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Onion Juice for Hair: Can It Stop

Hair Loss?
4-5 minutos

Onion juice is a known remedy for hair health, specifically for

hair loss. It’s been used for decades as a home treatment.

Considering using onion juice for your own hair care? Read up
on the remedy to make sure it will benefit your particular hair
health and care routine.

Onion juice may be effective for hair loss in some instances. It

may also restore luster and shine. Onion juice could also
prevent premature graying of hair and treat dandruff.

Here’s a full list of the claimed benefits of onion juice for hair
care:

alopecia treatment

inflamed, dry, or itchy scalp

hair loss

dandruff

thinning hair

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dry or brittle hair

prematurely graying hair

scalp infection

Science shows that there are many ways onion juice can help
with hair loss. For one, onions are high in dietary sulfur, a
nutritional element our bodies need.

Sulfur is found within amino acids, which are components of

protein. Proteins — and especially keratin, which is known to
be sulfur-rich — are needed for growing strong hair.

When added to the hair and scalp, onion juice can provide
extra sulfur to support strong and thick hair, thus preventing
hair loss and promoting hair growth.

The sulfur from onions may also help promote collagen

production. Collagen in turn helps the production of healthy
skin cells and hair growth.

It’s also believed that onions may boost circulation. Applying

onion juice to the hair and scalp could increase blood supply to
hair follicles, which in turn improves hair growth.

There have been studies on how onion juice prevents hair

loss, but not on its other benefits.

A 2002 study attempted to put onion juice’s hair loss science in

action. The group who washed their hair with onion juice
experienced more hair growth than those who washed it with
tap water. Men also appeared to experience a greater benefit

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than women.

However, the study is over a decade old, and not all subjects
completed the test. More research is needed into how onion
juice works and if its benefits are significant. Nevertheless,
many more recent studies and reviews of natural hair loss
treatments reference the study as reliable evidence that onion
juice can be helpful.

On the other hand, onion juice shouldn’t be considered a cure

for hair loss conditions like alopecia or pattern baldness. It can
help stimulate and protect growth of current hair, but it’s not
known to reverse any hair loss-related illness.

Many people have developed simple instructional home

treatments to apply onion juice to their hair.

Some people may avoid using onion juice for their hair due to
its strong smell. For this reason, some have suggested simple
recipes to help curb the onion smell.

Using onion juice for hair is mostly safe. If you have an allergy
to onions, you shouldn’t use onion juice on your hair.

Even among those who are not allergic, onions can be quite
caustic to the skin. Side effects may include redness and
itching, depending on how potent a concoction you make.
Mixing onion juice with an emollient like aloe vera or coconut
oil may prevent this.

Don’t use onion juice as a cure for alopecia or other hair loss

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issues. For some conditions — such as alopecia — the only

successful cure is a hair transplant. The same applies to
baldness.

Also, certain medications can increase a person’s sensitivity to

onion juice on the skin (such as aspirin). If you’re concerned
about interactions, do a skin test first, or talk to your doctor.

Onion is a safe, natural, and affordable home remedy that can

be great for your hair. Many people have reported that it
improves thickness, stimulates growth, and even regenerates
new growth when dealing with hair loss.

Still, onion juice is not a cure for pattern baldness, alopecia, or

other hair loss-related disorders.

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