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A Coconut Oil and Lemon Mixture Can Prevent Gray Hair

Gray hair for women is always a nuisance. It’s good if such hair starts to appear after forty. But what can you do if gray hair appears when you’re 25 years old? So, women have to hide gray hair in different ways.

The color of your hair depends on the pigment cells that are located at the base of each hair follicle. With age, these pigment cells die and their efficiency decreases. When your body stops producing pigments, hair starts becoming colorless, therefore turning white.

However, if you nourish your scalp and protect the base of your hair follicles, you can prevent gray hair. What’s more, there are many factors that can cause gray hair, such as: hormonal imbalance, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, nutritional deficiency, malnutrition, genetic disorders, using electric dryers and concentrated hair dyes, chemotherapy, and radiation.

You can hide gray hair with the help of hair dyes, but do not forget that they include chemical components and can damage your hair. We recommend you use only natural homemade remedies. So, we would like to present you with a great homemade remedy. All you need to make the best remedy is coconut oil and lemon juice. Read and take notes!

Coconut oil is rich in antimicrobial properties, hyaluronic acid, and medium-chain fatty acids. Due to its components, coconut oil strengthens the hair, conditions the scalp, and helps to regrow hair.

Moreover, it reduces protein loss and when you use it for a prolonged time, it also helps reverse gray hair because it is packed with antioxidants. As for the lemon juice, it also prevents white hair. Lemon juice contains good amounts of vitamin B & C, and phosphorus, which nourishes the hair and treats the cause of gray hair.

Here is effective recipe that can help you prevent gray hair

You need ingredients such as: 3 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice and 50 ml. of organic coconut oil.

Mix three teaspoons of lemon juice with some coconut oil, then apply this mixture on your hair and massage it into your scalp. Leave it to rest for an hour. Wash it off with your shampoo. You must repeat this procedure every week for the best results!