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Anyone else dealing with Demodex Mites? What helps?
Skin Health | Last Active: Sep 17 9:54pm | Replies (181)Comment receiving replies
Are the new eye drops more effective to kill the mites than focusing on treating the eyelids? Over time the price will hopefully reduce. Is the Paul Mitchell tea tree oil you use on eyelids totally tea tree oil or a lid wash that contains TTO? I was debating last night whether or to use the straight TTO on my eye lids. I made the mistake of diluting 100% TTO with water but discovered that doesn't work. Diluting it with oil sounds a bit counter productive since the mites are attracted by oil.
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Re the PaulMitchell… it is the shampoo that I was my hair and face with. Then I put the body/hair (leave in conditioner) on my hair but all over my face and I scrub my lids and eyebrows with it. Of course the problem is that it contains tea tree oil, ( also lavender and mint) but it doesn’t indicate per cent age. It is about the third ingredient in the list of ingredients. Last week I decided to increase the TTO in each bottle and added 1 mil of 100% TYO to an 8 oz bottle. I think that has helped even more, though it now smells like terpentine ( my husband me has assured me that he can’t smell it!). So, that is all I am currently doing. I am going to buy the eyelid brush that Nancyjg has recommended. I tend to have very sensitive skin, so I have been careful w TTO, but so far so good.
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If you use 100% TTO, you may want to put it on a Q-tip so you can control it.