The Power of Olive Oil for Hair Treatment

By Evelyn

Olive oil is known as the best or healthiest oil in the world for dietary particularly the extra virgin olive oil.

You should know:

The uses of olive oil are beyond simple for diet, but it can be a high quality hair treatment. Mostly, in hair treatment products' ingredients label, you will find olive oil listed.

What's the power of olive oil for hair treatment?

The Chemical Properties of Olive Oil

Ancient people had already conscious of the excellences of olive oil. It has been used for hair treatment from more than thousand years before. The scientists then showed the evidence to support it.

Olive oil mostly contains with fatty acids including oleic acid, palmitic acid, and squalene which categorized as emollients. It's the substances which has the softening qualities. Olive oil also contains with niacin, vitamin E, vitamin K and antioxidants to reduce the damage of chemical substances or free radicals that harm for body.

Olive oil produces other essential fatty acids including omega-3 and omega-6. They are the fatty acids that our body can't produce, yet very beneficial for body health especially hair treatment.

Olive Oil for Hair Treatment

1. Natural Hair Conditioner

Rather than oily hair, dry hair is needed more attention. Only with brushing your hair, it can cause split ends and turn it into a frizzy mess.

Rather than using commercial hair care products which unproven safe for your hair, you can simply applying extra virgin olive oil. It's one of the TOP solutions for your dry hair.

Olive oil is known as natural hair conditioner for centuries. The essential fatty acids in olive oil promote the moist and soft hair. Dry hair also tends to be more breakage while combing or styling.

After applying olive oil regularly, it can reduce the damaged and breakage hair.

After washing your hair, pour some olive oil sufficiently onto your palms. Rub your palms together to spread the olive oil evenly.

Smooth down your palms from the scalp to the end of your hair. Cover your hair with shower cap about an hour. Rinse your hair with shampoo to remove the excess oil.

2. Anti-Dandruff and Promote Scalp Health

When your hair scalp becomes drier and flakier, it'll definitely cause white flakes on your hair called dandruff, mostly happened in dry hair.

Dandruff further causes the growth of fungus and bacteria. You should know that there are no specific cures for dandruff but you can reduce it with remedies such as olive oil.

It helps to reduce the flakes and work as anti-fungus and anti-bacteria.

Olive oil is natural moisturizer. Antioxidant in olive oil is the best to promote the health of your scalp. You can apply sufficient olive oil into the scalp thoroughly to moisturize it.

Massage your scalp gently and it'll reduce the dandruff's appearance naturally. You can also help to reduce it by combing it out.

After applying olive oil, cover your hair with shower cap for about half an hour. For high intense of dandruff, you can treat the scalp with olive oil as often as needed.

But...

...after the problem fades, you can do it 1-2 times per week to prevent the problem reoccurring.

3. Processed Hair Treatment

Perm, bleach, coloring, or other heavy hair processed can lead to easily damaged and breakage hair. Applying olive oil can return the initial hair condition by giving extra moisture. Only apply the olive oil 72 hours after finish processing your hair.

4. DTH Hormones Production Prevention

Dihydrotestosterone (DTH) is a hormone which causes the most hair loss problem. This hormone will cause follicles shaft narrower and make the hair to easily fall with soft combing. Since olive oil can help to promote the scalp especially follicles health, it can prevent the production of DTH hormones.

5. Improve Blood Circulation

Massage the scalp while applying olive oil onto your hair will improve blood circulation. The increase flow of the blood in the scalp will stimulate follicles. Follicles health will lead to the growth of thicker hair strands.

Steps Applying Olive Oil for Hair Treatment

Pour 1/2 cup of olive oil in a bowl.
Place it in a microwave for only 30 seconds, enough to make it warm but not hot.
Pour sufficient oil onto your palm to lubricate it. Use your fingertips to apply oil to entire scalp thoroughly.
Dip a comb into olive oil and comb your hair to coat it.
Cover your hair with shower cap and then cover your head with towel. Leave the hair for half an hour.
Rinse and shampoo your hair to remove the oil. Rinse again with cold water.

Forget about buying expensive commercial hair treatment products. You can get healthy and silky hair only by using olive oil.

Yet, remember that you also need to complement the olive oil treatment with GOOD lifestyle. Less STRESS and healthy food lifestyle can help to promoter healthier hair condition.