I didn't know it until I started looking for information on Paul Mitchell's tea tree products that there is a whole line of them, including soap. I've only tried the shampoo and conditioner but I'll be trying the other items in the line to see if they work as well.
There’s some documentation on the Web that cites the benefits of tea tree oil; others find no relief. It’s like anything used for psoriasis – it doesn’t work for everyone.
Paul Mitchell’s Tea Tree Special Shampoo was touted in a recent National Psoriasis Foundation newsletter in the “It Works For Me” section. The person using it had achieved a total clearing of scalp lesions for about a year.
It hasn’t worked quite that well for me! To be fair, I haven’t used it regularly. I’ve been using it on and off for two years when I’m not using coal tar shampoo. (Salicylic acid makes me itch worse than psoriasis ever did.)
What I like about Tea Tree Special Shampoo is that it’s very soothing to an irritated scalp. Both the shampoo and conditioner have a tingling effect that penetrates into the skin. The conditioner does a good job of keeping the hair soft and smooth – that’s saying something, because I have coarse shoulder-length hair that has a mind of its own.
These products do have one drawback – the size of the container. It’s expensive compared to your average regular shampoo, about $10 for an 8 oz. bottle at most salons. That’s still cheaper per ounce than some of the maximum-strength coal tar shampoos. Sometimes you can find salon-size bottles in drug stores for about $30. This is a good deal if you use it a lot, or if there’s more than one person using it.
Reluctant to buy unless you know it works? See if your hairstylist will shampoo you with Tea Tree Special Shampoo when you get your hair cut. While out of state on vacation this week, a hairstylist who had never cut my hair before took one look at my scalp and used it without me having to ask. Turns out her mother and her boyfriend both have psoriasis. God puts you where you need to be!
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