I have always been in awe of women with very long and thick hair. Up until now my benchmark was Malayalee, Bengali and Punjabi women who according to most Indians have the longest and thickest hair. Their eating habits (fish, lentils and coconut) and hair regime (coconut and mustard oil) have been cited as the main reasons. But I remember always my mother saying that a real test to a woman’s hair thickness is when she ties a pony tail or plaits it. The girth/ diameter gives away the real thickness. When women let down their hair it is very deceptive because curly / wavy hair women would seem to have much more hair than straight hair women. Which I have many times witnessed too when I get a shock when I see some women in plaits or pony tail and realize their hair is not that thick after all and it is the trapped air among the hair strands and the puffy nature of the hair.
So when I recently relocated to Hyderabad, I was in for a shock for my ignorance. My whole impression that Malayalee/ Bengali/ Punjabi women had the thickest hair was totally erased. After seeing so many women in the streets with such long and thick plaits, I am convinced Telugu women may be the underdogs who have never been given the due recognition of having the best Indian hair. Another interesting observation was most of these women who had thick and long hair were not from the middle or upper societies. This makes evident the fact that whatever they were doing were home remedies and less salon hair treatments and commercial products. As I am in a goal to grow long and thick hair, I would like to understand more about the habits of Telugu women. I also strongly believe hair care is a holistic lifestyle approach and not just about a product which is applied on the hair and thus would be happy to hear about the following …
1. What kind of oil do they use for the hair(coconut/mustard/peanut/sesame oil or any other?)
2. Do they add any herbs to the oil?
3. How often and how do they oil their hair?
4. How long does the oil stay on the hair?
5. Do they use any other hair packs on their hair? If so how often and how long do they keep it?
6. What do they use traditionally to wash of the oil in their hair (not shampoos!)
7. How do they dry their hair?
8. How do they wear their hair at home ( tied in a bun/ plait/ or let down)
9. What food items are included mainly on a daily basis in their food diet which could contribute to their thick hair growth? Some items that have been found to increase hair growth are the following , please let me know if any of this is abundant on a daily basis ( please note I am assessing a vegetarian diet)
a. Frequency in a week for Dals and dal powder
b. Frequency in a week for Green leaves
c. Frequency in a week for Coconut based dishes and coconut oil
d. Frequency of Usage of fenugreek seeds
e. What kind of oil is used for cooking?
f. Any others?
Hope the Telugu ladies in Indus ladies who come across this query would be able to enlighten me on what traditional methods they have been following or know of what their mothers/ grandmothers followed to have long and thick hair. It would be very helpful to me or others who are seeking to have good hair growth
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