TEA TREE OIL Side Effects & Safety. Tea tree oil is POSSIBLY SAFE for most people when put on the skin, but it can cause skin irritation and swelling. In people with acne, it can sometimes cause skin dryness, itching, stinging, burning, and redness.
Baby acne is a very common skin rash which usually develops in the first few weeks after birth. It is more common in boy babies than girl babies. This rash confuses many parents who assume (and not unreasonably) that acne is something which affects adults, especially teenagers.
Erythema toxicum neonatorum (ETN) is often shortened to erythema toxicum and is also known as baby acne or toxic erythema of the newborn. ETN is a common harmless skin rash that affects healthy newborn babies. Erythema is the medical word for redness. Neonatorum refers to the fact that the rash occurs in the neonatal period.