The many useful properties of hot pepper have found application not only in cooking, but also in cosmetology. In particular, pepper hair masks are used when no other means can help stop the loss of strands, make the "sleeping" follicles work, and accelerate hair regrowth. Pure pepper in these procedures, of course, is not used. Masks are prepared on the basis of alcohol, oil or balsamic tinctures of red hot pepper.
How pepper hair masks work
The classic pepper tincture, which is sold in pharmacies, consists of 70-90% medical alcohol. The rest is chili pepper. Alcohol in itself acts as an antiseptic, has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. The substances contained in pepper have an aggressive, but generally positive effect on the scalp and follicles:
1. Capsaicin is an alkaloid of strong irritating effect. It easily penetrates into the cellular structures of the skin, stimulating and accelerating local metabolism.
2. Vitamin A activates regeneration processes in the skin, helps restore damaged structures.
3. Vitamin C enhances and strengthens local immunity.
4. Vitamin B6 normalizes the functions of the follicles, makes the roots strong, helps to accelerate the growth of hairs.
5. Potassium helps moisturize the skin, smoothes the effect of aggressive compounds in the composition of hot pepper.
6. Iron, magnesium stimulate blood circulation, improving the saturation of skin cells and follicles with nutrients, oxygen.
7. Fatty acids moisturize the hair roots and partially smooth out the intense drying effect of capsaicin.
8. Essential oils have firming, calming, softening properties.
In symbiosis with an alcohol base, the action of the components of the chemical composition of hot pepper is more active. How it works:
1. Alcohol with capsaicin acts as a strong irritant. Due to this, the flow of blood to the tissues of the skin and follicles increases.
2. Hair follicles receive more nutrients necessary for normal functioning. The result is healing, strengthening and rapid hair growth.
3. Strengthening local blood circulation helps to restore and improve the hair structure.
4. Due to the drying and antiseptic properties of alcohol, dirt, excess secretion of sebaceous glands are easily removed from the skin surface.
The result of the treatment course is visible after a month. Hair becomes noticeably thicker, looks healthy, grows 3-4 cm. But to achieve this, you need to be able to properly use masks with pepper tincture. We must not forget that this remedy is very aggressive and can cause severe chemical burns on the skin, damage the already weakened hair follicles.
Rules for the use of pepper masks for hair
To avoid undesirable consequences, the treatment of hair with hot pepper products is carried out in several stages. During the first week, masks are made on the basis of balsamic pepper tincture. To prepare such a tool, you need to mix 2 tbsp. l red pepper and 4 tbsp. l firming hair balm.
The mask is gently rubbed with circular massage movements into the hair roots, evenly distributing it on the scalp. Hair should be dirty, dry. The strands do not need to be distributed.
To speed up the action of the product, the head is covered with an airtight film (cellophane, polyethylene) and wrapped in a towel. The duration of the procedure is 15 minutes. Then they wash their hair with shampoo and rinse with a decoction of herbs with a calming effect (chamomile, sage, burdock).
Balsamic pepper masks are done every other day. If the skin starts to bake strongly when applying the therapeutic agent, the procedures are stopped immediately. In addition, you can not use masks with hot pepper if there is damage or inflammation on the scalp. The course of treatment in this case will have to be postponed.
In the second stage, which lasts 2 weeks, use alcohol tincture of pepper. The preparation is simple: a pharmacy pepper tincture is mixed in equal proportions with olive oil.
The mask is applied to the head, as well as balsamic on herbs. The duration of the procedure is 30 minutes. Apply the product with intervals of 2 days.
After the skin and hair are accustomed to the aggressive effects of pepper, you can proceed to the third stage of treatment, where it is allowed to prepare masks based on homemade pepper tinctures. This tool is very aggressive, but at the same time it is considered the most effective.
How to make alcohol tincture of hot pepper yourself:
· 2 medium chili pods with seeds to grind;
Pour 200 ml of medical alcohol;
· Pour liquid into a container of dark glass with a tight-fitting lid;
· Leave tincture in a dark, cool place for a week;
· Strain.
Ready pepper tincture before use for cosmetic purposes must be diluted with purified water. Proportions - 1:10 or 1:20 depending on the sensitivity of the scalp.
