| When people lose their hair it can be devastating, | | | | --Rosemary (3 drops) |
| whatever the reason. | | | | --Thyme (2 drops) |
| I've known more than one woman diagnosed with | | | | --Placed in carrier oil mix of jojoba (3 mL) and |
| cancer who was more concerned about losing her | | | | grapeseed (20 mL) |
| hair from treatments than they were with the | | | | (FYI-all of these oils have been used to treat alopecia |
| cancer. | | | | for more than a century). |
| It is amazing the value people put on hair. | | | | Researcher Isabelle C. Hay and colleagues from the |
| And it is also amazing how many products are out | | | | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland ran this study |
| there that attempt hair regrowth. | | | | and had half the group use this essential oil mixture |
| I am often asked if there is anything natural and | | | | and the other half use a plain carrier oil. |
| available in the essential oil arena for hair loss. | | | | Testing was done several times in during the seven |
| There are many causes for hair loss. | | | | month trial period by photography and measurement. |
| Alopecia (the medical term for hair loss), can be | | | | Of those receiving active treatment, 44 percent (16 |
| related to different things such as genetics, | | | | of 35 patients) significantly improved, while 15 |
| hormones, drugs, or illness. | | | | percent (6 of 40patients) using placebo improved. |
| And there are many types of alopecia. | | | | One male patient with alopecia areata as well as |
| Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that causes | | | | severe male pattern hair loss saw improvement in |
| patchy baldness (this not the "male pattern baldness" | | | | both areas after using the essential oil blend. |
| hair loss). | | | | These results suggest that one or more of the |
| It affects men and women and is most likely caused | | | | essential oils are biologically able to promote hair |
| by an inflammatory immune response often followed | | | | growth. |
| by stress. | | | | Reference: |
| This is the type of hair loss that can respond to the | | | | Hay IC, Jamieson M, Ormerod AD. Randomized trial |
| use of essential oils. A 1998 study was done with 84 | | | | of aromatherapy. |
| people who had been diagnosed with alopecia areata | | | | Successful treatment for alopecia areata. Arch |
| who used essential oil applications to their scalp: | | | | Dermatol. |
| --Cedarwood (2 drops) | | | | 1998;134(11):1349-1352. |
| --Lavender (3 drops) | | | | |