How To Use Coconut Milk For Hair Growth

Coconut milk is one of the best things you could treat your hair with. It’s completely natural and is loaded with vitamins like Lauric Acid, Protein, Vitamin C etc which improve the circulation of blood in your scalp. 

There are several ways to use coconut milk as treatment for hair growth; for the purpose of this post, I am going to focus on Coconut milk with lemon. But before we get into it, let's look at how to make coconut milk.

How to make Coconut Milk

Use matured coconut that the back have already turned brown; this will produce thick coconut milk.

Crack open the coconut using a sturdy cleaver, hammer or a heavy knife.

Strain the water out and keep.

Remove the coconut kernel from its shell by hitting the back of the coconut with a paring knife until the meat falls off from the shell.

Wash the coconut meat well and cut it into small pieces. Grind the meat into a coarse mixture without adding water. Add the coconut water, and grind for 1-2 minutes.

Strain the mixture using a small eyed strainer or muslin cloth. Squeeze or press the pulp to extract the milk. The resulting liquid is the thick coconut milk.

You Will Need

·         4 tbsp Coconut Milk

·         2 tsp Lemon Juice

·         Shower Cap

Process

1.     1. Combine the coconut milk and lemon juice in a bowl and refrigerate the mixture for 4 hours or overnight depending on your time.

2.     In the four hours, the coconut milk would have curdled a little.

3.     Apply this curdled mixture to your scalp and hair and leave it in for 45 minutes.

4.      Cover your hair with a shower cap during this time to avoid a mess.

5.     Rinse the mixture out with your regular shampoo.

How Often?

Once a week.

Why This Works

See below the nutrients contained in coconut that helps your hair grow faster and healthy.

Proteins. Your hair is made of proteins, lack of proteins leads to thinning of hair. Coconut milk is rich in proteins and its usage results in thick and bouncy locks.

Lauric Acid. Lauric acid present in coconut milk binds with the hair proteins and strengthens the hair. It stops the breakage of hair due to thinning.

Vitamin E and Iron. The vitamin E and iron present in coconut milk brings softness and shine to your hair strands and helps in hair growth. It contributes to maintaining the integrity of cell membranes of hair follicles. The Vitamin E penetrates into the hair shaft and keeps it conditioned from within.

Magnesium. Coconut milk is rich in magnesium. It promotes hair growth by proper nourishment. Magnesium helps to calm the nervous system and maintains normal blood pressure.

This action of the coconut milk reduces the hair problems because researchers have found a strong association between baldness and high blood pressure.

Phosphorous. It helps in hair regrowth.

Potassium. It prevents hair loss.

Manganese. It helps the hair to become thick and strong.

Copper. Copper is essential for hair growth. The copper peptides reverse and prevent the graying of hair because they help in melanin pigment production. Copper is essential for maintaining a healthy scalp.

Lemon juice is rich in vitamin C which is essential for the production of collagen. Nourishing your scalp with vitamin C will help increase the collagen levels, boosting hair growth.