posted 1 year ago
I had recurrent impetigo several years ago and I treated it with a few drops of geranium oil mixed into coconut oil before bed every night. Finally quashed it. The fucidin ointment stopped working, antibiotics did nothing to keep it from coming back. It was brutal.
My skin wasn't deeply broken though, this was purely topical, although it was on my face between my nose and mouth so a very sensitive area. I can't recommend the geranium/coconut oil inside deep wounds but topically, it works amazing. I also recommend not using multiple things simultaneously as you don't know how they will interact and affect the skin barrier's capacity to heal. I made my impetigo worse using too many things at once and irritating the skin. Choose one topical thing and one internal thing and stick to that. I messed my face up so badly using tea tree and lavender and all these random things people suggested and it only healed once I stuck to the geranium and coconut oil.