Hair oil forms a very important part of a healthy hair care regimen as they help seal in moisture and shine, and also help prevent breakage. Hair oil can be considered a must for girls who have chemically-treated hair as their hair becomes much more prone to dryness and breakage. However, there’s misinformation that women who have chemically straightened hair or have undergone other hair treatments cannot apply oil, which is not true, you can apply oil one week after the treatment because it becomes necessary to infuse moisture into chemically-treated strands to make sure the moisture stays locked in. But let us be clear that hair oils by themselves cannot moisturize hair, they just help in sealing and locking moisture in hair strands. So, with so many oils that are available in the market, there?s much confusion about which hair oil works best for damaged hair, so in this post, we have picked 5 Best Oils for Chemically-Treated Hair.
1. Coconut Oil: Coconut oil is the only oil that moisturizes hair like water as it penetrates deep into the hair strands, just like water does. It reduces hygral fatigue (a phenomenon that occurs when the hair strand swells due to absorption of lot of water and de-swells as it is dries). This process of expansion and contraction can cause serious damage to the hair over a period of time. So, when you apply coconut oil, it gets attached to proteins in hair strands and prevents them from absorbing too much water and swelling too much. So, ...