Coconut Oil for the prevention and treatment of hair damage!
Hi everyone!
I found this sweet study on Coconut Oil helping the hair.... This is not hairloss related but strength related: for hair repair and damage control!!!!
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Effect of mineral oil, sunflower oil, and coconut oil on prevention of hair damage.
Rele AS, Mohile RB.
Research and Development Department, Nature Care Division, Marico Industries Ltd., Mumbai, India.
Previously published results showed that both in vitro and in vivo coconut oil (CNO) treatments prevented combing damage of various hair types. Using the same methodology, an attempt was made to study the properties of mineral oil and sunflower oil on hair. Mineral oil (MO) was selected because it is extensively used in hair oil formulations in India, because it is non-greasy in nature, and because it is cheaper than vegetable oils like coconut and sunflower oils. The study was extended to sunflower oil (SFO) because it is the second most utilized base oil in the hair oil industry on account of its non-freezing property and its odorlessness at ambient temperature. As the aim was to cover different treatments, and the effect of these treatments on various hair types using the above oils, the number of experiments to be conducted was a very high number and a technique termed as the Taguchi Design of Experimentation was used. The findings clearly indicate the strong impact that coconut oil application has to hair as compared to application of both sunflower and mineral oils. Among three oils, coconut oil was the only oil found to reduce the protein loss remarkably for both undamaged and damaged hair when used as a pre-wash and post-wash grooming product. Both sunflower and mineral oils do not help at all in reducing the protein loss from hair. This difference in results could arise from the composition of each of these oils. Coconut oil, being a triglyceride of lauric acid (principal fatty acid), has a high affinity for hair proteins and, because of its low molecular weight and straight linear chain, is able to penetrate inside the hair shaft. Mineral oil, being a hydrocarbon, has no affinity for proteins and therefore is not able to penetrate and yield better results. In the case of sunflower oil, although it is a triglyceride of linoleic acid, because of its bulky structure due to the presence of double bonds, it does not penetrate the fiber, consequently resulting in no favorable impact on protein loss.
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i want some! how would you get it and how would you use it? i imagine u'd rub into dry hair then shampoo out?
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That's how I use it, Mand. I use straight coconut oil, and I also have a mix of natural oils that I sometimes put on. I usually put it on, wrap my hair up in a stocking cap, and leave it in overnight. The next morning, I shampoo once and skip conditioning. My hair's much stronger doing this once a week.
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I use this on the ends of my hair so they don't split. I haven't had any split ends since using it. I don't shampoo it out though... I rub it into the ends of my hair and leave it on. I've heard of the way vivcrayton uses it more often though.
the best way to use it is to rub it in your hair,and leave on overnight,shampoo in morning,and u can also apply it to your ends like the above cyster does...In India most people use it as a conditioner.
Coconut Oil for the prevention and treatment of hair damage! 
