05/11/2021
WHAT IS GRAY HAIR AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
I started getting grey hair in college!! 🧓 It can be very disheartening.(& Expensive to keep up with.) And... We won't even talk about the chemicals ☹️ Hair color comes from melanin, a pigment located in the hair follicle. There are two types of melanin: eumelanin, for brown and black hair, and phaeomelanin for blonde and red hair. Genetics determine exactly how much of each of these pigments get deposited into a strand of hair as it grows.
Besides the difference in color, you might have noticed a difference between gray hair and pigmented hair. Gray hair can be coarse, dry, brittle and unruly. This happens because of a lack of melanin, which causes the cuticle of the hair to become thin. The cuticle is the outermost layer of the hair. Once it becomes thin, it’s easily damaged.
🛢️👉🏼With less and less melanin, we produce less oil, which depletes our hair of its natural moisture, giving us those wiry, coarse and easily broken strands of hair. 👈🏼🛢️
So, now you’re probably wondering what you can do to prevent gray hair. For healthier hair:
eat foods that are high in protein like, eggs and fishadd vitamins and minerals like iron, calcium, zinc, vitamin D, B12 and B6 to your diet. Use hair serums or deep conditioners to create a protective layer around thinned cuticles to tame those greys. Massage your scale to promote blood flow!
Our hair is the ultimate barometer of our health. So, the moral to this story is: the better you take care of your body, the healthier you will be, and the healthier you are, the better your chances will be to slow down the graying of your hair!
Now let's talk hair & EO!! Some of the ways essential oils are good for gray hair include:
👉🏼They help darken gray hair overtime
👉🏼Reduce stress which contributes to premature and further gray hairs.
👉🏼Strengthen the hair follicles
👉🏼Nourish the hair follicles
👉🏼Are powerful antioxidants that fight off free radicals which lead to premature graying
Scalp Massage Oil
Add the oils to a glass dropper bottle and shake well to combine.
Place about 5 drops on your left palm, rub both palms together and vigorously massage this blend on your scalp.
You can do this one hour before showering to give time for the oils pe*****te into your hair follicles.
Repeat once or twice a week.
