A WOMAN who transformed her hair from thin and limp to thick and luscious has warned against trying three viral hacks that could cause more damage than good.
Abbey tried and tested numerous hacks on her haircare journey – with some more successful than others.
She’s also used her knowledge to help 4,000 people with their own hair struggles.
And while there are countless people on social media sharing their best tips to encourage hair growth, Abbey said in a video on her TikTok page that there are three she definitely wouldn’t recommend.
The first – castor oil – which she said “did so much more damage than good to my hair”.
“The molecular structure of castor oil is too large to actually penetrate the hair, so if you’re already suffering from hair damage and you’re trying to grow out your hair, castor oil can cause a whole mess,” Abbey added.
She also insisted rice water didn’t work for her, adding that it’s “very time consuming”, and can cause “protein damage” and a “bunch of chaos” if it’s not used properly.
And lastly, Abbey weighed in on the “hot topic” of hair growth supplements, as she raged they’re “really overhyped and overly expensive”.
“Your body does not need hair to survive, so your hair thrives off of the nutrients and the oxygen that is in the blood,” she explained.
“So your hair is the last thing to get any nutrients from any vitamin.”
Instead, Abbey advised going to a “functional medicine practitioner” to get tested to find out if you’re deficient in anything.
Then, you can take supplements specifically for your deficiency, which will help your body and hair as a whole.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”My hair fell out in clumps due to diet of takeaways and Coke but I had a turning point” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6368993089112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]“What didn’t help me with hair growth so if you are thinking about it– save your money!” Abbey captioned her video.
And people in the comments quickly had their say, with several agreeing with Abbey about the castor oil.
“Castor oil is so heavyyyy,” one wrote.
“If you have fine hair, definitely don’t use it!”
“Castor oil made mine worse!” another added.
“Castor oil gave me an itchy scalp and the vitamins didn’t help at all,” a third said.
With someone else agreeing: “Omg my scalp has been itching so bad since I started using castor oil on it.
“I didn’t even think about it being that.”
“Castor oil worked for me, buuuut only if it is mixed properly and you wash it daily,” another said.
“Instead of castor oil, I use rose water and jojoba oil with tea tree and rosemary,” someone else wrote.
“I have curly hair and jojoba oil along with coconut oil works for me,” another commented.
“I’m debating castor oil but after this maybe I won’t lol!”