thebibliosphere:

rowantheexplorer:

thebibliosphere:

arrowsbane:

Hey Tumblr mom, I know your asks are closed but this popped up on my Facebook feed and I’m worried. Is this safe?? @thebibliosphere

Tea tree is a good treatment for lice, provided it’s diluted properly (shampoo counts) but the spray bottle is making me uncomfortable. It’s not something I’d like to get near eyes, and not everyone reacts well to it respiratory wise, especially not little ones or pets.

As an aside, a more effective method of using tea tree oil to treat head lice is to make a solution of olive oil (One cup olive oil to 5-10 drops of tea tree) and comb it through the hair, leaving it on for several hours (usually over night) and then washing it out and going through your hair with a lice comb, sometimes known as a “bone comb”.

The reason this works is because the olive oil smothers the adult lice, and the tea tree oil sort of napalms the heck out of the eggs, making them easier to comb out with a lice comb, thus shortening their life span and reducing treatment time.

Also, if you’re using it as a spray to keep away mosquitoes, spray your clothes, not your skin.

Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe you’ve also said in other essential oil posts that while tea tree oil solutions will also do the same to fleas and flea eggs, it will make your animals quite sick. Something for those interested in parasite control to keep in mind.

Oh shit yea, should have said. Don’t use it on your pets or anything your pets use. Tea tree oil is toxic to cats and dogs and can induce painful burns, seizures and death.