Anyone use poppy seed oil?
Anyone use poppy seed oil?
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Too late. I've been all over this research for years. I've learned that chocolate is good for whatever ails you. If your hair isn't growing as fast as you wish, eat more chocolate. It won't make your hair grow any faster but after enough chocolate, you simply don't care anymore.
*snicker* at the chocolate......my best friend is pregnant right now.....and believe me......after she takes my head off for something minor.......chocolate does wonders.
The lauric acid prescence is probably a factor in the absorbability of the coconut oil. I'd be willing to bet there are relatives to lauric acid or similar compounds in the other oils that absorb well into hair that might be factoring in - but it wouldn't be the only factor. Molecule size, fatty acid chain size, the hair folicle itself, and conditions (of the hair folicle, temperature, etc....) would factor in.
Its a multifacted experiment.
But, it might prove to be lucrative given the current environment - people are starting to move further and further away from petrochemicals, and back to basics - and this is one area where oils and biochemistry could very well boom. So keep up the research.
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I have access to a microscope, lot's of different oils and my own hair. There are stains that may work to make this simpler (detect the fats of the oil) ...but my hair is dark and stains wouldn't show up. Anything else gets much more complex that just looking in the microscope.
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Mohair has been used in some henna experiments. Supposedly it's similar to human hair.
But I, too, don't think it'll be as simple as looking in a microscope. And what with "everyone's hair is different" as the standard advice given out here, I'm not exactly sure how useful the information would be.
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This is very interesting to me, because it feels like grapeseed oil is penetrating my hair at least if not more than coconut does for my hair. i guess i will give some of the other penetrators another look.
What about emu oil and shea butter? Does anyone know where they fall in the categories?
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This made me curious so I started looking. has anyone read:
Mapping penetration of cosmetic compounds into hair fibers using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS)
Authors: Hornby, S. B.1; Appa, Y.1; Ruetsch, S.2; Kamath, Y.2
Source: International Journal of Cosmetic Science, Volume 27, Number 5, October 2005 , pp. 299-299(1)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
It is a pay for article and i am too cheap to pay, i will have to see if the University will get it.
ETA if my understanding is correct, based on the abstract, then the following oils could be considered penatrative because the have at least a certain percentage monunsaturated fat. grapeseed oil, ground nut oil, peanut oil, flaxseed oil, sesame oil, & corn oil, though they are not completely monunsaturated.
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Hey, I want to start using oils on my hair. So far I rarely use oils/deep treatments on my hair, however now it is growing longer, I feel I really need to start asap. I really don't know what type oil I should buy online. Or would simple olive oil from my kitchen cupboard be equally effective for restoring moisture? Are there any instructions for applying olive oil in to hair (presuming olive oil is good for hair)?
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