DIY Blend of Essential Oils for Hair Growth - Essential Oils for Hair Loss

When I was in college, I never thought I would some day be writing about a DIY Essential Oils for Hair Growth Blend. Some people referred to me as the “big hair girl.”

I think some of it had to do with how I wore my hair, and also because I was temporarily addicted to perms.

Thankfully, that “addiction” ended about 10 years ago :).

Since my “Big Hair Girl” Days, however, I have had some issues with hair loss on and off.

Mostly it appears to be related to stress. I had one year when the hair loss his particularly hard and it was very difficult to deal with.

You know, if you’re a woman, how hard it is when you lose hair. And if you’re a man who cares about a woman who is losing her hair, please know how hard it is for her.

Whenever the hair loss has struck, I find myself scouring the internet for ways to stop it. And to bring my hair back as quickly as possible.

Possible Reasons for Hair Loss:

Ideally, for any of these conditions, you need to get to the root cause of your hair loss and figure out what is causing it, and work on getting healthier, so that you can have a more stable condition for your hair (and your health).

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Possible Hair Loss Remedies

I literally read for hours and hours — about causes of hair loss, supplements that might help, testimonials from people about whether certain supplements and regiments helped them or not…..

Things that I have looked or tried, included:

• Supplements
  I tried a number of these. Many didn’t do anything (like the traditional Biotin), while others may have. One of them that I am on the fence about is BioSil. It has great testimonials, but every time I try it I get cystic acne. So I keep putting it aside. Hope to try it again. Update 9/12/16: – no more reactions so I am using it now.
• Shampoos
  These didn’t do anything for me, and many of them were filled with chemicals that I didn’t want on my hair.
• Reducing Stress
  This. Works. Hard to do, but it works and is of course great for health all around.
• Brushing / Massaging
  I’m not sure if this works or not and honestly I didn’t try it long term. However, I do tend to massage my scalp pretty well every time I shampoo.
• Special Oil and Blends
  I tried one overnight oil blend that was a little hard to get out of my hair. And then I tried castor oil in my hair. While I LOVE castor oil for its liver benefits in castor oil packs, I do NOT like it in my hair. It was so terrible to get out that I ended up losing hair when I washed it over and over to remove the oil. Not doing that again!

However, one of the things that I have leaned on whenever I have had hair loss, is a simple DIY Essential Oils for Hair Growth Blend and I do think it has really helped me.

Initially, the recipe was super simple. Recently, I added another oil to the blend, and I feel like it works better.

Why This Hair Growth Blend Works

Rosemary Oil helps with hair growth, and it has been proven to do so. (source)

Peppermint Oil has also been shown to aid hair growth in studies. (source)

Ravintsara Oil helps with skin conditions, many of which can be a cause, or the partial cause, of hair loss.

One More Healthy Hair Tip

In addition to this oils blend which follows, I think it’s crucial that you avoid toxins in your hair care routine. There are so many chemicals in your shampoo that can affect your hair health including foamers, thickeners, preservatives, and irritants.

Here is more information on toxins in shampoo to encourage your hair to be as healthy as it can be.

I recommend using shampoos without the toxins. I’ve been using the shampoos in the post on Is Your Shampoo Making You Sick? – Probably. I’ve been trying out new ones trying to find exactly the best ones to recommend to you all, since this has been a very hard thing for me to find.

More Essential Oils for Hair Growth

Now, of course, there are so many other oils that you could use. I just picked these from what I had read on the internet about oils that would help with hair loss.

NON DIY Option:

If you’re not a DIY kind of person, you can buy the Hair Support, which has some very nice reviews, from Rocky Mountain Oils (formerly Native American Nutritionals) To see why I chose these companies, you can go to the start of my “Which Essential Oils Company is Best?” series or go right to the end here. Note that Rocky Mountain Oils and Native American Nutritionals merged.

If you’re into making your own blend, you could add some of the oils that Rocky Mountain Oils and Native American Nutritionals have in their hair blend:

You could also just add these oils to your shampoo, but since you are rinsing it out I think that using the DIY blend would be more effective.

Have you struggled with hair loss?

What have you tried and how has it worked?

Photo Credits: Naomi Huzovicova

Original article and pictures take http://wholenewmom.com/health-concerns/essential-oils-for-hair-growth/#_a5y_p=5759962 site