How rice could be the secret to perfect, full and fast growing hair & you don't have to eat it to make it work

The Sun

a day ago

THE secret to perfect, fast growing hair is in your kitchen cupboard, one woman has revealed.
Taty is constantly bombarded with questions about how she got her locks so "perfect", shiny and long.
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And in a video on her TikTok page, she opened up about the top tip she's used to transform her hair.
"Everyone's always like, 'Taty, how is your hair so long and beautiful, Taty, how is your hair so perfect, how did you grow your hair so fast?'" she began.
"Okay, I'm gonna tell you because I don't want to gatekeep anymore."
She then revealed that the secret she swears by is homemade rice water.
Taty showed how she got a container and some rice from the kitchen cupboard - insisting it doesn't matter what kind of rice you use.
She covered the rice in water, before letting it soak for a day.
And once she'd drained the water off, she transferred it to a spray bottle.
Taty then went on to explain she uses the spray liberally on her locks before washing them, noting that it "smells really, really bad".
"Spray it all over your roots and your ends and then put it up, leave it soaking wet, for like 30 minutes or an hour before you wash your hair," she explained.
She added that consistently using the rice water will make your hair "grow so fast".
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"I better see all your hair grow 40 inches!" she jokingly wrote in the video caption.
"I'm gonna try this and hope you're telling the truth and hope it works because I hate my hair," one person wrote in the comments.
"I've been trying to grow my hair out for ages because it wouldn't grow.
"I tried rosemary oil but it made my hair so greasy so I don't know what to do anymore."
"You can also put a few drops of essential oils or something for the smell if you don't wanna wash your hair after every time," another suggested.
"During covid I put rice water in my hair every day and my hair was LONGGGGGGG, this def works," a third insisted.
Hair re-growth FAQs
Anabel Kingsley, Consultant Trichologist and Brand President at Philip Kingsley spoke exclusively to Fabulous.
How long does it take for hair to grow back?
Hair grows, on average, half an inch a month. You cannot speed this up.
Do rosemary oil and scalp massages work?
Oils do not promote hair growth. In terms of rosemary oil, the current trend stems from one small study carried out on 50 men in 2015. No women were involved, and the study compared the effects of 2 per cent minoxidil to Rosemary oil. 2 per cent minoxidil doesn't do much for
male pattern hair loss anyway, so the results were not very impressive. Oils do serve a purpose in conditioning hair treatments though. They help add shine and smooth the hair cuticle to lock-in moisture and improve combability. Scalp massages alone won't cure hair loss, but it can help relax you, aid in lymphatic drainage, exfoliate and help topicals penetrate.
Are there any products or foods/vitamins you recommend someone using or eating to help with hair regrowth?
To support healthy hair regrowth, if you are experiencing hair thinning we'd recommend our Density Preserving Scalp Drops clinically proven to help slow hair loss with continued daily use within three months.
Telogen effluvium (hair shedding) due to nutritional deficiencies can often be simply treated with changes to your diet, and nutritional supplements such as our specially formulated Density Healthy Hair Complex and Density Amino Acid Booster.
Iron and Ferritin (stored iron) in red meat, dried apricots and dark, leafy greens. Vitamin B12 in animal products and fortified plant-based foods. Protein from oily fish, lean meat, cottage cheese, tofu, nuts, chickpeas, and beans.
However, there may be an underlying cause for their hair loss and rather than this being masked by using an off-the-shelf product, they should be encouraged to seek the advice of a specialist such as a Trichologist.
"You just have to be dedicated!"
"Wash the rice first and put it in the fridge so it doesn't grow mould," someone else wrote.
"You're young, that's what it is," another sighed.
"We all had long hair like this when we were young not in our 60s.
"It's harder to keep our hair healthy for what happens to our hormones."
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