Ailment: Rosacea
Remedy: Tea tree oil
Tea tree oil, melaleuca alternifolia essential oil, properties, traditional healing uses, recipes, warnings.
Remedy (new) posted by David of Perth, WA, Australia on 8 May 2010 at 13:30 165
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Daily application of a tea tree oil cream. Add TTO to shampoo (and conditioner if you use one). The treatment lasts a minimum of 6 weeks, and may take 8 weeks or longer. You have to go through several cycles of eggs hatching to get rid of them all. Wash your face every night before bed. Use a mild soap, and make sure to include your nose, eyebrows and eyelashes. Gently wash and scrub your eyelash roots. Daily or every second day, wash your hair with a tea tree oil shampoo. After washing and drying, apply a mild oil (1 part TTO, 4 parts macadamia, olive or coconut oil) to all affected areas, including eyelashes. Once per week, use a strong oil with a blend of 1 part TTO and 1 part another oil. Use a cotton bud to apply the oil around the eyelashes.
I made up a skin oil using TTO, castor oil and coconut oil to use on the eyelashes and the edge of the eyelids before bed every night. I put some on the rest of my face too. Noticeable improvement after a week. However, TTO is harsh and burns if it gets into the eyes. You have to be careful to use very little, and just apply it to the lashes and edge of the lids.
NOTE:
Tea tree oil is very effective at killing skin mites. Mites usually die in the skin as part of their natural cycle, but after using TTO they die in great numbers. Blepharitis, Rosacea etc break out and seem worse during this initial stage. Continue the treatment without a break for six weeks to kill the mites, and to allow their eggs to hatch and kill those mites too.