Fish oil for hair: the benefits and harm, the rules of application
Maintaining a beautiful hair condition is the daily concern of most women. Rich thick hair is always a source of pride. If the hair begins to fall out or grow poorly, there is always the question of where to look for salvation from this scourge. The usual fish oil comes to the rescue - an affordable tool that must be properly used to achieve the desired effect.
Features of the composition
Fish oil is obtained from the liver of various fish, such as herring or cod. He has a unique composition. It contains:
- Omega-3 fatty acids;
- vitamins, including A, D;
- minerals, including iron and iodine.
What is useful?
The benefits of fish oil for hair is invaluable.
- Fatty acid promote the better absorption of components that support the normal functioning of the human body, the excellent condition of all tissues in the body, including hair. Helps strengthen hair follicles and quickly grow a hair.
- Vitamin A is an antioxidant that promotes cell regeneration and preserves their youth. Affects hair growth and nutrient enrichment of the roots.
- Vitamin D helps to better absorb the body calcium and phosphorus, makes hair beautiful.
- Vitamins of group B contribute to the saturation of tissues with oxygen, give the body strength to resist viruses, increase the growth of hair.
- Minerals, being in fish oil, are a building material for the formation of new hair cells, are effective against loss and do not allow the hair shafts to split at the ends. Due to the effects of fish oil, the work of the sebaceous glands returns to normal, the hair itself becomes “smoother” and not confused. Increasing their number.
This drug will be indispensable if the hair is exposed to:
- systematic staining;
- chemical waving;
- everyday use of styling devices such as a hair dryer or curling.
And if a fallout becomes catastrophic in scale, one simply cannot do without such a means.
Possible harm
Some people do not tolerate fish oil at all. In the case of allergic reactions such a drug can not be used.
In some diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, diabetes or abnormalities in the thyroid gland, you should consult with your doctor about the possibility of using a dietary supplement based on fish.
With caution take this tool during pregnancy and lactation.
How to apply?
On sale you can find fish oil in capsule and fluid form. The advantage of the capsules is that they contain exactly the measured amount of this valuable substance. There is no specific smell of fish.
To improve the quality of hair oil from fish can be used in different ways:
- take orally, for example, in capsules;
- outwardly in the composition of cosmetic masks.
To quickly achieve the desired effect, both methods are often combined. Drink fish oil courses. First, for thirty days, then after a pause of two months, repeat the course again.
It is believed that while taking fish oil one should not use any other vitamin-mineral complexes (unless the specialist gave direct instructions to include both in the treatment program). You need to understand that everything must have a measure. Excess vitamins are also harmful to the body, as well as a lack.
Practice shows that the use of fish oil directly on the hair quickly gives a noticeable effect.Although for applying a mask every time you have to choose the time, when then you don’t need to go or go anywhere. This oil preparation has a specific fishy smell, which many women manage to remove with difficulty. Nobody wants to appear with him in public.
Against hair loss, you can use a mask from a mixture of fat from the fish and the oil component of the burdock. Due to this, the strands will not only stop falling out, but they will also acquire a healthy shine.
You need to take a couple of tablespoons of fish oil and the same amount of oil. All this is as it should be mixed with a brush and smear the resulting composition on the roots, and then along the entire length. Massage the oil into the skin. Hair cover with a wrap, then a towel. After that, turn on the hair dryer and heat the “turban” on the head. Thanks to this, the strands will also heat up. With a mask you need to go through the house for at least an hour, and even better - two. Then rinse thoroughly with shampoo.
Instead of burdock oil, you can use castor. It will help strengthen the hair and their growth, nourishing the roots and normalizing the scalp. You should take three spoons of oil and fish oil. If the fish product is sold only in capsules, they will have to puncture and squeeze the contents.
This tool is applied to the roots. If the hair is dry, and the ends are cut, the oil can be spread over the entire length. Hold for an hour and then wash it off.
Well activates hair growth and improves the appearance of the strands mask of fish oil and several oils:
- olive;
- sunflower;
- corn oil.
All this is mixed in equal proportions. Usually take two tablespoons of each tool, but it all depends on the length of the hair.
The mixture is slightly heated, applied from the roots to the ends of the strands. After that, tighten with polyethylene, a towel and hold for at least forty minutes. Then washed hair several times.
To stop the process of hair loss and make more reliable their roots, you can use a three-component mask.
It includes:
- fish fat;
- wheat oil;
- castor oil.
Take one part of wheat and castor oil, two - fat, combine, heat the resulting liquid and applied to the hair. Cover the head with plastic wrap, put a hat on top and go to bed. In the morning it remains to wash your hair.
If in the house, except for fish oil, there is only almond oil, you can use this pair. A tablespoon of fat is first heated, and then two drops of oil are added to it. Distribute the product through the hair, make a thermal cap of a towel and polyethylene, leave a mask on the head for an hour.
In order to stop hair loss and stimulate their growth, you can use brandy with fish oil.
Prescription take the following components:
- a tablespoon of fish-based product;
- egg;
- tablespoon of brandy;
- as much flax oil.
All this needs to be combined, stirred well until a homogeneous composition is obtained, and lubricate the hair from the roots to the very ends. Close the head to keep warm, and leave for forty minutes. Rinse strands.
