Lavendar oil?

Question

Is it true that you should never apply lavendar oil directly to the skin?

Answer 1

You should never apply any of those oils to your skin, you usually need to dilute them. Make sure that the oil you are using is for apply to skin as the aromatherapy ones tend to cause irritations.

Answer 2

Lavender Oil like any other essential oil is very strong. If you have an allergy to mint (lavender is inthe mint family) or have sensitive skin u might have to dilute it first with some other oil or use it in a bath where the amount of oil combined with the water will be more acceptable to your skin. Lavender oil had been used for thousands of years and was popular in the Roman baths. To use it today in a bath its recommended to use 5 drops of oil to a full bath of water. Its always recommended when using any essential oil or herb to discuss this first with your doctor. You might want to try just one drop in a bath tub at first with your warm bath water and then work up just to see if your skin is sensitive to the oil. Lavendar oil is a very good way to promote relaxation and even soothe headaches.. so if u use it enjoy !! :)

Answer 3

yes. do not apply any undiluted essential oil to the skin.

also, be careful with the essential oils. i didn't realize how strong the lavender oil was. i took a huge sniff and that was it. i can't smell lavender now without getting a migraine. weird, i know. just be careful!

Answer 4

Dilute it with water if u want to use it on ur skin incase u have a reaction to it.

Answer 5

Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender. Two forms are distinguished, Lavender Flower Oil, a colorless oil, insoluble in water, having a density of 0.885 (g/mL), and Lavender Spike Oil, a distillate from the herb Lavandula latifolia, having density 0.905. Lavender Flower Oil is a designation of the National Formulary and the British Pharmacopoeia. It is not a pure compound; it is a complex mixture of natural products.

Many advocates of alternative medicine claim that lavender oil can be used to treat a huge variety of ailments and is an essential component of any household first aid box.

Cream Add a few drops of oil to chamomile cream for eczema.
Lotion Add a few drops of oil to a little water for sunburn or scalds.
Chest Rub Add 1 ml oil and 5 drops chamomile oil to 10 ml carrier oil for asthmatic and bronchitic spasm as well as larger breasts.
Hair Rinse Dilute 5-10 drops of oil in water for lice, or use a few drops of neat oil on a fine comb for nits.
Massage Oil Dilute 1 ml 'lavender oil' in 25 ml carrier oil, and massage into painful muscles. Dilute 10 drops in 25 ml carrier oil and massage into the temples and nape of the neck for tension headaches or at the first hint of a migraine.
Oil Apply undiluted to insect bites and stings. Dilute 10 drops oil in 25 ml carrier oil for sunstroke or to help prevent sunburn. (Note: this is not an effective sunblock.)
Alternative medicine advocates claim that lavender oil is a brilliant first-aid item, and can be applied undiluted to burns, cuts and bruises. It can help reduce scarring, as well as reducing inflammation.

Lavender oil has recently been implicated in abnormal development of breasts (gynecomastia) in young boys. A July 1, 2006 article in Science News, cites the detective work of Denver endrocrinologist Clifford Bloch after several boys presented with enlarged breasts. Subsequently, Derek Henley and Kenneth Korach of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, N.C., identified hormonally active compounds in lavender and tea tree oils–compounds which both mimic female hormones and counter male hormones. Boys and girls are particularly sensitive to estrogenic and androgenic compounds because their sex hormone levels are normally low prior to puberty. Discovery of the gynecomastia link in boys has led some researchers to suspect lavender and tea tree oils also may be contributing to the increased incidence of early breast development in girls. Lavender and tea tree oils are present in various bodycare products including shampoo and skin care oils. "Rapid reversal of gynecomastia" followed discontinued use of these products by Bloch's young patients.
Its modern use is generally for aromatherapy. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) found lavender oil may have played a role in the reduction of advanced mammory tumors in lab rats. Research is on-going for potential breast, ovarian, pancreatic, liver, and prostate cancer treatments.

Answer 6

i don't know..
but ladendar oil makes me sleepy--the smell of it...