Olive Oil For Hair

[tali1]

Have heard olive oil is really good for hair(greying,thin,falling,flyaway)so can i use it lazily by dropping a few bits and combing it thru,or do i have to be detailed and warm it up and use as shampoo?

[Ann]

See the related posts below - they may help.

[woofgang]

It won't help grey hair, thinning hair, falling hair, fine hair because nothing does. It good for protecting the hair when swimming or at the beach, slick air down with it and comb through before you go, rinse out afterwards.

[ladybirder]

I take some tablets for my hair and nails and it's made a terrific difference. If you are interested I can tell you what they are.

[ruthandsam]

Ladybirder, I would like to know. Sorry to hijack your page Tali1.

[pastafreak]

You can use olive oil as a moisturising treatment before you wash your hair. Comb through hair,then wrap in a warm towel for 30 min. Shampoo thoroughly after.

[ladybirder]

Here's the link ruthandsam. I can highly recommend it. My hair had gone thin and my nails were splitting. It took 2/3 months to work but oh boy, what a difference.
http://www.healthspan.co.uk/multivitamins/hair-nails/productdetail-p3197043-c157.aspx

[grasscarp]

thanks for link ladybirder. Will probably buy this as I have flaky nails and I have a daughter with thin hair. Tali, there would be no point dropping bits of oil on your hair. You can use as a treatment as already mentioned and then rinse out. Big bits of oil on your hair would look awful! For greying I recommend zinc. I eat a lot of foods that have zinc in (and probably good genetics) so am 99.9% still my natural colour. It has been found in trials to reverse greying. As for flyaway not sure of the solution.

[ladybirder]

Hope it helps grasscarp.
A good quality 'heavy' (ie thick) conditioner is good for fly away hair. Also using straighteners helps.