Red pepper tincture for hair

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a thick beautiful hair, and for women it is an important part of their beauty. But even those whom nature has bestowed this gift, it is necessary to know how to care for them, so that they look beautiful, do not fall out, do not fade and do not split. On sale now a lot of means to care for them, taking into account the different features of the hair, but natural components are less expensive, in addition, do not contain chemical additives. One of them is a tincture of red pepper, successfully used in hair masks.

Indications Red pepper tinctures for hair

The need to use tincture of red pepper occurs when the hair has lost its vivacity, fall out, become brittle and split, and the reflection in the mirror suggests that it is time to do something.

It is clear that there will be more hair if you strengthen the hair follicle, and they themselves will get a healthy look if they are fully nourished. Red pepper helps to cope with the task of hair growth and prevention of hair loss.

Pharmacodynamics

The hair follicle is nourished by the vessels located in the hair papilla. Red pepper tincture, getting on the skin of the scalp, causes burning, thereby stimulating blood flow to them and accelerates regenerative, metabolic, energetic processes.

At the same time, the plant contains many useful nutrients that can nourish and revitalize both the epidermis and the hair shaft itself. This is due to capsaicin - the "burning" active ingredient of pepper, irritating the skin, and so beneficial to the hair and skin vitamins A, C, B6; mineral elements: potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron; essential and fatty oils. [1], [2]

Dosing and administration

To know in advance the reaction of the skin to the mask, it is necessary to test it. To do this, apply the product on the elbow bend of the arm and wait a little to see if there will be an allergic reaction.

Initially, the tincture may seem too aggressive, so it is best to add a spice-reducing ingredient, such as honey.

The mixture is applied to the roots of dry, dirty hair with a paint brush. Fingers (gloved hands) are lightly massaged on the head to improve penetration of the product into the skin, a cellophane cap is put on over the hair, the head is covered with a towel.

It is recommended to keep the mask for up to an hour, but in case of strong pinching you should reduce the time to avoid getting burns. Then the hair is well washed using shampoos, rinses, you can also apply conditioner.

For young children, red pepper tincture is inappropriate for hair care, but teenagers can experiment.

Recipes

There are many options for preparing hair masks based on red pepper tincture. It is not even necessary to buy it, but you can make it yourself. To do this, one medium pepper is cut into pieces, placed in a glass container, poured a glass of vodka, closed with a lid.

Such a composition should be insisted in a dark place for at least 2-3 weeks. Further tincture of red burning pepper has the right to be an ingredient of a mask for hair growth and strengthening. Here are a few recipes:

• add any base oil (feather oil, olive oil, castor oil), which will not only soften the aggressive effect of pepper, but also nourish the hair follicles with useful substances, a little water. It is best to take equal proportions of each;
• Mix pepper (1 tablespoon) with liquid honey (4 tablespoons);
• prepare a decoction of herbs useful for hair (thyme, burdock, nettle, chamomile), take 2 parts to one tincture of red chilli pepper;
• squeeze juice from aloe leaves and add to the tincture of red hot pepper;
• Colorless henna combine with the main ingredient, stir well, this will help a little kefir.

Use Red pepper tinctures for hair during pregnancy

During pregnancy, the hormonal restructuring of the body is able to affect the state of a woman's hair in two ways: they can both strengthen, become thicker, and begin to fall out, split, dull. In the latter case, of course, they should apply healing actions in the form of rinses with medicinal herbs, apply masks.

As for the tincture of red pepper, it is made on an alcohol solution, bakes, causes hyperemia of the skin, and the female body is very vulnerable to odors, irritations of the epidermis, so it is best to postpone such a mask for the period after childbirth.

Contraindications

Any injuries, dermatological diseases, wounds on the scalp will be an obstacle to the use of pepper tincture. They are also contraindicated in high blood pressure, headaches, pregnancy.

Side effects Red pepper tinctures for hair

Red pepper tincture mask can cause irritation, itching, redness of the scalp.

Storage conditions

Regardless of whether the tincture is bought in a pharmacy or made by yourself, it is best to store it in a darkened place, not necessarily in the refrigerator.

Shelf life

The shelf life is quite long (the pharmacy instruction says 4 years).

Analogs

A similar effect on the hair has mustard powder, also stimulating blood flow to the hair follicles. There are fans of dimexide masks using as an additive to the main composition of the medicinal antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drug "Dimexide".

Testimonials

The use of various therapeutic masks is not for the lazy, since you need not only to prepare them, apply them to the hair, but also to keep them long enough, then carefully remove them. But for their labors and patience, they are rewarded. According to reviews, the mask with tincture of red pepper is exactly like this.