To nourish hair, restore their structure and better growth, use a mask made of the following components:
- fish fat;
- burdock oil;
- chamomile oil;
- castor oil.
On a tablespoon of fish oil, chamomile and castor oils, mix with half a tablespoon of burdock oil, warm in a water bath, distribute through the hair and put them under polyethylene for an hour. Rinse with hot water and shampoo.
The use of egg yolks in a company with fish oil helps to enhance hair growth and makes it smoother. Two tablespoons of fat take a couple of yolks. First, beat them, and then add warmed fat. Stir and put on the hair. Then you need to close your head to create a thermal effect, and hold the mask on your head for forty minutes or longer. Wash off.
In order for the hair follicles to receive good nutrition and to ensure rich hair growth, you can make a mask of these components:
- slightly ground young nettle;
- four capsules of fish oil;
- half a cup of boiling water.
Burning grass poured boiling water and insist for thirty minutes. Then filter. The resulting warm liquid is combined with the fat squeezed out of the capsules. Hair must first be wrapped with an iron-treated towel so that they become warm. Until the strands are cold, brush them with oil from top to bottom and again wrap in the fabric for an hour and a half or two. After that, wash off using lemon juice.
Against hair loss, you can use fish oil with the following oil complex:
- coconut;
- burdock;
- castor
For seven teaspoons of the fish component take a tablespoon of oil, all this is mixed and heated in a water bath to a warm state. Mask applied to the hair should be washed off in half an hour.
To strengthen the dry thin hair, and at the same time make them elastic and elastic, no worse than the models of advertising, you can make a mask on the basis of fish oil using honey. The composition of the cosmetic should be:
- tablespoon of fat;
- the same amount of sea buckthorn oil;
- one and a half tablespoons of honey.
If the honey is already thickened, it must be preheated for a fluid state. Combine it with the other components of the mask and heat the resulting mixture in a water bath. Rub the mask with your fingers into the skin and hair roots. Comb stretch the composition to the very end. Wash off after twenty minutes.
For good hair growth, you can adopt a recipe with the following components:
- oil that is on hand - four spoons (table);
- fish oil - the same;
- Rosemary oil - five drops.
All this can be turned into a single liquid, heat and lubricate the head and hair. Hold a couple of hours on a wrapped head.
Regular use of masks on the hair can significantly improve their condition. Usually the effect is noticeable after the first application. At the very least, the hair takes on a well-groomed look.
At first, you can do such procedures twice a week (half a month) in order to nourish the strands well and moisturize them. After that, you can go to the weekly masks. After a month from the beginning of the course, the procedures are arranged every two weeks.
If there are no noticeable improvements after three months, this is a reason to contact the trichologist, since the causes of hair loss and their unimportant condition can have very deep internal causes. The masks during treatment become part of the therapy prescribed by the doctor.
In order to avoid problems with the elimination of fish smell when carrying out procedures with masks, you can follow special recipes that make it possible to easily solve this problem.
Completing the process with fish oil, hair should be well washed with shampoo. In the water, add the juice squeezed from the lemon fruit, and rinse the hair. To be sure, you can leave lemon moisture on your hair for ten minutes. Then it remains to rinse the hair again under the stream of water from the shower. There will be no trace of the smell of fish.
If for some reason the use of lemon is impossible, you should take a teaspoon of vinegar (apple) to half a liter of water. The procedure for removing fish smell is the same as with lemon. And also for processing after the mask, use the decoction of two teaspoons of chamomile (rosemary) in a glass of water.
Reviews
Reviews of fish oil as a means to strengthen and better hair growth is ambiguous. Fish oil is not particularly expensive on the background of special cosmetic and therapeutic agents for problems with hair, while it is enough for a long time of use.
Many note the convenience of using fat in a capsule form. It can be taken both internally and easily pierced to add to the mask. Typically, the cosmetic procedure takes four capsules. Liquid form in this sense is not so good.
Those who used home remedies based on fish oil, note its effectiveness in comparison with special store preparations.Home masks not only solve the problem of loss, but also help to eliminate dandruff and an unpleasant feeling of itching on the skin.
"Salvation" in fish oil is often sought by those who dyed their hair or did a perm. In such situations, the process of falling out becomes too noticeable and begins to frighten, forcing an urgent search for a way out.
But, as noted by the girls, after a course of such masks, you can make a voluminous hairstyle from shiny, strong hair, in which dissection at the ends disappears.
For many, it is essential that when solving the problem of hair growth on their own, one does not have to go to beauty salons and spend money on the services of a specialist in restoring beauty to curls.
At the same time, women note that the use of fish oil is a “dirty” occupation, since traces of such masks remain on clothes. Getting started, you have to put on old things that you don’t feel sorry for, or use a fabric specially selected for this - you can throw it on your back and shoulders so that after cosmetic procedures you don’t have to solve everyday problems. (Most concerns in this regard arise among owners of long hair).
Those who do not know how to effectively remove the smell of fish from the hair remain dissatisfied with the procedures with fish oil. You have to wash your hair many times and use various means capable of killing an unpleasant odor.
At the same time, those who have learned to use fish oil correctly and achieved a result often carry out spring and autumn courses of taking this drug inside and as masks for hair. This allows you to prevent hair loss and maintain a wonderful appearance of hair.
How to make a mask for the hair on the basis of fish oil, see the following video.