vitamen e applied directly to hair???

i was talking to one of my friends the other day about wanting to grow my hair longer and she offered me this suggestion and ive never heard of it before, and i dont know if its good for my hair or not, so if anyone knows, please tell me. she told me when she had really short hair and was trying to grow it out, she picked up a bottle of vitamen E vitamens. the gel cap ones, the big yellow ones that have the fluid in the middle. and she said she would break the gel caps open, and squeeze all the fluid out into her hands and add some warm water and rub it all together and apply it to her hair. she said she did this when her hair was damp and then let it dry and washed it out again to get all the stickiness out of her hair. but i wouldnt think this would be healthy for your hair, so let me know if anyone else has ever tried this. thanks