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Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by toomanybeersies on Sunday March 18, 2018 @07:38PM (#16615186)
I thought it was well known that tea tree oil is toxic.

I've been using it for a while do deodorise my shoes. It seems to be effective at killing whatever makes them smell. Anecdotally it also works for killing fungal infections of the feet too, although I've switched to using iodine, which is actually proven to be effective and tends to clear fungal infections within a couple of days.

Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by zappo2938 on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:50PM (#16615921)
Tea tree oil kills MRSA on the skin. All the low dose natural products are causing the bacteria to become resistant. Otherwise, for fungal infections soaking feet in vinegar once a day for a week should work just fine. Smells a little.
Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by toomanybeersies on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:56PM (#16615949)
I wasn't using low dose natural products on my feet.

I had a spray can of 100% tea tree oil that I would spray on my feet. It would sting like hell anywhere I had broken skin but it was effective.

Iodine is much more pleasant to use and doesn't smell so bad, it's cheaper too.

Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by jcims on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:55AM (#16616729)
Doesn’t it stain?
Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by reitanqild on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:05AM (#16617751)
Temporarily, it then sublimes directly into gas form without passing through a liquid phase. (Verify before you use it everywhere, but this is what I would expect with the mixes I've used. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine)
Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by mythrwy on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:22PM (#16615798)
The best thing I've found for fungal infections on feet (more effective and faster acting than commercial products) is simple vinegar and garlic. Crush up a few cloves, (maybe microwave in small amount of water for a few seconds), pour a cup or three of vinegar in a container with maybe 3-4 times that amount of water, put the crushed cloves in, let it seep for a bit and soak feet for awhile.

I'm sure there is a more exact specification, but it all seems to work. Problem gone in a day or so.

Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by com2kid on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:27PM (#16615819)
I can beat that.

Get some bleach, mix in a basin with some water. No good exact amounts, it should smell bleachy and be diluted a fair bit past the point of burning.

Do this, then a couple days later, do it again. Whatever has taken residence on your feet will have moved out.

Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by jiggunjer on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:29PM (#16615824)
In China it isn't uncommon for newborn babies to be bathed with tea tree oil (and other plant/herb products) for the first few weeks. I'm not sure what the strength is though.
Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by stefkors on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:20AM (#16616818)
Could you elaborate on the iodine?
Re:More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' by toomanybeersies on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:19AM (#16627009)
I use povidone-iodine, the common brand name for it is Betadine. It either comes in a small dropper bottle, or as ointment.

You just apply it topically and it will kill any fungal infection within a couple of days.