TLDR : The short answer is that argan oil prevents hair loss caused by day to day damage, dryness and breakage helping to strengthen your hair by creating a healthy scalp.
What it doesn’t do is STOP hair loss at the root cause, for example, hair loss that has happened due to hormonal imbalances in your body or your genetics.
It is very important to identify which type of hair loss you are suffering in order to understand whether argan oil and its nutrients such as vitamin E, fatty acids, and antioxidants will benefit you.
First, what is natural hair loss?
Every day your scalp will naturally shed around 50 to 100 hairs – this is something that you can’t stop.
Just remember that this isn’t anything to worry about, it is healthy, necessary and part of your hair’s normal growth cycle.
The hairs that fall out make way for newer, fresher and stronger strands to grow, so it is a positive thing.
Argan oil can’t prevent this type of loss.
What about preventable hair loss?
Many people, men and women, lose extra hair daily that is not natural. This is usually due to damage which could have been prevented. A few examples of things that cause this extra, unnecessary damage are:
- Ponytails, buns or hair styles that are too tight on the hair and scalp
- Regular or overly using of heat tools e.g. straighteners
- Brushing too harshly
- General hair or scalp dryness including split ends
- Poor scalp health
- Using chemical treatments on your hair
Doing just one or a few of these activities on your hair can cause it to snap, break or fall out prematurely. The hair loss caused by these things are not natural and are completely preventable.
How argan can help hair loss
Argan oil is naturally rich in nutrients like vitamin E, antioxidants, and fatty acids that help to:
- Nourish your scalp:
Remember, healthy hair is the result of a healthy scalp. Argan oil moisturises and soothes dry, itchy and flaky scalps so that your hair strands don’t become brittle making them more likely to break. It can help reduce skin irritation and just generally help to make better environment / base for your hair to grow in. - Strengthen your hair strands:
Argan oil is like multivitamins for your hair. The oil coats each strand with its nutrients, making it more resistant to breakage from brushing, blow-drying and tight hairstyles. - Protects from daily damage:
Things like sun, pollution and even hard water can weaken your hair strands, think of it like normal daily wear and tear. Argan oil acts as a shield a bit like suncreen, protecting your hair through the day. - Reduces extra hair shedding – Losing hair due to hormonal changes or genetics that you can’t control can be very stressful and overwhelming. Whilst argan oil can’t stop natural hair loss, it can cut down any additional, unnecessary hair loss caused by things like general dryness, poor scalp health or harsh brushing.
- Delays visible thinning – Argan oil when used regularly helps to improve hair texture, softness, and gives you back your shine. All of this together can make your hair look fuller and healthier — this helps to combat signs of thinning.
To summarise…
Just to summarise if you’ve made it down this far!
Argan oil doesn’t stop natural hair shedding due to genetics or changes in hormones – you would have naturally lost this hair. But this natural oil can help prevent excess, unnecessary hair loss by protecting it from daily damages and stresses.
Just remember a healthier scalp creates stronger hair strands which will result in less breakage and hair loss.