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Do Essential Oils Grow Hair



Do essential oils grow hair ?

The answer would be yes! Many of essential oils have a very good effect on hair growth. They stimulate the hair follicles to grow faster.

What makes hair is slowing or falling out ?

It may be caused by stress, medications, hormonal changes, Alopecia, or other undiagnosed medical conditions. Your hair is like a health barometer and can be affected by diet, illness, medication and environmental factors.

Aromatherapy has been used successfully by some people to treat thinning hair and bald patches. Some essential oils can also stimulate the hair follicles and help promote healthy hair growth.

You can make an aromatherapy infusion that you apply directly to your hair, or create a hair and scalp massage oil. An additional hair treatment is made by adding herbal essential oil to your shampoo or conditioner. This is a very simple way to create a wonderful product that works wonders on your hair.

What do essential oils that can help grow hair?

Basil

is a beneficial herb that stimulates and promotes hair growth. One can easily make Basil hair oil to massage into the scalp. This massage promotes healing, health, and improves scalp circulation which, in turn, promotes hair growth. Basil is good when used together with fenugreek and ivy burdock herbs.

Rosemary

has effect in stimulating the hair-bulbs to renewed activity and preventing premature baldness.

Arnica

A hair rinse prepared with arnica extract has been used to treat alopecia neurotica.

Sage

A strong infusion of sage used as a hair rinse may darken hair color and help reduce hair loss.

Bay

helps your hair grow. If you have dull hair, this essential oils can restore it. It also good for dandruff problem. For stimulating your hair health you can add three drops of bay essential oil to the shampoo you regularly uses.

The best carrier oil to choose would be jojoba oils.

Jojoba oils

has healing properties for damaged and breaking hair. This truly is one of the best carrier oils for hair loss due to breakage.

You can try by adding 4 – 10 drops of essential oils mention with 1 ounce of jojoba oils or other carrier oil of your choice.

Heat the hair oil by placing the bottle of oil in a bowl of hot water. Apply the oil to the scalp and massage through the rest of the hair.

Or you can try this hair tonic blend :

HAIR LOSS TONIC

Ingredient :

  • 10 drops of Rosemary
  • 10 drops of lavender
  • 5 drops of basil
  • 4 ounce of jojoba oils.

This blend should give your hair a nice shine and also helps the body to stimulate growth.

Blend well in an amber bottle and massage a few drops into your scalp at night or apply them on your hair brush and brush your hair thouroughly.

Blends Recipe for Hair Growth:

  • 2 drops Thyme essential oil ( Thymus vulgaris )
  • 2 drops Atlas cedarwood essential oil ( Cedrus atlantica )
  • 3 drops Lavender essential oil( Lavandula angustifolia )
  • 3 drops Rosemary essential oil ( Rosmarinus officinalis )
  • 3 ml teaspoon Jojoba oil
  • 20 ml Grapeseed oil

Mix well thyme, cedarwood,lavender, and rosemary essential oils into a small glass jar. After that add the remaining carrier oils. Mix thoroughly.

Massage this recipe into your scalp for at least two minutes every night. Wrap your head in a warm towel after treatment to enhance absorption.

Isabelle C. Hay and colleagues from the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland gave 84 people, suffering from alopecia areata, a type of hair loss that causes patchy baldness.

They asked them to rub the essential oils recipe above into their scalps daily. After seven months, 44% of them has regrew as much as half of their hair, while a few regrew almost all of their hair back.

Reference:Hay I, et al. Randomized trial of aromatherapy—successful treatment for alopecia areata. Arch Dermatol 1998;134:1349-52. Click here for further reading.

Personally I would suggested to use this blend recipe by massage it into your scalp once daily, leave on the scalp for an hour before wash it. Take the blend for about 2 weeks, then take a week break before restarting again.

By using pure essential oils that promote hair growth, you may soon see that your hair becomes thicker, more luxurious, and radiant.

Beside, do essential oils grow hair, you can check for more essentail oils that can be used in hair care.

Want to have a healthy hair?
Achieving great-looking healthy hair with aromatherapy is not difficult, nor does it need to be expensive. With a few drops of essential oils, herbs, and flowers, you can create a variety of treatments that your hair will respond to quickly.

Another Aromatherapy blends recipes.
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If you have a severe problem of hair loss, I suggest you read Hair Loss in Women...Getting to the Root of the Problem. This book identifies the causes and types of hair loss, including medical conditions in which hair loss is a symptom. Many successful natural therapies are discussed. This book was wrote from the author experience when she was having hair loss problems since she was a child. This is her story It is truly amazing book.


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