Hair loss treatment: The essential oil shown to help hair grow thicker and faster

Hair loss is a common occurrence in people as they get older. While it usually isn't anything to worry about, some people will do whatever they can to retain their full head of hair. There's no sure cure for hair loss, but a certain essential oil has been shown to help boost hair growth.

Hair loss can be upsetting for many people, but as long as it isn’t a sign of a medical condition, there are things you can try if your hair loss is causing you distress. Over the last few years, lavender essential oil has gained attention for stimulating hair growth.

Lavender oil is made directly from the lavender plant and has been linked to a host of health benefits.

Alongside pain relief, better sleep and improved blood circulation, some studies have suggested lavender oil could help promote hair growth.

The benefit was found to be more effective when the oil worked itself into the skin.

Lavender oil may also benefit hair with its antimicrobial properties.

When it was applied to hair or the scalp in a 2014 review, it showed potential for preventing common hair or scalp issues, in particular an itchy scalp and dandruff.

Lavender oil may even go as far to prevent or kill head lice.

In a 2011 study, lavender essential oil demonstrated this.

The study tested lavender with another essential oil, tea tree oil, and showed using lavender oil could possibly reduce the risk of getting lice.

It was shown to be even more successful with the use of tea tree oil.

While more studies are needed to substantiate the claims lavender oil can help with hair growth, particularly in humans, people can safely try the oil in their hair.

No treatment for hair loss is 100 percent effective, but minoxidil are the main treatments for pattern baldness.

Other hair loss treatments include steroid injections, immunotherapy, light therapy, tattooing, hair transplant and scalp reduction surgery.