Natural Recipe for Thicker Hair

Some years ago, on a poorly monitored medical diet, I began to lose my hair. Since I had a strict low-protein diet and an aversion to artificial and chemical remedies, I began to search out natural means to promote hair growth and stop my hair from falling out without consuming any protein. A woman I had been in email correspondence with about the issue told me about a recipe for hair growth that included flax seeds and rosemary. I tried out the recipe and after a few weeks, my hair loss decreased and I felt a lot of new hair growing in. I have been using the flax-rosemary recipe ever since. Months after I began to use this recipe on my long hair, there was a horizontal “line” visible across my hair halfway down my back at the point where my hair began to grow in very thick against the longer very thin hair that had remained after my hair loss. After a year, my hair was thicker than it had ever been in my life. It was interesting to note, also, that, while it was thicker, the hair strands were thinner and more numerous and my hair was therefore softer and lighter-weight than it was before.

I have shared this recipe with a few people, but the fact is, if you are not willing to incorporate this recipe into your bathing regimen and commit to it the same way you are committed to washing your hair, it will do nothing for you. You must make the gel regularly, whenever you run out of it, and then apply it to your scalp every other day or so. If you stop, your hair loss will eventually return to what it was before you began using the gel. 

Recipe and Preparation

You will need:

• A metal, mesh strainer—the holes of the mesh should not be too big or too small, if in doubt, get one with larger holes
• A measuring tablespoon and cup
• A small pot, such as a sauce pan, with lid
• A mixing bowl and sturdy spoon
• Tea
• Rosemary (dried from the supermarket, for example)
• Whole flax seeds (from the supermarket)

Method

1. make 2 cups of tea in the small pot, chamomile is a good option for light hair, but any kind of tea will do
2. add 2 tablespoons of rosemary and 3 tablespoons of flax to the tea
3. cover the pot with a lid and bring the tea mixture to a boil and remove from the heat (it may easily boil over)
4. stir the tea mixture with a spoon and cover it again and let it sit covered for about 10 minutes (not less than 10, but not more than 15 minutes)
5. get a mixing bowl and poor the tea mixture through the strainer and into the bowl
6. with a sturdy spoon, grind the flax and rosemary against the mesh of the strainer while holding it over the bowl, this releases a foamy goo from the flax seeds which accumulates on the bottom of the strainer over the bowl, there should be a good amount of goo from the seeds [note that if you let the tea mixture sit for too little time, you will not get enough goo, but if you let the mixture sit for too long, the goo will be too watery, also note that too fine of a mesh will not allow enough goo through, large mesh will allow a lot of rosemary and flax bits through], it may take some time and a lot of grinding to get a good amount of goo out, but make the gel with whatever amount of goo you get, then throw the contents of the strainer into the garbage 
7. you now have the gel in the bowl, mix it up so that the flax goo is evenly distributed in the liquid and poor the gel into a bottle and refrigerate it

Note that the gel will start to smell bad after some time in the refrigerator, but you’re not eating it, so it’s not going to make you sick if it gets old, and the smell is mild and doesn’t linger.

 In lieu of rosemary, you may use 15 drops of rosemary essential oil–let the tea cool and add the rosemary in the beginning to the cooled tea.

 Application

You can apply the gel just after bathing while in the shower and while your hair is still wet. Then you just leave the gel in your hair. If you wrap your hair in a towel after applying the gel, you will want to use a cheap towel, because the ingredients in the gel will stain the towel. I don’t recommend towel-drying your hair, as you might wipe the gel out of it. The gel will not be noticeable in your hair, especially once your hair is dry and you comb through it.

Quantity

 If you apply the gel every other day, one batch of gel should last for about 2 weeks if you have a lot of hair or if your hair is long (past your waist). If you have thinner hair, it will be easier for you to get the gel past your hair and directly onto your scalp, so you will require less gel. Two weeks is the minimum amount of time that one batch should last. The goal is not to apply the gel to your hair, but to apply it to your scalp. You just have to sift through your hair and get underneath it to reach the scalp with the gel. 

Will It Work?

 Since I don’t know the science behind the different types of hair loss or baldness, I have no idea who this recipe will work for. I experienced hair loss twice and both times the cause was diet-related. It may be safe to say that if you try this recipe faithfully, applying it every other day for a month, and have not seen results after a month, it may not work in your case. It doesn’t cost anything and there are no side effects, however, and it did work for me, so you don’t have a lot to lose by trying it out for a month. 

If It Doesn’t Work

In the event that this recipe doesn’t work for you, you might want to experiment with some essential oils that are known to induce hair growth. Ylang ylang, cedarwood and rosemary essential oils are proven to promote hair growth. I have personal experience of hair growth with ylang ylang and rosemary. Cedarwood, along with other essential oils, has been used in studies for treating baldness or thinning hair. I once tried cedarwood, applying it to my scalp as best I could through my hair, but it was difficult and, perhaps what did me in was the potent scent. It lingered for four days, despite multiple hair washings. The oils can, of course, be diluted in a base oil like jojoba, although that will also dilute the effectiveness. Unless you are bald or have very thin hair, I don’t think using an essential oil neat on the scalp or diluted in a base oil is the most effective method. Remember, these also must be applied daily or bi-daily and left on the scalp. Furthermore,

WARNING: It is important that you test any oil you are going to put on your skin to make sure that you don’t have a reaction to it.