It is usually heard that massaging hair with natural oils provide strength, shine, volume and moisturize the hair.
Hair oiling or hair massage is often enjoyed by everyone. Hair oiling usually includes natural oils for massaging scalps. The purpose of hair oiling is providing nutrition to hair and nourishing the scalp .
It is usually heard that massaging hair with natural oils provide strength, shine, volume and moisturize the hair.
Commonly used oils includes almond, castor, argan, jojoba and coconut oil. Oiling has a lot of benefits but no practice comes without any harm. In this article we will discuss benefits and triggers of oiling.
Benefits of Hair Oiling
- Acts as a hair moisturizer: Oiling hair leads to moisturization of scalp. It provides vitals to the scalp such as fatty acids and other nourishing agents that leads to reduction of flakiness and helps fight dryness.
- Improves Blood Flow: When we massage the scalp with oil, it improvise the blood flow in the body which helps nourish hair follicles by circulating all the necessary nutrients to follicles.
- Acts as Protection Shield: Oil used while massaging acts as a protection shield as it becomes a barrier and obstacle for any stressors or pollutants that can cause damage to hair.
- Provides Therapeutic Peace: Various DIY oils acts as stress relievers which helps reduce stress and anxiety and provides therapeutic calm to an individual.
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Triggers of Hair Oiling
Oiling usually do not hampers hair but there are certain practices of an individual that leads to various triggers. Here is the list of some triggers caused by oiling.
- Clogged Pores due to Oily Scalp: We often massage our hair before taking a hair wash when the scalp is messy. This can lead to acne prone scalp and clogged pores as scalp oil and hair oil gets mixed up with each other which can cause further discomfort.
- Scalp Infection Oiling: many people apply oil as they think any scalp related discomfort can be treated by oiling but in real, oil sometimes can lead to fungal infections in this case.
- Leaving Oil on hair for Prolonged Period: Oil should be washed away last after two hours of application as over oiling or leaving oil on hair for longer time can cause blockage of hair follicles.
