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Originally Posted by SarahP  thank you VERY much for ur advice...
I do feel that the shampoo and conditioner is drying out his hair.
I'll start with the coconut oil first.
What are your takes on olive oil for making thier hair shiny?
Thank you all again for your advice! |
I guess you 'can' use olive oil for making their hair "shiny" but my preference would be organic virgin (cold pressed, expeller pressed, etc.) coconut oil ("not from COPRA") due to the lauric acid to replenish the hair and skin by absorption, and it is important for them to eat the oil as that is the mechanism that actually helps the hair and skin the most.
Hot oil hair treatments on humans using olive oil are well known, and olive oil is rich is Omega 6 but deficient in Omega 3...and you
must use virgin olive oil for any benefit other than "shine" on the hair...oiled hair "shines" due to the oil, not because the hair is necessarily healthy. Health starts 'inside' the body and is reflected by the outside.
Refined and/or hydrogenated products are 'dead' as far as anything beneficial left in the oil since heat destroys EFA molecular chains, converting them to a trans-isomer molecular structure ("trans-fat"..."trans-fatty acid"), so if you use them just for shine they might even make the hair 'sticky' or 'gummy' feeling due to their oxidation rate. If you've every fried in a refined or partially-hydrogenated oil and felt that 'sticky' feeling where the oil splashes up onto the top edge of the pan, or on the basket of a deep fryer, you'll understand what I mean...and your fur baby will need a bath sooner if that happens 'cuz the hair will collect dirt more quickly and hold onto it and it will be harder to get the hair clean the next bath-time as well.
Just my 2-cents...for what little that's worth...
