Anyone tried this for hair fall??

gerberas · 12-23-2005, 07:32 PM

I have been trying to get read up on natural remedies for hair loss and the one oil i come up very often is Rosemary Oil. I dont want to try any chemical right now for my hair loss. Has anyone tried this remedy and has it worked for anyone??
Will be very nice to see some replies on that before i go and buy myself a bottle of that oil.
thanks a lot cysters , u r the best pals in the whole world.

ABumpyGal · 12-23-2005, 09:30 PM

I tried Rosemary essential oil when I first went on new BCP that I didn't know were highly androgenic (Levlen) and I was losing handfulls of hair a day. I tried using it various ways: neat (straight from the bottle) as a scalp massage (ow!), diluted in my shampoo (nothing), diluted in my vinegar rinse I use when I wash my hair (helped), diluted about 50/50 with olive oil as a scalp massage/treatment before shampooing (helped), and I think that's it.

I really liked the Rosemary oil. I liked the way it smelled and found it relaxing. It tingles a bit on your scalp, which at least gives you a psychosomatic feeling that it's "doing something". It helped my dandruff and sebhorreic dermatitis. And yes, the answer you've been waiting for, I do think it helped slow the hair loss a bit. It wasn't a miracle, but hey... it helped. I found the olive oil treatment most helpful. There's probably tons of recipes if you search the internet.

I had to stop using it though. At the time I wasn't coloring my hair and my roots are naturally darker than the length of my hair. I HATE this and this is why I dye my hair in the first place. Well Rosemary actually, over time, darkened my roots even more until they were almost dark brown (from dark reddish blonde)!! I discontinued it for that reason. If you have light hair and want to keep it that way, rosemary might not be for you.

I say give it a try! It's a cheap essential oil. I think I paid about $6 an ounce for mine and an ounce goes a looooong way. Just go slow and you might want to try it just on a spot, just to make sure you aren't allergic. Strong infusions of rosemary tea poured over your hair as a final rinse is an option as well.

Good luck!!
Dana

isenephthys · 12-29-2005, 08:54 AM

i used rosemary oil a while ago for shedding and dry scalp. it was great. you can use it either pre- or post- hairwashing. i found it to be helpful and it really gave my hair a nice luster.

and as dana mentioned, rosemary oil has been used to darken hair naturally for years. i didn't notice this, but then again, i dye my hair blue-black every 6weeks or so.