All the Possible Benefits of Coconut Oil for Human Hair
Healthy human hair is 97% protein and 3% moisture (water). The protein supplies the structural strength, and the moisture gives flexibility and shine. Due to various hair product advertisements, people get confused and overload their hair with protein and forget about the moisture.
Hair often dehydrates with heat styling, colouring, and siliconised hair products, and you end up losing the 3% moisture of fresh root hair, and then what is left of the thin hair towards the ends is 100% protein and too absorbent to hold water. Dry and damaged hair has little lustre or flexibility, so many women use more silicone to fill the cracks and give it a shine. The damage is masked but continues to turn the excellent root hair into breakable end hair. This brittle hair cannot stand the pressures of everyday styling, so breakage increases and is prone to splitting. With frequent use of coconut oil, hair doesn't break down as quickly, so it maintains its thickness, flexibility, volume and lustre through to the ends.