Side Effects of Mustard Oil for your Hair
What comes to your mind when you hear about Mustard Oil? 🤔
What I dream of is having abundantly hydrated, shiny, and frizz-free hair. We’ve all heard about the numerous benefits of mustard oil since childhood, and it truly does offer amazing advantages for hair. It helps moisturize and strengthen hair, leaving it healthier and stronger, which is what we all desire. However, even the most natural products can have downsides. As the saying goes, “too much of a good thing can be harmful.” This begs the question: does mustard oil have any drawbacks, and how can we use it moderately to minimize any potential side effects?🤷
Here I am going to share with you some of the side effects of Mustard Oil for your hair and also hair care regime to avoid the mistakes we usually do with our scalp.👉
Major Side Effects of Mustard Oil For Your Hair
Greasiness of Hair
As Mustard oil is totally natural and ayurvedic therapy for hair it has thick texture which can be very greasy and heavy for hair purpose. It can make your hair look very greasy and less voluminous when applied to the hair strands. Also you will require more shampoo to completely rinse it off.🛀
Clogged Pores
One of the side effects of Mustard oil for your hair is Clogged pores. Mustard Oil contains Omega 3 Fatty acids which is known as comedogenic mineral, it can cause clogging of pores in your scalp which in addition can result into dirty hair and also small bumps onto your scalp, so no matter how much you like to use mustard oil for your hair always keep in mind to not to use in excessive amount to achieve clear and spotless skin.👩
Scalp Irritation
Mustard oil contains erucic acid which is known to cause irritation and blisters to the skin. It can cause blisters and itching to your scalp. So long term use of mustard oil on scalp lead to harmful effects along with some symptoms like redness, swelling, rashes, itching and inflammatory scalp.😣
Headache and Fatigue
This is one of my personal experience applying too much mustard oil especially if you leave it overnight on your scalp can definitely lead to headache, you will not notice it in one or two days but using it continuously can make your headache worse also you will feel dizzy🤯. My doctor suggested me to not leave this oil overnight and it helped me after few days when I stopped using it. So try not to leave it overnight to your hair.🙆♀️
Eye Irritation
While applying mustard oil onto your hair if it gets right into the eyes then it can cause irritation and redness of eye so always apply it carefully with your fingers only on your hairs and if accidently it goes to eye rinse your eyes immediately.👀
Acne
One major side effect of mustard oil for oily skin people are acne and breakouts. If oil gets absorbed in scalp for long time it can effect more oil and sebum production on scalp as well as on your face. This will result in formation of clogged pores and breakouts with severe acne issues. It is recommended for oily skin people to not use mustard oil on scalp to avoid acne🙅♀️.
These are the major side effects of mustard oil for your hair, but in order to avoid these I have some of the alternatives and measures for you that will gonna help you further for your healthy and strong hair.💁
How to Use Mustard Oil to Avoid These Side Effects?
Always try to use small quantity of mustard oil on your scalp, too much of oil will only cause greasiness resulting into more use of shampoo also more time to rinse it properly. Take few drops of oil on your fingers gently massage it in your hair till it gets completely absorbed.💆♀️
- Make small sections of hair strands and then apply oil onto it to avoid frizziness and tangled hair it will also be an easy application.
- Use wooden comb for applying mustard oil to your hair as it evenly distributes oil to hair also it removes any static charge which plastic comb does and results into frizz.
- Mix Mustard oil with any other natural oil for better results, for example coconut oil, walnut oil, almond oil, amla oil and bhringa oil.
- And most importantly never ever leave it overnight on your scalp, leave it only for 1-2 hours and then rinse it off, it will make your hair stronger and healthier.
- Massage oil into scalp with fingers in one direction at a time, use some circular motions it will boost circulation and will help in hairgrowth, do not dab a lot of quantity with your palm this will cause tangles.
So follow these steps to avoid side effects of mustard oil for hair and in accordance to achieve stronger and shinier hair so that everytime you go out you could bounce and flip your hair beautifully, I am sure I am not the only one who likes to do so. Enjoy your Flip!😉😌
FAQs Related Side Effects of Mustard Oil for Hair
Que: Does Mustard oil cause hair fall?
Ans: Mustard oil is great for hair growth and moisture but applying too much of it sometimes can cause hairfall so use it according to the amount of dryness in your hair for better results.
Que: Why mustard oil is bad for you?
Ans: It can cause irritation of scalp, clogged pores and itching which is why it has some of its side effects along with greasy hair.
Que: Why mustard oil is banned in US?
Ans: A component of Mustard oil Erucic acid is found to be harmful for the heart health also it has adverse effect on animal health so they banned its import and selling in US.
