Coffee/Caffeine?

[luckiestdestiny]

I'm confuzzled. Why come drinking coffee is said to be bad for you and stunts hair growth, but putting it directly onto your head is good for you?

pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee (get it ha! Okay not that funny) and go to the search engine for the original caffeine and coffee thread. It explains in details how caffeine seeps into hair follicles to directly affect them. You can read just the first few pages and get all the info you'll need. I along with other researched the internet and copied and pasted lots of articles and links.

 

[ChasingBliss]

pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee (get it ha! Okay not that funny) and go to the search engine for the original caffeine and coffee thread. It explains in details how caffeine seeps into hair follicles to directly affect them. You can read just the first few pages and get all the info you'll need. I along with other researched the internet and copied and pasted lots of articles and links.

Thanks...I'm gonna search in a few minutes.

 

[amara11]

I'm confuzzled. Why come drinking coffee is said to be bad for you and stunts hair growth, but putting it directly onto your head is good for you?

Hey HLD- I see luckiest replied to you- I was about to say the same thing.








Sooooo, besides shedding, did anyone have any significant growth results?

 

[amara11]

Again, besides shedding, did anyone have any significant growth results?



This is interesting :scratchch:

 

[ebonylocs]

Just posted this in the original thread:
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OK, don't know if I'm imagining things.

So since I found out that caffeine is soluble in oil, I figured that adding caffeine pills to some kind of scalp oil would be the simplest and least messy option.

I haven't really been implementing this, but this week, before my wash, I added a ground caffeine pill and a few drops of a water + ground caffeine pill solution to some coconut oil, and then rubbed it thoroughly into my scalp. Then I did my warm coconut oil pre-poo on my hair as usual, covered with a shower cap and let it sit for a few hours before washing my hair.

This week I have had amazingly little shedding. Usually when I finger comb during the week shed hairs come out by the dozen, this week I'm seeing only a few per day. The result is that my hair is tangling a lot less (WHICH WAS ONE OF MY MAJOR OBJECTIVES).

I don't really care if I don't get a mega boost to growth rate from this. If it *really* slows down my shedding, then:
1) I will have a longer growth phase, so my hair will get longer in the long run anyway because each strand will stay on my head for a longer time, and
2) I will have less tangling caused by shed hairs, which means less combing is possible and also less breakage when combing.

I'm just crossing my fingers that this is real. My mind may be playing tricks on me

For me, the easiest thing is the oil + ground caffeine pill / caffeine solution. I think it would work really well to add some ground up caffeine pills / pill solution to the scalp oil you use daily / regularly. Or if you're not a scalp oil person, then rub the mixture into your scalp, let it sit for some hours then wash your hair, like I did.
Oil might even be better because it probably sticks to your scalp for longer than water, thus prolonging the effects.
(Just speculation here).
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Amara, Although the scientifica experiment did see increased growth, I don't expect to see great growth results in a short period, because I think most of the effect comes from reduced shedding. So in the long run, longer growth phase = longer hair. JMO (I think scepticism & low expectation re growth aides is the best approach for sanity sake.)

 

[ebonylocs]

I keep forgetting to brew me a cuppa before I get in the shower to rinse my DC out. I stopped using the oil once I found out that caffeine is only water soluble.

Kia,
The info at this link says caffeine is soluble in oil. http://www.benbest.com/health/caffeine.html
Click on link to III. CAFFEINE ACTION ON ADENOSINE RECEPTORS

It appears to be working quite well for me.

 

[JustKiya]

Kia,
The info at this link says caffeine is soluble in oil. http://www.benbest.com/health/caffeine.html
Click on link to III. CAFFEINE ACTION ON ADENOSINE RECEPTORS

It appears to be working quite well for me.

Ah, yes, I should have been more clear. Caffeine is soluble in oil, but it can only be extracted from coffee with water. Since I haven't made the investment in the caffeine pills yet, I'm sticking with my coffee rinses.