked by Rick 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
find the peroxide product can sometimes help stop an oncoming spot right in it's tracks. But if it's already developed I think tee tree oil works the best, especially to stop any further infection.
The other advantage is that tee tree oil is completely natural so you have no nasty chemicals on your skin
2006-07-31 20:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by atlantisflicka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tea tree oil's just an antiseptic, It'll kill off bacteria on your skin if used in a high enough concentration but that doesn't mean it will solve spots (since they're more to do with excess oil production and the bacteria beneath your skin than what's on top of it). I'm also dubious about the amount of tea tree oil that's actually in products like tea tree oil moisturisers. Nonetheless It sounds like you've already got a sensible approach, the only thing you can really do about teenage skin is to keep dirt and oil on your skin to a minimum by washing regularly. Diet can also be a factor, eat healthily and your skin will generally reflect it. Other than that I'm afraid it's just a normal teenage thing which everyone suffers from to some degree. (please don't pay too much attention to anyone advocating that you don't moisturise or that you hammer your skin with soap, drying your skin out isn't going to do it any good and frankly anyone who suggests shaving without moisturising has never put a razor near their face)
2016-03-16 10:20:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Tea Tree Oil may even irritate your skin and make the problem worse. Benzoyl Peroxide has been used for decades without any major problems. Eucalyptus has been used for centuries, randomly though, and without regard to science. It just hasn't been researched very much. It irritates my skin.
And to whoever said "it's natural so no nasty chemicals" doesn't know that cocaine is natural, sulphuric acid is natural, lots of things are natural... doesn't mean they are safe. Eucalyptus oil is effective precisely because it contains nasty chemicals. If it didn't, it would be water. Benzoyl Peroxide preparations contain a pure chemical, which has been researched extensively. Eucalyptus contains hundreds of chemicals, most of which we know very little about. "Natural" doesn't mean ***.
2006-07-31 20:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by polly_peptide 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
proactive it worked for melol i would say peroxide would be better
2006-07-31 20:50:50 · answer #4 · answered by cumminsman1994 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this article has some great remedies for acne
2006-07-31 21:23:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