Tea Tree Oil Benefits For Facial Hair

Do you wish to know if tea tree oil is good for your beard and if it can make your beard grow thicker and faster?

If yes, you are in the right place!

The tea tree oil is considered to boost beard growth and has recently become very popular. Tea tree oil is very beneficial for facial hair by working well as a moisturizer, as a natural weapon against acne, makes your beard softer, etc however its ability to make your beard thicker is at best debatable.

You’re probably also searching for answers about the best oils regarding beard growth in general. There are many options that could help you but is tea tree oil actually the best one?

In this article, we’ll go over everything you need to know about tea tree oil for beards including scientific evidence and in what cases it might be good or bad for you.

Without further ado, let’s get started.

What Is Tea Tree Oil?

Well, before anything else you should first know what is actually a tea tree.

A tea tree is a small tree native to some of the warmer Australian areas. Most of the Tea Trees are located along the Northeast Australian coast. However, don’t confuse the Tea Tree with “Tea Plant” as it is a plant that most of us know for giving us black tea. 

The Tea Tree is also known as Melaleuca Alternifolia in Latin, and the oil is obtained from its leaves. You will find out that Tea Tree Oil is one of the most popular oils regarding beard.

The oil itself has loads of antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties, meaning that its traditional use was as herbal medicine.

Benefits Of Tea Tree Oil For Beards

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There are lots of benefits that Tea Tree Oil can bring to you for your facial hair. Of course, you will need to apply the oil in recommended amounts if you want to experience the benefits and not the side effects.

So, which are those benefits?

  • As mentioned above, the oil does have anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and antibacterial properties which are amazing for the skin. It can help boost your skin healing mechanism as well as prevent bacterial and fungal infections.
  • Tea Tree Oil can make your beard softer by clearing it from pollution. It does a fantastic job of making your beard look silkier. There was also a scientific study that the oil is great at battling against ‘beardruff’ (beard dandruff).
  • Tea Tree Oil also serves as a skin moisturizer. Its properties will prevent dry-peeling skin under your beard, while also moisturizing the facial hair itself.
  • It can make your acne problems go away. Tea Tree Oil’s chemical compounds prove to be excellent if you’re battling acne.

Does Tea Tree Oil Actually Work?

So, the main question everybody wants to know is if Tea Tree Oil actually works?

We should first talk about the Androgenic Hormones that are responsible for making men have facial hair in the first place and how Tea Tree Oil affects them. Androgenic Hormones will combine with your natural testosterone, making us have facial hair in various places.

Well, since Tea Tree Oil doesn’t contain any Androgens, how could it make your beard grow quicker?

Tea Tree Oil isn’t directly correlated with beard growth due to the fact that it doesn’t contain or promote any androgenic hormones. However, it is believed that tea tree oil promotes blood flow to the face skin.

So, if for some reason you have a reduced blood flow towards your face skin, Tea Tree Oil can help you grow your beard quicker, otherwise, it will have no effects.

Also, the oil properties will help get rid of the infections that prevent regular beard growth. Which will help your facial hair grow quicker if you have those kinds of problems.

Read Also: Aloe Vera For Beards

Most products that promote beard growth such as shampoos, oils, conditioners, balms, and more will have a small amount of Tea Tree Oil in their list of ingredients along with some of the other essential oils.

But, there is actually no scientific evidence that the oil itself promotes beard growth. 

Is Tea Tree Oil Safe For Facial Hair?

Tea Tree Oil Safe

Tea Tree Oil doesn’t have to be safe for your facial hair if you’re not careful enough. The oil is safe in most circumstances. However, there are some things that you need to be aware of before using it.

  • There was a study by Henley about using Tea Tree and Lavender Oil at the same time. There were quite a few cases of Prepubertal Gynecomastia (breast enlargement condition that happens to men or boys) after using these two products together.

It is a fact that most cases of Male Prepubertal Gynecomastia are idiopathic. However, the study was done on three boys that were quite healthy apart from the breast enlargement condition.

The Gynecomastia was directly related to the use of Tea Tree and Lavender Oil at the same time. After the use of these products was stopped, gynecomastia started to diminish in each patient.

The study also showed that the correlated use of both oils would downregulate the Androgenic Hormones, making your beard stop growing.

Obviously, one study of 3 boys does not prove anything but this is all we have at the moment. There are not many studies about this plant and how it affects testosterone and beard growth.

Essential Oil Side Effects

Since Tea Tree Oil is an essential oil, we should probably talk about the side effects it may cause. We’ve already mentioned that Tea Tree Oil is mostly safe, although we need to be careful in a few ways.

Also, some people believe that Tea Tree Oil can’t be harmful at all since it’s all-natural. But, there will always be side effects that we need to be aware of.

