Rosemary water for hair: What a pharmacist thinks of the latest TikTok trend

We already know what TikTok is doing in the beauty world. And for some time now, the platform has been behind many viral products and trends. End? Use of natural rosemary water on hair. We went to Eduardo Senante, one of our reference pharmacists from Farmacia Senante, looking for answers about the effectiveness of new fashion.

As we see in the videos of the social network, The mixture that has gone viral is prepared with supermarket rosemary leaves.. To do this, boil two glasses of water for five to ten minutes, then add fresh or dried rosemary leaves (it doesn’t matter) and finally pour the resulting liquid into a strainer pitcher where it should rest. more days covered with concentrated aluminum foil. The result is that it can last up to twenty days and is stored in the refrigerator. Some add the leaves later into the mix.

To apply, they talk about use two or three days a week. They teach to start by brushing the hair and apply it all the way down to the scalp with a spray can. Leave it for four to eight hours, or even 24 hours, and finally wash your hair as you normally would. And they talk about an increase in hair growth and a decrease in hair loss.

What does the expert think?

As Eduardo Senante told us, Rosemary water is an ever-popular ingredient in the hair care world..

The pharmacist claims that rosemary oil became famous because of several studies comparing it with topical minoxidil for slowing hair loss. “It’s worth noting that these studies are quite encouraging, but the volunteers seem to have reported fairly similar results in terms of hair growth with indefinite use of both products.”

He assures that such studies with rosemary water are still incomplete. “It’s true that both (rosemary oil and water) share the same essential phenolic compounds, so the results should be similar for this hair stimulating effect.”

“Rosemary juice has well-known properties at the level of stimulating microcirculation of the scalp, antioxidant level and anti-inflammatory level. Therefore, it works great as an ingredient that stimulates the vitality of the hair and is therefore a more commonly used ingredient in the preparation of both hair lotions and shampoos”.

On the other hand, he adds that rosemary water has been attributed gray thickening properties. “This is an ingredient already used in ancient times because of these properties, and today it is increasingly being incorporated into anti-grey lotion formulations with sage, as the combined use of rosemary and sage appears to increase the darkening strength of the resulting product”.

Regarding the possible negative effects, he explains: “Rosemary juice is an ingredient that is very well tolerated even by sensitive scalps and can generally be used daily”. So, it is not proven that you will get the results you are looking for by applying it, but there are no negative consequences either.

Products for sale with rosemary juice

In the market, we can find Redenhair care lotion to combat gray hair with this ingredient in its formulation. A product that claims to reverse the gray hair formation process and gradually restore hair’s natural color for a more youthful appearance. This brand also has a regenerating serum with rosemary water, Hair regenerating serum care.

Anti-grey lotion 200 ml Redenhair 49 Euro.

REDENHAIR Hair Renewal Serum Treatment 29.71 Euro.

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Photos and videos | TikTok, Red Hair