Ingredient · INCI listed
Tea Tree
An essential oil with antimicrobial activity that can rival low-dose benzoyl peroxide on mild acne. Effective, but a known sensitizer — concentration and patch-testing matter more here than with most botanicals.
Data summary
Products containing
48
Most common in
14 products
cleansers
Typical pairing
Salicylic Acid (BHA)
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In the catalog
Tea Tree by the numbers.
We've catalogued 64 products that use tea tree, most often in cleansers (18 products) but also across treatments and moisturizers. Formulations carrying it score 72/100 on average (above the catalog norm); the strongest is SKIN1004 Tea-Trica Relief Ampoule at 83/100.
Of those, 9 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Salicylic Acid (29 shared formulas) and Centella Asiatica (25 shared formulas). The median price of a tea tree product here is $20.
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