Castor oil for hair growth?

**gazelle** · February 19th, 2012, 12:08 PM

I am surprised that most of you are able to remove the excess oil with CO or diluted shampoo. I can't do it. Always leave my hair greasy and mostly wash again

**Sillage** · February 19th, 2012, 05:54 PM

I haven't had good luck with castor oil increasing hair growth but I'm glad some people are seeing results!

**cfreya** · February 19th, 2012, 05:59 PM

I have been using castor oil on my lashes and brows for about 3 months now and have noticed some thickening and growth but have only been using for about a month on my hair (scalp) so cannot comment on that yet..

However I second what others have said about conditioner to wash it out, I use CWC just make sure you apply the conditioner to dry hair (ie with the castor oil in but before wetting it) and massage well before wetting, then I cover all hair from the ears down in more conditioner and use diluted SLS free shampoo on the scalp only, before conditioning a final time

This method completely removes all the Castor oil even from my fine, thin hair

**moonofsilver** · February 19th, 2012, 07:19 PM

I use castor oil once a week on my hair (two days after washing it) I love it, because not only does it help with hair growth, it also helps as a detangler!

**autumnsdaughter** · February 19th, 2012, 09:49 PM

Tonight I tried something different. I put my castor oil/amla oil mix on my scalp and roots, and a SMT on my length and ends, and put it up for a couple hours. Before showering it off, I added a bit of conditioner to my roots and massaged it in, and it all rinsed nice and clean. I liked doing it that way- may as well treat all of my hair at once! Also, I think the SMT helped to keep the castor oil from traveling to the length so much. Yay! I can see myself doing it this way much more often than without the SMT.

**cfreya** · February 20th, 2012, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by autumnsdaughter

Tonight I tried something different. I put my castor oil/amla oil mix on my scalp and roots, and a SMT on my length and ends, and put it up for a couple hours. Before showering it off, I added a bit of conditioner to my roots and massaged it in, and it all rinsed nice and clean. I liked doing it that way- may as well treat all of my hair at once! Also, I think the SMT helped to keep the castor oil from traveling to the length so much. Yay! I can see myself doing it this way much more often than without the SMT.

I have been thinking about trying this, definitely going to now thanks for posting !

**Cleopatra18** · February 20th, 2012, 12:16 PM

still using my castor/mustard/rosemary oil mix. Think I will add a small amount of coconut oil to the mix as well. I'm not measuring growth and I think I have been shedding more recently, not sure why. I will not stop using it though as I think it really benefits my hair.

**Shatam1** · February 22nd, 2012, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Cleopatra18

still using my castor/mustard/rosemary oil mix. Think I will add a small amount of coconut oil to the mix as well. I'm not measuring growth and I think I have been shedding more recently, not sure why. I will not stop using it though as I think it really benefits my hair.

I do the exact same mix of oils and it works wonders for my hair. My mix has coconut and almond oil too

**Lipbalmbabe** · February 24th, 2012, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Anje

Does it seem like it actually encourages more hair to grow, or is it plumping the existing hairs (which I have heard castor oil does)?

Yes! My hair grew so much afterbusing it! It really plumper my hair up.

**hiddencat** · February 25th, 2012, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by gazelle

I am surprised that most of you are able to remove the excess oil with CO or diluted shampoo. I can't do it. Always leave my hair greasy and mostly wash again

I can't do that. Any time I use coconut oil, I have to use a regular shampoo and sometimes wash twice if it's a really mild shampoo. But CO washes in general are no-goes for me. I need more cleansing on my scalp than that.