Safe Skincare for Breastfeeding Moms: Gentle Tea Tree Oil Products for Your Eye Care Routine 😊

As an optometrist, I often receive questions about product safety, especially during breastfeeding. I got asked this today: 

"Is the oil and cleansing foam soap safe for breastfeeding moms?"

Why Choose Our Tea Tree Oil Formulated Products?

Here are our 3 cleansers with tea tree oil (TTO) as the star in the formulation. TTO, is highly effective with keeping the eyelid area clean especially if the eye problem stems from the meibomian oil glands. 

My patients that really needed these cleansers before pregnancy, certainly need them during breastfeeding too when hormones can run a bit out of whack. I've had many patients have continual chalazion and evaporative dry eye flare ups during breastfeeding. You're not imaging it, it's real!

 

The 3 Cleansers in Question

Okay, here are the 3 cleansers. The oil based cleansers provide the heavy lifting with the cleansing and the foaming cleanser is the final wash off. When used as a duo – double cleansing magic happens!  

 

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  Gentle Formula: Our Tea Tree Cleansing Oil is carefully formulated for eye care. Simple, limited and organic ingredients that clean with the power of a diluted tea tree oil concentration. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Effective Makeup Removal: Same as above but the Tea Tree Makeup Remover Oil has a lower concentration of TTO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Best Selling Cleanser: Our Tea Tree Eyelid Foaming Cleanser provides gentle cleansing for the eyelids with the benefits of TTO in a beautiful formula with a vegan, probiotic preservative system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information to Share With Your OBGYN 

• • <1% Concentration: Let your OBGYN know that the TTO concentration for any of the 3 cleansers is less than 1%.
  • All Wash Off: Let your OBGYN know that any of the 3 cleansers are wash off. Leave on TTO products are vastly different than wash off TTO products.
  • Safety Tested: All products have been safety tested for ages 16 and up at our 3rd party, FDA approved safety testing facility. No humans tested are pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of testing. 
  • Trusted by Me: I've had hundreds of pregnant, breastfeeding patients use any combo of my 3 cleaners with TTO. I always get approval from their OBGYN just in case their case could be high risk. 

 

TL;DR

Our tea tree eyelid & eyelash cleansing oil, tea tree eye makeup remover oil, and tea tree eyelid & eyelash foaming cleanser are in general safe for breastfeeding moms. Their gentle, effective, wash off formulas not only provide excellent eye care but also cater to the sensitive needs of new moms.

Always get approval from your OBGYN. I am a super fan of '2 brains are always better than 1.'  Thank you for the question and thank you for trusting We Love Eyes with your eyes.

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About Dr. Tanya Gill, OD:

Dr. Tanya Gill, Founder of We Love Eyes, has dedicated her career to providing expert eye care advice and safe, effective products. With over 20+ years of experience in optometry, she understands the unique needs of every patient—including breastfeeding moms. Visit We Love Eyes to discover an eye care routine tailored to your specific needs.