Tea tree oil for hair

Tea tree oil is a natural hair doctor. In the homeland of the plant, in Australia, tea essential oil is called “first aid”, and this name is justified. Ether has healing properties and a beneficial effect on the health and beauty of hair.

Essential oil with healing properties is obtained from the leaves of an evergreen tropical plant. In the world, it is known as the tea tree. However, this plant is not related to tea. It belongs to another family, the Myrta family, and its botanical name is melaleuca.

The leaves of malaleuk contain essential oils and biologically active substances. The indigenous people of Australia use them as a drug with a pronounced antiseptic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and healing effect.

Tea tree oil is used by phytotherapists (in the form of inhalation), cosmetologists and trichologists for the treatment of internal organs, skin and hair. In all three directions, the effect provides a unique composition of the ether.

To obtain a healthy oil, the leaves of the plant are subjected to steam distillation. It is an effective, economical and at the same time technological process that helps to extract all the nutrients and aroma from plant materials, while keeping the cost of the final product available.

During distillation, superheated steam under pressure passes through a sieve with shredded tea tree leaves. It "collects on itself" volatile components from the composition of the raw materials, attracting even hard-to-reach substances. At the same time, the temperature of the steam does not exceed the norm, after which the useful components begin to deteriorate and lose their properties, as in hydrodistillation and other primitive methods for producing essential oil.

Enriched steam cools to form a mixture of water and essential oil. They are separated from each other with the help of special equipment, and the healing elixir for hair and scalp is ready. It includes almost 100 useful components, which are divided into several groups.

• Monoterpenes - hydrocarbons of plant origin. As part of tea oil, they are responsible for the disinfecting, analgesic and warming effect. It is important to use oil in diluted form and courses. With regular use, monoterpenes irritate the skin and mucous membranes.
• Terpineols - colorless substances with a delicate scent of lilac. They give the oil a recognizable wood veil and are used as foaming agents, so the oil can be added to the shampoo. As a cosmetic, terpenes restore the smoothness of the hair, covering their scales, and degrease the scalp. Hair becomes less brittle and stay clean longer.
• Zineol - antiseptic component of the ether. It helps heal wounds in dermatitis, fights fungi and pathogenic bacteria.
• Pinen - colorless substance with a delicate aroma of needles. As part of tea tree oil for hair, it helps to grow long and healthy curls due to its ability to accelerate blood circulation. Nutrients and vitamins better come to the hair follicles, provoking hair growth.

It is difficult to overestimate the benefits of essential oil. It is effective in three directions at once: prevention, hair treatment, cosmetic procedures. As a prophylactic oil is used for the following problems.

• Greasy, greasy hair at the roots. The source of this problem is the incorrect functioning of the sebaceous glands on the scalp. Solve her help terpineoly.
• Slowed hair growth. Pinenes normalize blood circulation, hair gets more vitamins and oxygen.
• Dim, lost shine curls. Tea tree extract returns them to moisture, closes the scales, thereby giving them a natural shine.
• Excessive hair loss.

Cosmetic effect:

• hair becomes alive and shiny;
• restores natural volume at the roots;
• the number of split ends is reduced;
• the body of each hair becomes dense and smooth, the hairstyle looks thicker;
• curls become elastic;
• oil emphasizes natural hair color, makes it brighter;
• hair is easier to comb and style, as the opened scales, which previously clung to the teeth on the comb, are “sealed”, and as a result, the styling looks neat;
• slows down the aging of the scalp, maintains the tone of the epidermis and healthy hair structure;
• enhances the action of vitamins for hair growth.

Medicine:

• Eliminates fungal infections. Oil fights with their pathogen. It is caused by yeast fungi - they violate the natural microflora of the scalp. There is an unpleasant itch, desire to scratch the head, and, as a result, wounds and inflammations. Hair dull, abundantly fall out. In advanced cases, bald patches are formed. Tea tree ester helps eliminate symptoms (dryness, redness, dandruff, pink plaques, painful hair, dryness, excessive brittleness, loss) and the causative agent of infection.
• Helps to get rid of dandruff. This annoying problem is peculiar to both men and women. However, contrary to commercials, dandruff is not just white skin flakes on clothes that spoil the image. This is a serious disease that is manifested in the intense exfoliation of horny scales. Normally, the top layer of the epidermis on the head is completely updated once a month. The appearance of dandruff in this period is a natural phenomenon. But on a regular basis, it signals serious problems - fungus, psoriasis, seborrhea. To cure these diseases is possible with tea tree oil. Its antibacterial and antimicrobial properties are not inferior to expensive pharmaceutical preparations.
• Destroys the cause of lice - hair lice.
• Relieves itching and irritation.
• Prevents inflammatory processes in dermatitis. Disinfects the skin as an antiseptic, which penetrates deep into the epidermis.
• Accelerates regeneration processes.
• Heals from seborrheic dermatitis.

Tea tree ester belongs to safe cosmetic products, but even this substance has a number of contraindications.

From the use of oil for medicinal and cosmetic purposes should refrain from people with allergies to the components of the drug and with individual intolerance.

It is not recommended to use the product during pregnancy and lactation without consulting a doctor. Its flavor is specific and in pregnant women can cause nausea, dizziness, suffocation. Especially dangerous is the treatment of tea oil in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Oil has a negative effect on the scalp if it is badly damaged. It is, first of all, a bactericidal agent, but not a regenerative one.Despite the fact that small wounds heal faster with its use, it does not build new skin. Even in low concentrations (up to 5%) the drug remains potent on wounds and can aggravate the epidermis.

