Loose and dull hair is a familiar problem. Without supplying the body with a full amount of vitamins, it cannot be solved. And one of the most important for the health of hair - vitamin E, which contributes to the rapid strengthening and growth of hair. It is given a vitamin in liquid form, you can buy shampoos with its presence in the composition, as well as make means for washing hair and masks yourself.
What is the benefit of vitamin E?
Vitamin E improves blood circulation, helps cells to be updated. When used internally and when applied topically, it has the following effects:
- normalizes lymph circulation;
- improves oxygen delivery to hair follicles;
- activates the production of collagen.
Due to this effect, the hair will become smoother, more resilient, elastic, in addition, due to the nutrition of the follicles, it accelerates the growth of curls.
In addition, the vitamin has a positive effect on the scalp: itching, dryness, minor defects, reduces the risk of dandruff. With regular consumption improves not only the condition of the hair, but also the nails - they become strong and shiny.
Natural sources of tocopherol
Get the body needs vitamin E in various ways. The simplest is to eat foods that contain it in large quantities:
- seafood, fish;
- fresh vegetables, greens;
- milk, liver, eggs;
- vegetable oils (they should be used for cooking salads, but not for frying);
- nuts;
- herbs, for example, raspberry leaves, wild rose, sea buckthorn.
According to the recipes of traditional medicine, decoctions of these plants should be either consumed orally or used to wash hair.
Rules for Vitamin E for Hair Treatment
However, adjusting the amount of vitamin E that comes from food can be quite problematic - for this reason, it is much more effective to use it in the form of pharmaceutical preparations. It is best and most convenient to take tocopherol in the form of capsules, which can have a different dose of the active substance - from 0.1 g to 0.4 g.
It is necessary to consume such vitamins taking into account the maximum daily dose, which for an adult is 1 g, one-time use can take no more than 0.4 g of tocopherol.
Moreover, it is possible to take the drug only after consulting with a specialist, which will allow you to avoid overdose and hypervitaminosis.
In the case of severe vitamin E deficiency, it can be given as injections that inject intramuscularly.
This method of therapy is used in the case of the advanced form of seborrhea, with alopecia.
If you doubt that there is a deficiency of this trace element, but at the same time you want to support your body with vitamins, you should use special vitamin complexes, which contain a balanced amount of trace elements, minerals.
Shampoo recipes
In addition to ingesting vitamin, it can be used for topical use in the form of shampoos. They have a lot of useful properties:
- hair is not so quickly polluted due to the normalization of the stalemate and sebaceous glands;
- the shag becomes more shiny, not electrified;
- hair roots are strengthened, tissues are saturated with oxygen.
It is worth noting that they are quite expensive, because many housewives in order to save, prepare therapeutic compositions with their own hands, using for this purpose a liquid vitamin, for example, in ampoules. Let's look at a few cooking recipes.
Hastily
To prepare the shampoo, take 1 ampoule, mix with the amount of shampoo you need to wash your hair. All mix, apply the product to wet hair. When washing your hair, pay special attention to the root zone, massaging it for a few minutes, then rinse the shampoo with warm water.
Vitamin Cocktail
To prepare an effective tool, you will need:
- 3 ampoules of tocopherol;
- 3 ampoules of vitamin A;
- 1 tsp. jojoba oil and grape seed oil;
- 1 ampoule of vitamins PP, C, B9, B12, B6;
- 250 ml of shampoo.
Add all the ingredients to the shampoo, mix it thoroughly and start washing the hair. Moreover, before each procedure, the container with the medium must be shaken.
The first results will be visible in 2-3 weeks. At the same time, during the period of hair treatment, it is necessary to abandon their heat treatment - the use of hair dryers, straighteners, etc.
The result from the use of vitamin shampoos appears in 3-4 weeks. During the treatment period, it is recommended to abandon the aggressive heat treatment of the hair - the use of a rectifier, hair dryer of high power.
How to make masks?
We noticed that the hair began to grow dull, fall out badly, grow slowly, you will be helped by vitamin masks, which need to be done every two days for 30-40 days, after which you need to take a monthly break. Cooking recipes depend on the problem you are facing.
Split ends
For cooking, you need to heat 100 ml of honey, add 1 tsp. vitamin in liquid form, 3 tbsp. burdock oil. All components should be mixed, put on the curls along their entire length before washing the hair for half an hour, covering the head with a plastic cap and a towel.
Hair loss
You will need ingredients such as:
- 30 g of dried chamomile and nettle;
- 200 ml of boiling water.
Pour water ingredients and leave to infuse for half an hour, then strain the liquid, put a slice of stale rye bread. When it is soddened, the bread should be crushed with your fingers until it is homogeneous and pour 1 ampoule of vitamin into the mass.
Apply the resulting gruel on the hair and leave for 40 minutes, rinse with warm water.
For the growth of curls
If hair grows slowly, they need to be stimulated using a mustard mask. For its preparation you need to take:
- 1 tsp tocopherol in liquid form;
- 1 egg yolk;
- 1 tsp dry mustard powder.
All components must be thoroughly mixed and applied to dry tips.
An important point: the mask should be kept on the head for no more than 20 minutes, but if you feel a burning sensation, wash it off immediately so as not to get burned.
From dullness
The mask of sour cream, vitamin E and a number of herbal ingredients will help you to cope with dull hair. First, it will be necessary to make a decoction of burdock root: raw materials need to pour boiling water in portions of 1: 3, boil for 30-40 minutes.
After that, the liquid must be drained, poured into a separate container of 100 ml - 1 ampoule of vitamin E is added, 3 tbsp. sour cream, 1 tsp olive oil. Mixing the composition, it is applied to dry hair along their entire length. Wash off the composition you need in half an hour, using any shampoo.
Reviews
After using the paints, serious hair problems began, and on the advice of her friend decided to use vitamin E: she made masks and shampoos. In just a month and a half of their use, the curls improved significantly, although, in addition, I also ate properly, refused bad habits.
Elena, 31 years old
To cope with dull hair, I decided to purchase vitamin E on the recommendation of my cosmetologist. I did a few weeks of the mask, and the truth is, the state of the curls became much better. After consulting with the doctor for about a month, she took him inside: the condition of the nails also improved. In six months I plan to repeat it for preventive purposes.
Julia, 28 years old
Vitamin E for hair with regular consumption can be a real salvation for brittle and weak hair. But do not forget that the health of the curls will largely depend on the lifestyle, the presence of bad habits, because only the complex suits will allow to preserve their beauty.
