NIGELLA SATIVA IS THE BEST HAIR LOSS TREATMENT

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Introduction

Well-kept hair is a symbol of beauty and also largely impact the overall health status. Certain underlying disease conditions like alopecia areata can result to poor quality of hair and thinning of hair, and even few infections on scalp and cancer chemotherapy can cause severe hair loss. 

However, sometimes negligence in hair-care is also responsible for baldness, which is resultant of severe hair loss.

After puberty, both male and female start to face different hair loss symptoms including thinning of hair in whole or a part of scalp. 

Research finding showed that 50 percent of both the gender faced hair loss by their age of 50. [1]

Hair care is one of the basic requirement to prevent unwanted hair loss.

There are several hair fall treatments available in market but most of them have multiple side effects, including irritation, itching scaling on scalp due to dryness, urticaria, weight gain, depression,  fatigue, gastrointestinal upsets, electrolyte disturbances, postural hypotension, menstrual irregularities (in female), etc.  [2]

It is necessary to opt for an herbal remedy to prevent baldness by decreasing hair fall.  Natural remedies reduces the chances of side effect which is evident with synthetic hair fall treatment medications.

Historical evidences prove that the black seed oil was the secret behind Queen Nefertiti's hair luster. Current herbal drug researchers promote black seed or Nigella sativa, in controlling hair loss and preventing baldness by providing several research evidences. [3]

Overview of Nigella sativa

Nigella sativa is commonly known as black cumin, as the name nigellus (a Latin term) means black. However, this herb has several regional names including black seed, kalonji, Haba al barakah. This herb belongs to Ranunculacae family. Among different phytochemicals, thymoquinone is one of the primary bioactive phytochemical extracted from Nigella sativa.

Thymoquinone and other phytochemicals present, in altogether help Nigella sativa to provide an effective herbal remedy for healthy hair growth due to anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial property. [3]

The different macro and micro nutrients and phytochemicals present in Nigella sativa, which promotes overall health and prevent several underlying disease conditions such as diabetes, kidney problem, liver disorder, cancer, which can cause hair loss are Essential amino acids, fatty acid,

Vitamin C, calcium, iron, different Tannins and Flavinoid based phytochemicals including thymoquinone, Nigellone, Nigellicine, Nigellimine-N-oxide, Nigellidine, etc. [4] Researchers from Western countries assessed the effectiveness of the black seed oil in preventing hair loss and treatment of baldness.

According to their study report, black seed oil acts as a catalyst in hair growth by replenishing the hair follicles and prevent baldness. [5]

Reasons of hair loss and how Nigella sativa effective to prevent them

The most common cause of hair loss and baldness are aging, inflammatory disease and microbial infections. The anti-aging property, anti-inflammatory property and anti-microbial property of Nigella sativa or black seed is effective to control these common causes and prevent hair loss.

Aging
Aging is one of the key factors of baldness. With increasing age, continuous metabolic function causes accumulation of free radicals. These free radicals are usually reactive oxygen species (ROS), which accelerates aging and causes age-related symptoms including hair loss by inducing different underlying metabolic disorders, such as cancer and others. 

Nigella sativa has an anti-aging effect due to its strong anti-oxidant property.  Nigella sativa and its phytochemicals act as a scavenger of free radicals and decrease the load of ROS, which delays aging and related complications. [3] 

Inflammatory condition
Telogen effluvium is a scalp inflammatory disease condition. The enhanced activity of pro-inflammatory agents like cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin D2 leads to scalp inflammation due to Telogen effluvium and resultant of this leads to progressive hair thinning and hair loss.

The anti-inflammatory property in association with the anti-oxidant property of Nigella sativa is effective to treat this disease condition. A research study was conducted on Telogen effluvium affected patients. In this study, the patients included in the experimental group were treated with Nigella sativa oil for a duration of three months.

