Hair growth and Oil treatment

Hey who ever is out there!

So I'm here to update you on my hair growth and we'll see if there's any real difference!

I am still taking the folic acid, cod liver oil and on top of that I decided to give this oil treatment a go. Basically what you're supposed to do is massage warm oil (any but canola or vegetable oil) into your scalp and hang upside down for 4 minutes. It's supposed to make your hair grow an inch in a week. Sounds crazy right? Sounds like a pile of bologna right?

Well I decided to put it to the test. And here are my results!

Well kind of - I ended up using a drug store product instead of a pure oil.

 

And I didn't heat it up. I was lazy. I am sorry! Well that and I was afraid that the bottle would explode in the microwave. So I am taking into account that if this doesn't work it is entirely my fault for not taking the directions to heart.

So I massaged this into my scalp for at least 1-3 minutes every night to activate the blood circulation on my scalp and then hung upside down for a timed four minutes off my bed. I can tell you now that it is the longest 4 minutes of my entire day. I started reading during them to try to make it pass faster. Also if you get up too quickly you'll get very dizzy. Boo!

I also, because I'm lazy and because it smells nice and I heard it was good for my hair too, slept with the oil in my hair. I don't think I would have done that with olive oil.

First I measured my hair - it was at 4-4.5" at the front when I started. Its hard to get exact measurements in the mirror.

Then I took pictures of the front of my hair to gauge where on my nose my hair seemed to reach.

The beginning of the week, last Sunday.

Today!

Me pretending my hair is some kind of sci-fi helmet because its so short still.

Now it doesn't look like much - definitely not an inch. But bear in mind my hair isn't really as fluffy and weightless in the first picture - its pretty limp. I haven't measured my hair at this point so I don't even really know for sure what the results are.

But foremost my own personal observations are that it feels longer when its flopping into my face. It also feels and looks a little thicker. On feeling... My hair is ridiculously shiny and soft. Trust me - you want to stroke my hair right now. You can't tell really with the camera but my hair definitely looks more healthy.

(Side note: Did not effect my scalp psoriasis at all)

So measuring time! I wanted to save this until now so I could give my own honest observations. I could be totally wrong! Well aside from the healthiness. I can compete with my dog for softness now. BUAHAHAHA!

So I am now at a rather impressive 5 inches at the front of my hair!

Not bad considering I didn't follow all of the directions! A whole .5 to 1 inch in a week is pretty hefty for hair growth! Woohoo!

So if you've tried this feel free to let me know how it went for you! Or any other odd hair growth things you can think of for me to try!

I'm going to try to get some Mane 'n Tail shampoo and conditioner soon and I'll let you all know how that turns out. I've heard it smells like apples so I'm pretty excited!

In the mean time though I'm keeping up with this oil regiment and maybe even adding some lavender oil to the mix! Woohoo!!


In other news I had a really freaky apocalyptic dream where instead of zombies people were becoming creepy wax-figure looking things with frozen Barbie type smiles. I woke up feeling pretty awkward!