Best Essential Oils for Acne - Marissa Schillinger

First off I will introduce myself! I’m Marissa Schillinger and I help women with acne get clear, glowing skin naturally by taking a personalized, holistic approach! I struggled with pretty severe cystic acne in my past and am currently in the process of healing my pitted acne scarring. You can find all sorts of acne tips and information within my blog!

Now let’s get into this post!!!

Essential oils can be helpful to treat acne by being applied both topically and being diffused, but for different reasons. Essential oils can also be super helpful in clearing acne by replacing your typical perfume/body spray that can be loaded with lots of endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

To start, let’s talk about the topical application of essential oils, and the best ones for it.

Applying essential oils can be really helpful to clear acne because of their antibacterial and anti inflammatory properties. Here is a list of some of the most effective essential oils when it comes to acne:

-Lemongrass oil (the best)

-Clove oil

-Citronella oil

-Michelia oil

-Lavender oil

-Tea tree oil (surprisingly can be the least effective of these 4)

However, depending on the person, the best ones may differ. The key would be to find the one that works best for you personally!

Also, essential oils should be diluted a bit by using a carrier oil when being applied topically. Carrier oils include almond oil, jojoba oil, argan oil, and fractionated coconut oil (it is liquid rather than solid at room temp).

See also:

3 Steps to Clear Your Acne and Acne Scars Naturally

Now let’s talk about the diffusion of essential oils and their role in helping clear acne.

By diffusing essential oils that have a relaxing, stress-reducing effect, we can help relieve our stress to help prevent breakouts, as stress is a pretty significant contributor to acne! The best essential oils for stress-reduction include:

-Lavender oil

-Patchouli oil

-Tangerine oil

-Ylang Ylang oil

Now, we will get to talking about using essential oils as an alternative to endocrine disrupting perfumes and body sprays!

During most of my acne journey with severe cystic acne, I wore body spray anytime I left the house. It wasn’t until I learned about how bad some of the many chemicals in body spray can be, and stopped wearing body spray, that I saw a HUGE improvement in my acne after a few weeks.

If we are continually ADDING to our everyday exposure to toxins (a lot of which we can’t control) by wearing/using tons of products that contain endocrine disrupters (which we can control), then it makes it really hard for our bodies to detoxify from all of them which is when diseases and conditions, including acne, can begin.

I personally LOVE using a mixture of clove oil and cinnamon oil as perfume right now! However, in the late spring and summer I think I’ll definitely want to change up what essential oils I use to more summer-y scents!

Some possible scents you could use alone or in a mixture include:

-Rose

-Jasmine

-Lavender

-Ylang Ylang

-Lemon

-Orange

-Clove

-Bergamot

-Lime

-Cinnamon

-Vanilla

And there you have it! A guide to using essential oils to help you clear your acne! I really hope this was helpful! If you have any questions, leave them in a comment below!