Study result showed a considerable improvement in 70 percent patients in the experimental group, as the researchers explained that Nigella sativa inhibits cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin D2. This study result had also reported that Nigella sativa oil treatment significantly improve hair thickness and hair density. [6]

Microbial Infection
Fungal infection on the scalp is one of the reasons for weakening hair root and further causes hair fall. Malassezia is a fungus that attacks scalp and causes scalp skin damage. The damaged scalp skin become dry and produce dandruff. This infection is common in adults.  [7]

Lice is a common blood-sucking parasite invade human scalp. Lice usually feed oils secreted from the hair follicles and can also split hair roots. Thus, lice infection also leads to hair loss. [8]

Nigella sativa or black cumin has potent anti-microbial property. This herbal remedy specifically has both anti-fungal and anti-parasitic property, which may able to prevent fungal and parasitic infection that effect on the scalp and prevent hair loss. [4]

Nigella Sativa is the Best Treatment for Hair Loss

For Hair Loss - Apply the oil to your hair and massage all the way to the roots.  Leave on for a period of one hour.  After one hour rinse well and shampoo.

For Gray Hair:  Regularly massage the oil on to the parts of the gray hair where needed.

For Balding:  Massage the oil on to the bald spots and leave on for 45 minutes to one hour.  Then rinse off with cool water.

Black cumin or Nigella sativa alone has sufficient efficacy to prevent hair loss and protect baldness. However, when combined with other herbs, the efficacy of the extracted oil from Nigella sativa is increased many folds.

A clinical research has been performed to check the combination of herbal remedy made up with Nigella sativa oil for hair fall treatment. In that study, Nigella sativa oil was mixed with coconut oil, Indian Gooseberry, henna, scutch grass, and fenugreek. The study result showed that the hair fall has started to reduce after 15 days and has completely restricted the hair fall after 90 days of the treatment. [4]

Conclusion

One of the major cause of hair loss is hair damage as the hair follicle become loose to embrace hair shaft into it. The untreated condition leads to baldness.  Nigella sativa treat hair loss and prevent baldness because it restores the strength of the hair follicle and retards hair fall. In addition, Nigella sativa is the best hair loss treatment because it also promotes hair growth due to its enriched nutritional composition and bio-active phytochemicals.

References

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2. Quan Q Dinh, Rodney Sinclair. Female pattern hair loss: Current treatment concepts. Clin Interv Aging. 2007 Jun; 2(2): 189–199. Published online 2007 Jun.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684510/
3. Deena AS Hussain, M. Musharraf Hussain. Nigella sativa (black seed) is an effective herbal remedy for every disease except death – a Prophetic statement which modern scientists confirm unanimously: A review. Advancement in Medicinal Plant Research Vol. 4(2), pp. 27-57, April 2016 ISSN: 2354-2152 Review. http://www.netjournals.org/pdf/AMPR/2016/2/16-008.pdf
4. Sudhir SP, Deshmukh VO and Verma HN: Nigella Sativa Seed, a Novel Beauty Care Ingredient: A Review. Int J Pharm Sci Res 2016; 7(8): 3185-96.doi: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7(8).3185-96.  http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/nigella-sativa-seed-a-novel-beauty-care-ingredient-a-review/?view=fulltext
5. Sanusi Umar. Nigella Sativa Oil Potential Usefulness in Hair Loss.  Published on November 13, 2014.  https://www.dermhairclinic.com/nigella-sativa-hair-loss/
6. Rossi, L. Priolo, A. Iorio, E. Vescarelli, M. Gerardi, D. Campo, D. Nunno, S. Ceccarelli, S. Calvieri, A. Angeloni and C. Marchese, "Evaluation of a Therapeutic Alternative for Telogen Effluvium: A Pilot Study," Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications, Vol. 3 No. 3A, 2013, pp. 9-16. doi: 10.4236/jcdsa.2013.33A1002. http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=35882
7. Dandruff MayoClinic.  https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dandruff/symptoms-causes/syc-20353850
8. Jennie Kermode. Can Head Lice and Parasites Cause Hair Loss?Updated: 29 Jan 2017. http://www.hairlossexpert.co.uk/can-head-lice-parasites-cause-hair-loss.html