A cross-sectional study on herbal products containing tea tree oil versus synthetic drugs in the treatment of acne vulgaris

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Srividya Ramreddy., Madhuri Pendyala., Swetha kumari Parthnoor and Balusu Haarika

Background: The main objective of the study is that Tea tree oil is a herbal oil that is extracted from leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia by steam distillation, and its super captious fluid extraction has built a broad range of antimicrobial activities like antibacterial, antifungal, anti-viral properties due to the presence of terpinene-4-ol as the principal constituent.
Method: This study additionally focused on packing of cosmetic products plays a role or not within the mind of the purchaser while making the cosmetic purchase decision. This study will try and apprehend how the male client of the cosmetics get influenced, and for that, what cosmetics firms and retailers do focus on the male clients for their cosmetics.
Result: The survey is regulated by creating a questionnaire in google forms by taking 110 subjects prone to use herbal products. Tea Tree oil scored 77 percent, and synthetic drugs scored 23 percent. Tea Tree oil was the most popular oil compared to other oils or synthetic drugs, or products.
Conclusion: A survey through questionnaire is done in which the herbal oil tops the popularity rank. People mostly use herbal oils to prevent side effects; people switch to others only in non-availability.

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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2021.25388.5069
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