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Have you been washing your rice and throwing away the starchy water?
Do you know you can grow your hair fast with rice water?
Does your hair keeps falling even after steaming?
Then this is for you
Women in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia have used rice water as a hair treatment for centuries. But does rice water have any scientifically proven beauty benefits?
Rice water is the starchy water left over after rice is cooked or left to soak. It is thought to make the hair smooth and shiny, as well as help it grow faster.
This article looks at the beauty benefits of rice water hair treatments and whether scientific research backs up the purported results.
Using rice water for hair
Rice water may increase the shine of hair, make it stronger, and detangle it.
Rice grains contain 75–80 percent starch.
Rice water is the starchy water that remains after soaking or cooking rice.
Rice water is thought to contain many of the vitamins and minerals contained in rice. These include:
amino acids
B vitamins
vitamin E
minerals
antioxidants
History
According to researchersTrusted Source, women in the Heian period (794 to 1185 CE) in Japan had floor-length hair they kept healthy by bathing it in rice water.
A modern-day equivalent of this story can be found in China. The Yao women, who live in a village called Huangluo in China, are famed for having hair that averages 6 feet long.
In addition to its incredible length, the Yao women’s hair is said to keep its color for longer, as they do not begin to get gray hair until they reach their 80s.
The Yao women credit the length and color of their hair to the fact they bathe it in rice water.
In recent years, beauty advice websites and product developers have caught on to this tradition. Now, the rice water trend is spreading.
Benefits
Advocates of using rice water for hair believe it:
detangles the hair
makes hair smoother
increases shine
makes hair stronger
helps hair grow long
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