Oily Hair: Home Remedies to Prevent and Treat Oily Hair

Are you irritate of your greasy hair? Our hair are become oilier over a period of time because of the oil concealed by our scalp or due to taking too much bath and overuse of oily hair products. Some people scalp produce more oil due to many reason such as pregnancy, hormonal issue, menstruation, stress, and many more. Oily hair create dandruff and itchy scalp. Oily hairs also occurs due to dirty hairs, deficiency of vitamin B, over washing, and using of chemical products. When scalp produce more oil our scalp feel sticky. We are here to give you solution to all your problems by natural way.

Here are some Home Remedies for Oily Hair

• Apple cider vinegar
• Aloe Vera
• Egg and lemon
• Baking soda
• Fuller’s earth (multani mitti)
• Green tea

Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar contain astringent properties which helps to remove excess oil from your scalp. It has many other benefits for your scalp. When you use diluted apple cider vinegar it helps to balance the pH level of our scalp.

You need

• Apple cider vinegar
• Warm water

 How to use

1. Take three table spoon of apple cider vinegar to one cup of warm water
2. Apply the mixture on your hair and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes
3. Wash your hair with Luke warm water
4. Repeat this 3 to 4 time per week

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is one of the best natural ingredients for all type of skin care and hair. Aloe Vera is considered one of the best natural remedy for oily hair.  It absorb excessive oil form your scalp and make your hair more smooth and shine. Aloe Vera increase hair growth.

You need

•  Lemon
• Aloe Vera

How to use 

1. Take one table spoon of aloe Vera and five spoon of shampoo and few drops of lemon
2. Mix all the ingredients well and use it as a shampoo
3. Massage the mixture on your scalp for 2 minutes
4. Do this twice a week to see more effective results

Egg and lemon

The combination of lemon and egg work magical on your hair. Egg is high rich in protein and Sulphur, it is also considered one of the best natural conditioner for hair. Use of lemon on your scalp reduce greasy hair. Lemon is also good for dandruff. Egg make your hair more shining and silky. Lemon is acidic in nature so its work well on greasy hairs. Lemon is one of the best solution for dandruff.

You need

• Egg
• Lemon

How to use

1. Take two egg yolk, add some lemon juice
2. Mix the mixture well
3. Apply thoroughly on your scalp and let it sit for 10 minutes
4. Rinse off with normal water 

Baking soda

Baking soda is extremely good for removing excessive oil from skin and scalp. Baking soda helps to get rid of greasy and dirty hair. Baking soda has absorbent and exfoliating properties which help to remove excessive oil from hair.

You need

• Warm water
• Baking soda

How to use

1. Take 3 to 4 tablespoon of baking soda, add some water
2. Make a smooth paste
3. Rub the paste all over your scalp
4. Leave the paste all over your head for 15 minutes
5. Wash it off with warm water

Fuller’s earth

Earth’s fuller is one of the most common used product for skincare and hair care because of its absorbing properties. Fuller’s earth hair mask absorb all excessive oil from hair.  Multani mitti control the production of excessive oil on scalp. It also help to increase blood circulation which increase hair growth.

You need

• Fuller’s earth
• Lemon drops
• Water

How to use

1. For fullers earth hair mask
2. Take half cup of fuller’s earth, add enough amount of water and few drops of lemon.
3. Make a smooth paste
4. Apply the mask all over the hair and roots.
5. Let it to dry
6. Rinse off with Luke warm water

Green Tea

Green tea is used as a healthy drink from many centuries. Green tea is also good for to reduce stress because green tea is high rich in antioxidant. It work effortlessly to decrease itching, oily skin, dryness and remove all type of impurities. Green tea also solve greasy hair issue.

You need

• Olive oil
• Green tea bag

How to apply

1. Boil water with green tea bag,
2. Keep water aside to cool down
3. Add some drops of olive oil in green tea
4. Apply the liquid mixture on your scalp for 10 minutes and gently massage
5. Wrap a towel around your hair for 15 minutes
6. Rinse off with Luke Warm water

Tips to avoid oily hair

1. If you are facing oily hair stop washing your hair more often, because over washing because more oil to rehydrate
2. If you want to get rid of oily skin, then shampoo properly, focus on the scalp where oil produce more rather than length of hair.
3. Stop using straightener or any time of heat because it make our hair look greasier.
4. Stop using product which contain silicon because silicon make our hair more shine and smooth
5. Properly rinse all the shampoo and conditioner out of your hair, because when products left on your hair it look and feel itching and dirt
6. Start using dry shampoo, it is life savior for oil hair
7. One time every week rinse off your hair with apple cider vinegar, it help to balance Ph level of our hair and also absorb excessive oil.
8. Start using shampoo that contain tree tea oil because it improve itching, improve greasiness.
9. sometime use green tea to rinse off your hair
10. Stop touching your hair more often, over touching your hairs stimulate sebum which make our hair greasier.
11. Stop using any kind of hair serum which make your hair more shine, because it create oilier on your scalp.   
12. Try dandruff shampoo which  reduce dandruff and absorb excess oil.
13. Don’t over brush your hair, sometime dirt brush are main cause of an oily hair.
14. Use hair repairing mask it helps to get rid of excessive oil from scalp