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This
was in the NY Daily News yesterday (4/6/05) in an article entitled
*Presenting... the Top 20 Home Remedies*. It cites an Archives of
Dematology article. I found a 1998 abstract, but I am not sure if this
is the source of the article; what I found is titled, "The
Philosophical, Cultural, and Historical Aspects of Complementary,
Alternative, Unconventional, and Integrative Medicine in the Old World"
and seems to indicate that a second look should be given to Old World
practices--but I can't tell from the abstract if the authors ran
experiments like the one described below. Nevertheless, readers
of this board may be interested--(although, maybe massage might be the
key and not the oils alone ????)
Aromatherapy for Hair Loss
Scottish dermatologists, writing in the Archives of Dermatology, stated
in 1998 that "cedarwood, lavender, thyme and rosemary oils have
hair-growth-promoting properties." Patients were enrolled in a random,
double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. One group received the
following recipe: "thyme vulgaris (2 drops, 88 milligrams), lavandula
angustifolia (3 drops, 108 milligrams), rosmarinus officinalis (3
drops, 114 milligrams) and cedrus atlantica (2 drops, 94 milligrams).
These oils were mixed in a carrier oil, which was a combination of
jojoba (3 milliliters) and grapeseed (20 millilters) oils. The oils
were massaged into the scalp for a minimum of two minutes. A warm towel
was then wrapped around the head to aid absorption of the oils.
Patients were advised to use this technique every night." The results
were impressive. Of those who applied aromatherapy, 44% had improvement
compared to 15% in the control group.
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