You can not neglect the recommendations and skip the initial stages of hair treatment with pepper. Only due to caution and gradualness, the use of pepper masks in the future will be safe and bring the most positive result.
Pepper hair masks: recipes
All masks with pepper tinctures have a strengthening effect, stimulate growth and stop hair loss. The remaining ingredients are used to mitigate the irritating effect, as well as to expand the spectrum of action of the therapeutic agent.
Recipes for pepper masks for hair:
1. On medicinal herbs. Decoctions of chamomile, St. John's wort, eucalyptus, calendula are mixed with pepper in a ratio of 2: 1. Herbs are used individually or prepare a decoction from a mixture of dry herbs, taken in equal proportions.
2. With linden honey. In a water bath heated 3-4 tbsp. l honey and mixed with 1 tbsp. l pepper tincture.
3. Honey mask with pepper complex action. Mix pepper, tincture of calendula, honey, castor oil, raw yolk, cognac, onion juice. Each ingredient 1 tbsp. spoon. The mask is rubbed into the roots for 60 minutes. After application, the hair is washed, moisturized with a balm on herbs.
4. With onions from hair loss. Mix pepper, onion juice, honey, burdock oil, raw yolk. All ingredients are taken in equal proportions.
5. Nutritious with tomatoes. The pulp of fresh tomato (medium size) is mashed. Mix with 2 tbsp. l pepper tincture. If the hair is dry, add 1 tbsp. l burdock or castor oil. Into a mask for oily hair inject 2 tbsp. l low-fat kefir. The tool is rubbed into the roots and left on the head for 1 hour.
6. Nutritious, firming with egg and castor oil. Beat 2 chicken eggs. Mix with castor oil and pepper tincture (2 tbsp. L. Each).
7. With cosmetic oils for active hair growth. Castor, jojoba, burdock oil heated in a water bath are mixed in the same amount. Add the same amount of pepper alcohol tincture and warm filtered water.
8. Nutritious with kefir. In 100 ml of warm kefir pour 1 tbsp. l peppers and any base cosmetic oil.
9. With kefir and yolks for greasy hair. Mix 150 ml of warm low-fat kefir, 2 egg yolks and 2 tbsp. l pepper tincture.
10. With beer. Mix a quarter cup of light beer, yolk and 2 tbsp. l peppers If the hair is dry, add 2 tbsp. l olive oil. The mixture is heated before use in a water bath.
If the time of the procedure is not indicated in the recipe, you can not hold hair masks based on pepper tincture for more than half an hour. Wash off the product always with the use of a neutral shampoo. Complete the procedure by rinsing the hair with a decoction of herbs and applying a moisturizing balm.
The use of pepper masks for hair: contraindications, precautions
It will not be superfluous to recall that hot pepper in combination with alcohol is a very aggressive skin product. Therefore, the use of masks for the treatment, strengthening and growth of hair, which includes pepper, must be done with maximum accuracy and caution.
In some cases, resorting to such cosmetic procedures is prohibited. Contraindications to the use of pepper masks for hair are:
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes;
Hypertension
Any blood diseases;
· Any damage to the scalp (scratches, wounds, scratches, erosion, fresh sutures, burns, etc.);
· Allergy, intolerance to the components of the mask;
· Too dry, lifeless hair.
Pepper masks are applied exclusively to dirty, dry hair. This rule is due to the fact that in a humid environment, the action of the burning components of pepper is enhanced several times. Before applying a new tool, a test is required: a few drops of the mask are applied to the inner fold of the elbow. If an allergic reaction does not follow, the product can be used on the head.
Procedures are carried out with rubber gloves to protect hands from burns. The tool is rubbed into the roots with gentle movements without pressure, distributing the mask exclusively over the scalp. In this case, all actions must be performed carefully so that in no case prevent the burning mixture from getting into the eyes. If trouble does occur, eyes should be rinsed immediately with running water.
The course of hair treatment with pepper masks is carried out in 3 stages with a total duration of 5 weeks. After this procedure is stopped. If necessary, resume the use of pepper masks will be possible after 2.5-3 months.
