to apply tea tree oil neat onto skin (mossie bites)

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Hi

I've suffered with skeeter syndrome for 20 years. Any mossie bite ends up with an itchy burning swelling the size of a tea plate and a big ugly yellow blister (the family call them my fried eggs). I know... it's not a pretty sight. Anyway I've been doing yet more research after coming back with 30 bites from our Spanish holiday and a website recommends tea tree oil applied neat to the bite. Does anyone have any experience as to whether this works, and is it OK to apply an essential oil without diluting it first?

Thanks

There are only two eo's that you can use undiluted - tea tree and lavender.

Some will recommend against it, but I use tea tree fairly regularly neat on skin, and have had no problems.

Some people will react it to it neat but be fine with it diluted.

It's very good for vaginal infections unless you use too much. Then it's rawther painful for rawther a long time.

Thank you. Ebay here I come! I just hope it does what it's supposed to and relieves the burning pain!

Thank goodness a mossie has never bitten me there then! Ouch.

I used this every morning neat on my face to try and treat acne. I have pretty 'hardy' skin so found it absolutely fine and would have no problems recommending. However am not an expert - maybe do a test patch somewhere and see how you react to it first. It may sting a little.

I use diluted - SuperDrug do some decent own brand. Good for bites, spots, coldsores... Not burns though.

I apply it neat to all sorts of things, and I add it to moisturiser too, why don't you try it on one as a tester and if no reaction put it straight onto the others too?

Have you seen this ?
skeetersyndrome.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/treatments.html

Thanks oscarwilde. That's where I got the info about the tea tree from. It's a very good site. Poor little chap. I'm relieved that so far my ds hasn't shown any sign of the syndrome. As an adult I can weigh up the pros of being in Spain against the cons of the bites but I think if he suffered, we wouldn't go away!

I have quite sensitive skin but use neat tee tree on spots and bites and I'm fine. If it does irritate then you can always dilute it down.

I use it all the time. If you get it on the bite as quickly as possible it sometimes stops it itching at all. For some people it repels insects too. I put it on the children's scalp when they have headlice (that's not the only thing I do to treat it!) I apply it to spots as well, it dries them up without infection.

The best thing I have found for insect bites is a spray called Stingose. It comes in a gel too.I am in Aystralia, where the mozzies are often horrific,it is available in the UK though.

Australia

Thanks Gullygirl I'll look it up. Does anyone know if those suction pump things work?

Neals Yard do a good citronella spray. Seems to work quite well and is obv Deet free so handy for warm nights in the UK when you hear one of the little sods whine past your ear or you are pregnant and can't use the strong stuff.