Contraindications are also children up to 6 years. After that you can use the oil in the minimum concentration and on the recommendation of a doctor.

To care for hair using tea tree oil should be approached wisely. The positive and long-term effect is only from a quality product and proper use. To achieve the result, it is important to follow simple rules of application.

• Purchase top quality oil.

To distinguish it from a fake is not difficult.

1. Producing country. The most valuable oil from Australia is from the historic homeland of the plant. It is easy to recognize at a higher price relative to the means of other countries of production.
2. Aroma. The natural product has a characteristic woody smell with spicy notes. It is refreshing and multifaceted. Fakes are recognizable and sharply smell camphor oil. The aroma is noticeable even through the closed lid of the bottle.
3. Marking The botanical name of the tea tree in Latin and 100% natural oil should be indicated on the bubble and box.
4. Tara. Essential oils, strictly speaking, are not oils. These are volatile components, and they are very sensitive to light. Natural oil can be purchased only in a dark glass container of small volume. Synthetic analogue will be packed in a transparent or plastic container.
5. Texture. At home, you can check the naturalness of tea tree oil, comparing it with any other vegetable oil. It is light, slips a little on the skin, but it does not feel greasy, like, for example, olive oil.
6. Colour. This tea tree oil is a light yellowish shade.
7. Manufacturer. In search of a clean product, it is worth looking at suppliers in eco-shops. Fake products are less common among organic products because they are subject to strict controls.

• Consult with a specialist. This does not apply to preventive measures and treatments for hair and skin in good condition. Consultation is obligatory only before treating serious diseases - seborrhea, infections, baldness. They may be the result of another problem in the body, then complex therapy will be required, where the oil is only an additional component.
• Check the drug for an allergic reaction. This is done in the usual way - on the crook of the elbow or wrist. It is enough to put a small drop of 5% diluted with basic tea tree oil and wait a few hours. If itching and redness is not, you can apply it on the hair and head.
• Use only diluted oil. The store airs are sold in 100% concentration. It is necessary to cultivate them to 5-10% independently, using the base oils suitable as skin and hair type. Pure tea tree oil can leave a severe burn.
• Proportioning. Ether dries the skin. It is important to add it to the measure, according to the selected recipe for its skin type. An increase in the oil content in the cosmetic or medicinal composition for the hair does not accelerate the result, but it can aggravate the situation.
• Evaluate the result after each application. If, after using oil, discomfort has appeared, the appearance of the hair has deteriorated, you need to interrupt the course and find an alternative to the tea tree. It is impossible to get used to oil. If it didn’t fit right away, it wouldn’t be better.
• Properly store the tool and regularly check its quality. Ether loves cool dark places. If stored improperly, oil may oxidize or become rancid. Such a product will no longer benefit, and the risk of getting burned will increase.
• Do not use expired oil.

There are various ways to treat and restore hair with tea tree oil. Perhaps the addition of oil in the finished cosmetics: shampoo, mask, balm. Regardless of the purpose, the proportions of substances are the same: 1-2 drops for every 100 grams of the product. The components must be thoroughly mixed and the product can be used up to 10-15 minutes to increase the time for the oil to work. For this method, the preferred drugs from natural ingredients. After several applications, the result is already noticeable: the problem of greasy roots and weak hair disappears. The combination of essential oil with chemical components can be unpredictable.

When using oil wraps, tea tree ether is diluted with base (transport) oil suitable for hair type. For oily hair, jojoba oil is suitable as a base. For normal and dry curls, you can choose olive, castor, coconut oil as the basis.

It is possible to use oil as the main component of home masks. If the hair is normal and it is necessary to maintain it in this state, masks with olive oil, banana, yolk will do. Hair of mixed type (greasy roots and dry tips) look healthier after clay-based masks with the addition of moisturizing ingredients (egg, honey). Dry hair suitable means on the basis of kefir and transport oils. To accelerate the growth of hair need a mask that strengthens blood flow to the hair follicles (with mustard, pepper) and the addition of tea tree oil.

Masks are applied no more than once a week for a long time. Keep them on the hair can be from 15 minutes to 8 hours. The more aggressive ingredients are used (for example, mustard), the less you need to keep the composition on the hair. With soft ingredients (for example, banana), you can leave the mask on for the night. The result - well-groomed, shiny, healthy curls.

Aromatherapy - a simple and effective procedure., for which you need only a comb and 3-5 drops of diluted tea tree oil. They need to be applied to the teeth of a comb and for 5-10 minutes to gently comb the curl after the curl, in a circular motion to massage the scalp. For a visible result, it is enough to carry out aromatherapy 2 times a week.

A useful hair tonic consists of plain water and two drops of oil per liter of liquid. You can also add it to herbal decoction of chamomile or nettle. After rinsing with such a composition, the hair becomes obedient and radiant. They are easier to comb and style.

Reviews on the use of tea tree oil for hair are mostly positive, both from the female half of the population and from the male, because everyone has an annoying hair problem.

As the most effective masks have proven themselves with the addition of ether. After them, the hair becomes soft, silky, shiny. They stay fresh and clean longer, the volume appears at the roots. Also among the advantages of the product is a bright and fresh scent that remains on the hair. He is unobtrusive, pleasant and has the property to remove drowsiness.

He is a minus for those who do not like persistent fragrances of cosmetics.

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