Have you long dreamed of long chic hair? You can accelerate their growth using one interesting method - inversion.
Its effectiveness has not been scientifically proven. The method is answered both positively and negatively. According to trichologists, good results are achieved due to relaxation and enhanced hygiene, rather than throwing the head down. However, it’s better to check the inversion on yourself and compose your unbiased opinion about the magic method. Perhaps you will get 24 or even 30 cm per year instead of the standard 12 cm.
Preparation for the procedure
Before you begin to practice inversion, be sure to measure the length of the hair. Only in this way it will be possible to draw the right conclusion - whether or not the method has accelerated the process of growth of curls.
Choose oil
You can choose any oil for the procedure. In the reviews of the inversion method, the girls say that they used various means. You have a wide selection - coconut, castor, burdock, argan, olive, linseed, grape seed oil, shea butter, jojoba, cocoa, almond, avocado, macadamia.
Choose a product that does not cause allergic reactions, and whose aroma will be pleasant to you.
Oils nourish the scalp
For one inversion session, 3-4 tbsp is enough. tablespoons of oil (about 60 ml). Preheat the product in a water bath. The oil should be warm. Hot - it will burn your skin.
The main goal of the inversion is to increase blood supply to the scalp. Warm oil is the best suited for this. Gently apply oil to the scalp. If in some areas there is increased hair loss, treat them first.
Make sure that the oil is applied to the entire scalp. Distribute the rest of it over the hair sheet. Especially good such actions will affect dry, split and brittle hair, which need additional nutrition.
Doing a head massage
Start gently massaging your scalp with your fingertips. You can make small circular movements - first clockwise, then - against. Problem areas need to be massaged more thoroughly.
Stimulation of hair growth occurs due to increased blood circulation in the scalp. Massage can be done simply with your fingers or use a massager, brush. You need to move around the skin in different directions.
Excessive movements can cause you to pull out your hair or damage the follicles. The massage lasts 4 minutes.
Head down
In the classic version of the inversion method, the head should be tilted down. You can do this over a bathtub or sink. For convenience, some fit onto a sofa and hang their heads from it.
Choose the option that is most convenient for you. It is important that the hair hang down freely, and keep your head at any angle. Take a pleasant pose and relax.
The head should be below the level of the heart. This will provide an intense flow of blood to the skin. In this position, you need to stay for 5 minutes. During this time, the valuable substances contained in the oil will have time to penetrate the scalp. Breathing should be free, it is recommended to think about something pleasant. For many, this exercise will resemble meditation practices.
After a while, get up. No need to stay in a pose with his head bowed for a long time. This can lead to negative consequences, including increasing blood pressure.
Leave the oil as a mask
Take your time immediately after applying the inversion method for hair growth to wash your hair. If you have time, leave the oil on the skin for a while. Especially good agent acts on dry epidermis, prone to peeling.
In order not to stain clothes, you can put a plastic hat on your head or use a regular cling film. Some girls leave an oil mask even at night. But this does not need to be done, 1-2 hours are enough. Otherwise, the skin and hair will become oversized, the hairstyle even after using the shampoo will not look the best.
Washing my head
This is not the case when it is better to choose a mild shampoo. Only a hard composition with sulfates can well remove fat from hair and skin.
How long is the course?
The inversion method should be used for one week. During this time, you can evaluate how well your hair has grown. Often repeating such a course, more than once a month, is not recommended. If you close the follicles with an oil film, the strands will not grow, hair loss will begin.
Side effect
During the inversion method, hair loss may increase. This scares many women and they stop the experiment.
Method Reviews
"Hair maniacs" reacted to the magic method with a share of irony, but did not give up the opportunity to improve their hair.
On YouTube, you can find a video in which beauty blogger Klava Curly experiences this method of growing hair on himself. She performed the procedure daily. The results were amazing - for a week, charming curls of the girl added 2.5 cm in length.
Klava recommends using a mixture of castor, argan oil, as well as jojoba and peppermint, rosemary esters for inversion. To do massage better, she used a special massager for the scalp.
Other girls, who also used the inversion method for hair, noted strand growth by 1.5-2.5 cm. For many, after the course of massage, the hair structure improved. This is especially noticeable on porous and fluffy hair.
Representatives of the fair sex also spoke about their positive results, who began to practice inversion on the same day that they stained the curls. From the roots it was very easy for them to identify excellent progress.
Among the disadvantages of the inversion method for hair growth in reviews, you can find the following:
- you need to wash your hair every day;
- after a week's course, your hair becomes dirty faster;
- enhanced hair loss begins.
Some girls improved the method of inversion for the growth of hair for their requirements. Some replaced the oil with nicotinic acid. In this case, there was no need to wash your hair every day. Others did an inversion at all without additional funds. It should be noted that they all received positive results that could not be achieved without stimulating hair growth.
Contraindications to the use of the method
Persons who have the following health problems should be discarded from inversion:
- hypertension or hypotension;
- retinal detachment;
- infectious diseases of the ear;
- pathology of the spine;
- malfunctions of the heart;
- hernia.
Also, do not accelerate hair growth with such an unusual method during pregnancy. During this period, curls and so grow remarkably.