Olive oil for hair growth

While growing hair from a bald skull is not always possible, improving hair growth with the help of olive oil is possible!

This oil that you usually use in the kitchen can start to be your best ally to get a longer, abundant and beautiful hair. Olive oil is full of essential nutrients for good hair health: It moisturizes, repairs and regenerates from the inside, thus helping it grow in a much healthier way.

If you use olive oil hair treatment regularly, you will see how quickly your hair always looks moisturized and gains centimeters with ease.

Don't miss out on the tips in this article, as we'll show you the best home made treatments available. Despite doing this at home, there are also plenty of olive oil hair products you will find in specialized stores.

Benefits of olive oil for hair

Olive oil is a product full of vitamins, minerals and excellent fatty acids to care for hair and keep it always healthy and with the best possible beauty. Thanks to this composition, it has traditionally been used to combat many hair problems like excessive hair loss and poor hair growth.

In the following lines, we list all the benefits of olive oil for hair so that you can discover why it can help you achieve a longer and prettier mane in less time than expected:

• Olive oil is rich in vitamin E, a nutrient that keeps hair strongs and prevents premature hair aging. This makes the hair grow healthily and much stronger.
• It is highly moisturizing because of the fatty acids it contains. Adding these properties to the regenerating and healing ones, make olive oil a great remedy to promote hair growth, especially for those who are damaged and mistreated.
• It also contains vitamin C and this nutrient stimulates the production of collagen, which is a substance that allows those thinner hair to regain strength and be thicker. The result is a much denser, abundant and longer hair.
• It is a great repairing treatment against split ends, as it completely eliminates hair dryness. This ensures that the ends are perfectly hydrated and, therefore, do not split as fast as untreated hair.
• Olive oil also prevents frizz and to soften hair, which allows it to be handled and combed much more easily.
• It has the ability to block the hormone DHT, which is often responsible for the contraction of the hair follicle and can lead to excessive hair loss.

Therefore, olive oil is one of the best home remedies for hair growth that can be used regularly.

How to apply olive oil to the hair to make it grow

While you can find several types of olive oils to buy, the best one for hair growth will always be an evoo oil, or extra virgin olive oil.

With this you can ensure that your hair benefits from all the oils properties. There are also several ways to apply olive oil to the hair to make it grow, but below we show you one of the easiest ways to do this and that offers the best results. Take note of all the steps you must follow:

1. Pour between 2 and 4 tablespoons of olive oil into a bowl, depending on the amount of hair you have and its length, and warm it up very lightly in the microwave. About 15 or 20 seconds will suffice.
2. Moisten your hair with warm water and apply the olive oil all over the hair, from the scalp to the ends.
3. Cover the hair with a towel and let the oil work for about 30 minutes. With the heat generated by carrying the towel, the nutrients of the olive oil penetrate much better into the capillary fibers and act from the inside.
4. After that time, rinse the hair with plenty of warm water and make a normal wash.

You can carry out this treatment to make the hair grow with olive oil once a week.

However, if your hair is very greasy, it is best to do it every 15 days or just apply the oil from medium to end, avoiding doing it on the scalp and adding too much oil on it.

Olive oil masks for hair growth

Apart from the previous treatment, there are other options to grow hair very fast with the help of this very popular oil. The most effective are using home made masks with olive oil, because they also include the repairing and nourishing properties of other products that also stimulate hair growth.

Olive oil hair mask with egg

How to prepare the oil and egg mask:

1. Beat one egg in a bowl
2. Add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and 1 teaspoon of honay and stir until smooth.
3. Apply the mask to wet hair and massage the skull while appling.
4. Let stand for 30 minutes and leave it on for 30 minutes.
5. Remove with plenty of lukewarm water.

Olive oil and avocado hair mask

Avocado is also an excellent fruit for faster and healthier hair growth, especially as it strengthens hair follicles and combats dryness, frizz and damaged ends.

How to prepare the oil and avocado mask:

1. Mash the pulp of 1 avocado and mix it with 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
2. Apply the mixture evenly to wet hair and leave on for 20 to 30 minutes.

Olive oil and rosemary mask

Growing hair with olive oil and rosemary is possible thanks to the fact that rosemary reactivates the blood circulation of the scalp and, therefore, strengthens the hair follicles. In addition, it is a good treatment to combat dandruff.

How to prepare the oil and rosemary mask:

1. Heat up hot water with rosemary, just as if you werepreparing a tea, and then mix it with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
2. Apply the mask all over the hair from the roots to the ends, let it work for 20 or 30 minutes and finally rinse with plenty of warm water.

The olive oil and egg hair mask is ideal for receiving extreme hydration and strengthening hair fibers. The egg contains biotin, a vitamin that helps hair follicles get the nutrients they need for healthy hair growth and less hair loss.