Sunday, March 15, 2015

Aromatherapy and Hair Loss

As far as aromatherapy is used to treat hair loss and baldness, it falls in the group of “alternative” hair loss treatment methods. The practitioners of this method use essential oils such as Bay, Cedarwood, Grapefruit, Roman Chamomile, Jojoba oil, Lavender and Lemon to stimulate blood circulation in the head and the scalp and to restore natural hair growth in patients with hair loss or baldness.

Here is a simple recipe for hair loss treatment with essential oil: add two drops of oil to the water with which you rinse your hair or to a good quality vegetable oil and then rub it around the scalp with gentle circular
movements. Afterwards, wrap your hair in a plastic wrap and cover your head with a warm towel around it. Leave the wrap for two or more hours. Wash your hair with a mild, non-medicated shampoo.

A blend of bay and lavender essential oils is used to stimulate blood circulation in the head and the scalp and to restore natural hair growth. Six drops of each oil are added to 100 ml of warm carrier oil such as almond, soybean or sesame oil. Then, the mixture is massaged gently into the scalp and is left on the head for twenty minutes. Alternatively, you can add several drops of bay essential oil to the shampoo you regularly use and wash your hair with it for better results.

Scottish dermatologists have prescribed a blend of bay and lavender essential oils to forty-three people suffering from patchy hair loss as a result of a rare autoimmune disorder. The results were more than encouraging - after seven months, nineteen patients regained fifty percent of their natural hair growth, and some even said that they had re-grown all of their hair back.

Because of the optimistic results, the researchers say that aromatherapy may prove effective in treating midlife male-pattern baldness and hair thinning.

However, patients suffering from hair loss who also have high blood pressure should avoid rosemary oil, and those with sensitive skin should not use lemon and grapefruit essential oils, as they may be slightly irritating.

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