Toxicity

Toxicity is one of the biggest side effects of essential oils. Studies don’t recommend using essential oils near your mouth. Even if it’s Tea Tree Oil that can have benefits for your beard, you need to be very careful while applying it.

Most essential oils may prove to be lethal if swallowed. Just a few milliliters ending up in your mouth can become a trip to the hospital. Also, the oils are very deadly to animals as well. Always keep them out of reach.

Also, if they end up in your eyes they can cause burning, so if they end up in your contact lenses, be sure to rinse them completely.

Burning And Irritation

You should always dilute your Tea Tree Oil with Carrier Oil. If you don’t do this, it will cause burning and irritation to your skin. 

Problems For People With Asthma

In general, essential oils are very safe for inhalation but could prove quite dangerous for people with Asthma.

Tea Tree Oil Alternatives for Hair Growth

Well, since we’ve already mentioned that Tea Tree Oil can be good for helping your beard keep growing, but also have no effects in some cases, do we have any alternatives for it?

In fact, there are some alternatives that we’ll talk about down below.

Jojoba Oil

We can get Jojoba Oil by heating the seeds from the Jojoba Plant (Simmondsia Chinensis, Latin) that originates from the Southwestern regions of the US and Mexico. The Jojoba plant is also cultivated in other regions throughout the world, including China and India.

Just like Tea Tree Oil, Jojoba Oil also has anti-inflammatory properties that are great for calming down inflamed skin. This oil can both strengthen your beard growth and diminish its grease.

Peppermint Oil

Peppermint Oil is another great way to make your beard grow faster. The oil does a great job at promoting blood flow to the beard scalp. The increase of blood circulation will make more nutrients reach the facial hair follicles, helping the beard grow quicker and thicker.

While Peppermint Oil is excellent at making your beard grow quicker, it also has a beautiful and refreshing smell.

Sunflower Oil

For many generations, Sunflower Oil has been excellent regarding cooking and frying. But that’s not its only use. The oil can also make your beard grow faster and fuller. Just like sunflower seeds, the oil from the flower holds many advantages for us.

Sunflower Oil is filled with various vitamins that are very healthy. It holds Vitamins A, C, D & E, while also providing a good amount of carotenoids and lecithin. The Carotene it has proved to be excellent protection from harmful UV rays.

Castor Oil

Castor Oil is gathered by the pressing of Castor beans. It is most commonly used by women to make their hair and eyebrows look thicker. If you want to have a thicker, longer, and softer beard, applying Castor Oil regularly can make your dreams come true.

There are a few types of Castor Oils that you can choose from. Regular Castor Oil, Black Castor Oil, and Jamaican Castor Oil are all of your choices. We have a full article about it on our website, and you can check out which type of Castor Oil could be the best for you here.

Best Ways To Grow A Thicker Beard

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Since you’re already here wanting to find out if you can make your beard thicker with tea tree oil, your overall problem still remains. How to grow a thicker beard?

Let’s find out!

Two key factors decide your facial hair thickness – Fiber Diameter and Hair Follicle Size.

Both of these are determined by your genetics in the first place, but what can we do about them?

The best way to control Fiber Diameter and Hair Follicle Size is by increasing the blood flow to your beard scalp and testosterone levels.

This is the general principle you should keep in mind.

All of these things try to affect those 2 things except for beard transplants and beard fillers.

  • Take Care Of Your Skin
  • Exercise
  • Reduce Stress
  • Improve Diet
  • Drink More Water
  • Use Beard Oil
  • Use Minoxidil
  • Take Vitamin Supplements
  • Beard Implants
  • Micro-Needling
  • Beard Fillers
  • Hormone Therapy

Don’t forget to read our complete article about Growing Thicker Beard.

You guessed it the best one and the one that has the better chances to work is the beard transplant. Everything else works up to a certain extent and has many drawbacks.

Beard fillers also do work if you have a scraggly beard with small patches. When you dye certain areas of your facial hair darker you create the illusion of a thicker beard.

Minoxidil is also decent and can work.

Read Also: Minoxidil On Facial Hair, Results, What Happens When You Stop Using It

Conclusion

Tea tree oil does not affect beard growth as of now. It does help your overall facial hair health in various ways but you won’t suddenly grow a thick lumberjack beard if you start using it.

Some people claim that tea tree oil is very bad or very good. If you want my opinion the truth is somewhere in between.

Tea tree oil does not promote beard growth but it is also not that dangerous for your beard. You won’t lose your facial hair if you use it. But you won’t also grow new hair because of it.

This is according to our personal experience and the studies we have read. If a new study proves something different we will immediately change our opinions on the subject.

And… that’s it for today’s article! I really hope you found it useful and interesting.

If you have any questions feel free to write them in the comment section below and we will be more than happy to reply!

Until next time,

Stay safe,

Tasos

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