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Does tea tree oil help acne,dark spots and ingrown hair?

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  • Alonso
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Wont help with scars. These pads will. One simple step that works to keep acne and acne scars away.

    Niacinamide (aka Niapads ®) face pads help keep acne away by scrubbing open clogged pores, oily residues and exfoliation. Feel a pimple coming? Just wet a pad, place it on the pimple and remove it when dry. Sit back and watch pimple disappear. Works on body acne too.

    These pads also help reduce skin hyperpigmentation (acne scars). Give it a try.

    Try it and see the difference.

  • 4 years ago

    Here's my experience -

    I have acne. I made a toner out of witch hazel, apple cider vinegar, and a little bit of tea tree oil. It did help my acne, but having tea tree oil on my entire face made my face a bit too oily. Tea tree oil does work great as a spot treatment though. I would suggest using a q-tip, dipping it in the tea tree oil, and just dabbing it lightly on the problem spot. Be forewarned, it does smell pretty strongly at first. I generally use it at night or when I'm not going out anywhere important.

    I can't say for certain whether it helps ingrown hairs. And I personally didn't see a difference with dark spots. Everyone is different though, and different things work for different people.

    Good luck!

  • 4 years ago

    It helps skin regenerate. I doubt it helps hair follicles.

    Dark spots are pigment issues, you need a skin lightener for those. They come in creams. However exposure to sunlight will make the spots come right back. It took me 2 months of twice a day application of the cream to fade out the spots on my one hand, and come April when I was outside a lot the sun just brought them all back, I was back to square one. I should have used sunblock.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    I know the desperate feeling you are going through. I hated going to school and have everyone stare at me. Get an otc lotion called bevoline. I had cystic acne (the worse type) and acne scarring along my chin. The lotion doesn't clear you up from one day to the next but if you are patient, you will see significant improvements every time you use it. By a week I was only getting a pimple here and there. By two months my acne scarring was completely gone. It's cheaper on Amazon if you have prime. I hope my answer helps:)

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