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Onions In Her Hair: A Natural Homemade Anti-Hair Loss Remedy

8/29/2015

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Don't Break the Comb Onions for hair growth
I've met the author of Horses in Her Hair, Jamaican born Rachel Manley, but onions in your hair??? Gross is probably your first reaction, but shock was mine. I had no idea people actually applied freshly prepared onion juice to their hair, so I did the research.  

How Onion Helps in Hair Growth

(You'll never look at onions the same way again. Click the link above for additional reading.)

I won't blabber on about the glories associated with onions and will get straight to the point. A study, conducted in Iraq at the Baghdad Teaching Hospital and published in the Journal of Dermatology in mid 2002, consisted of thirty eight Alopecia areata patients, who were split into two groups, one treated with onion juice and the other, regular tap water. For two months, twice a day, they were treated. In the onion juice group, hair re-growth occurred in two weeks in seventeen persons, and in four weeks, twenty people saw results, in comparison to their tap water counterparts who experienced hair growth eight weeks after. Talk about patience. Long live the onion!  Despite its whacking smell it fights mini bald patches and scant hair. 
The logic is that since sulfur makes up a huge portion of the hair, and other organs, onion is effective in treating it. Its geranium content helps circulate both blood and oxygen while it works to eliminate dandruff and bacteria and restore shine. Onion is your hair follicles’ friend because it is said to strengthen and rejuvenate the hair and clean and nourish the scalp. 

There are several alternative onion juice/ paste recipes circulating the web and here are some of the following: (*Test a small portion on your wrist to see if you are allergic to onions!! Even better consult your health care provider/ hair dresser.)

Onion Treatments for Hair Growth

Don't Break the Comb onion for hair growth
  • Mix 3 tbsp of grated white or red onion with 1 tbsp of honey and apply to damp clean hair. Massage into scalp and let rest for half hour minutes. Rinse with a mild shampoo.
  • Daily application of the red onion adds color! And to prevent this it is recommended that mustard oil be added to the mix. However, if color is desirable add henna and peels of onion. 
  • Some recommend blending onion slices into a paste and once applied to the scalp top with lots of olive oil, cap the hair and keep it overnight. Rinse with a mild shampoo. An apple cider vinegar rinse or lemon juice (a little) helps eliminate odors (be careful with the acidity of these products). 
  • Blend, juice or grate, but in the end, strain, water down and apply. 
  • Combine water with onion seeds for bald spots.
  •  Apply black onion seed oil to scalp.
  • Add onion juice to your shampoo 
  • Rub the onion slice on the scalp, cap overnight and rinse the next day.
So yeah, onion does make you cry and hopefully, the next time it does, you’d smile, knowing full well the power of that awful smell. An onion is potent. I have not tried it…yet. Have you?
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How To Make Onion Juice For Hair Growth & Strong Hair 

(Discover how easy it is to make onion juice as well as other natural alternatives to treating hair loss. Click the link above to find out more.)

Some of the content in these videos do not reflect the views of Don't Break the Comb and serve to provide our readers with information about onions and hair growth.
2 Comments
Angee
9/7/2015 07:26:41 am

I'm not sure about the onions but I have use Sage and have had great results in growth in thinning areas. I have use it to strengthen my hàir and it works. Got this natural remedy from my grandfather (who's 98) and a herbal expert.

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Faizah
9/7/2015 01:01:30 pm

Thank you, Angee for your pearl of wisdom.

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