How Can Flaxseed Help Your Hair?

Heard of the flaxseed craze but don’t really know how it's going to help you and your hair? We’ve got you!

Flaxseed is a versatile seed that comes from the Flax plant and has numerous qualities that can be beneficial for your skin and hair. Studies show that flaxseed is rich in omega-3 fatty acids with anti-inflammatory properties. This can help improve redness, irritation, and inflammation of the scalp. Flaxseed can also help keep your hair dense, shiny and can maximise your hair’s volume and elasticity! If you suffer from dry and damaged hair, flaxseed oil will benefit you the most as well as people who have curly or frizzy hair. If you do have scalp irritation, you may also see some soothing benefits by using flaxseed oil.

It's also rich in Vitamin E. This is great for both the health and wellbeing of your skin and hair. The nutrients in flaxseed promote the health of your scalp by reducing free radical damage, helps improve circulation in your head which in turn can help with both hair growth and slowing down hair breakage. Flaxseed can also help with premature greying of your hair. Premature greying of hair is a growing concern amongst both women and men when it comes to their hair. But with the incorporation of flaxseed, you no longer will have to worry about grey hairs because it can help you keep your hairs natural colour and shine longer.

Flaxseed is unique in the sense that it can be taken by both ingesting it or applying it directly to your hair. Your consumption of it should be varied depending on your process of using flaxseed. If you plan on ingesting it, you can use it daily but if you are applying flaxseed oil directly to your hair, it is recommended you use it sparingly like most oils as to not cause greasy hair or any damage resulting from excess oil. One way to use it is through our Hair Oil Treatment that includes a concentrate of flaxseed oil along with an infusion of several other beneficial oils for hair growth.