A warm, soothing head massage can do more to rejuvenate you in the mind, body and spirit than you think. Given by an expert, it can make you forget your physical strains and pains and help you feel revitalized! When you are tired, down and out, nothing could be as relaxing and comforting as a wonderful head massage that pampers your scalp.
A soothing head massage
A soothing head massage
Let’s see HOW a head massage can benefit you.
What a Head Massage Does For You?
A gentle head massage, given by applying pressure on the scalp with fingertips, helps improve blood circulation. This act of massaging helps open up the blood vessels and that means an increased flow of blood to hair follicles. Once the hair follicles are strengthened, hair grows healthier and longer and hair fall gets checked.
Soft rubbing and kneading movements help to moisturize the scalp, fortify the roots and relax the scalp. Besides, a pampering head massage can help a person distress, albeit temporarily.
The Best Oil For Head Massage
To get the maximum out of a head massage, you need to use nourishing, lukewarm oil.
Olive oil: A lukewarm olive oil head massage helps to condition the roots of the hair and also promotes hair regrowth. It also helps heal dry, flaky, itchy scalp and get rid of dandruff.
Olive oil
Olive oil
Using olive oil regularly can make the hair more lustrous, thicker, healthier and shinier. Now, what else could one ask for?
Lavender oil: Lavender oil is most commonly used in aromatherapy because of the soothing effect it has. Using it regularly can help check hair fall and even promote the growth of new hair. Because of its antiseptic properties, lavender oilhelps fight nits and lice, fungi, bacteria and other germs along the scalp.
Lavender oil
Lavender oil
Not only that, it’s comforting fragrance helps get rid of insomnia and to get better sleep.
Besides olive oil and lavender oil, coconut oil and almond oil can also help in checking the rate of hair fall and promoting hair regrowth.
Just make sure to choose the best oil for your texture and type of hair to get the maximum out of it. Choosing the right oil helps strengthen the follicles and reduce the chances of getting dandruff.
Besides nourishing and moisturizing the scalp, roots and hair follicles, a good oil can help prevent split ends and brittleness of the hair.
Head massage has some therapeutic benefits as well. By helping a person de-stress, it helps to lower blood pressure and releases endorphins (hormones that make a person feel happy) in the blood.
How a head massage promotes hair regrowth?
A good head massage can help create the groundwork which is essential for the health of the hair by keeping dandruff and scalp infections at bay and by rejuvenating and moisturizing the scalp, hair roots and hair follicles. The increased blood supply to the hair follicles can actually work wonders for dry, damaged, dull, brittle hair.
What you do need to know, however, is that head massage ALONE is not enough to check the rate of hair fall and to promote hair regrowth. If your hair is already falling at a rapid rate, you need to stick to the basics which include:
A healthy, nutritious diet
Lots of protein
Protecting your hair from excessive heat, chemicals and harsh sun
Using a good shampoo and conditioner at least twice a week
In our next post in this category, we shall talk at length about getting the best results out of a head massage (and the technique in particular).
So, stay tuned and keep reading!!
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