Have you ever run your hands through your hair and found one or two white hairs on your finger? Believe me, this very moment creates slight panic in many people. Earlier people used to start seeing gray hair at the age of 40–45, but now the problem of premature gray hair is increasing rapidly even among the youth of 18–25 years. Due to poor lifestyle, stress, hormonal changes and lack of nutrition, melanin in the hair starts decreasing and white hair starts appearing.

In such a situation, people try everything from chemical hair colors and expensive treatments to grandmothers’ home remedies. But the method which is most discussed these days is natural shampoo made from onion peels. People have even started calling it a home panacea for gray hair, because its most important thing is that it not only blackens white hair but also improves the health of the hair roots.

How does onion peel shampoo affect gray hair?

Most people throw away onion peels considering them as garbage, but very few people know that the quercetin and sulfur compounds present in these peels have the ability to increase the natural pigment of hair i.e. melanin. This is why shampoo made from onion peels helps in gradually darkening white hair.

• What do the nutrients in it do?


• Sulfur strengthens the roots


• Antioxidants prevent damage


• Quercetin helps reactivate melanin


• Natural pigments leave a slight brown-black tint in the hair

How to prepare natural shampoo from onion peels?

stuff

• dried onion peels


• Water


• shampoo base

Method

• Wash the peels thoroughly and dry them in the sun.


• Boil them in water, until the water turns light brown.


• Cool this extract and filter it.


• Mix the prepared extract in mild shampoo.


• This shampoo starts showing visible changes in 30–40 days, as the melanin of the hair gradually recovers.

Does this shampoo just blacken white hair or are there other benefits?

1. The sulfur present in it strengthens the roots and reduces hair fall.


2. Its antibacterial properties reduce scalp dirt and fungal infections.


3. Regular use improves blood flow in the scalp, which increases the chances of new hair growth.


4. This shampoo not only makes the hair black, but also gives it natural shine and softness.