Here is a quick guide to which essential oils to select when dealing with skin problems. Combine or use alone depending on your conditions and symptoms and dilute to the recommended 2% with carrier oil.
Please note this is a quick reference guide.
ACNE
Red face - Chamomile
Pustules - Tea tree
Scarring - Frankincense, Lavender
BOILS
Chamomile
BURNS
Lavender
DERMATITIS
Chamomile
Geranium
Lavender
ECZEMA
Skin cracked and weeping - Lavender, Frankincense
Sensitive to touch - Geranium, Lavender
Itching, burning or hot - Chamomile
Weeping - Lavender
Dry - Geranium with Sandalwood
ITCHY
Peppermint & Lavender in a bath
NETTLE RASH
Chamomile
PSORIASIS
Bergamot
Geranium
Lavender
SKIN
Blotches - Geranium
Broken veins - Neroli
Chapped - Sandalwood, Benzoin
Cracked - Patchouli, Frankincense
Inflamed - Chamomile
Mature - Juniper, rose
Normal - Geranium
Oily - Cedarwood
Sensitive - Chamomile, rose
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