How To Get Rid Of Hair Odor

Does your hair smell like a rug, even when freshly washed, leaving you and other squirming with a disgruntled expression? Hair odor is a fairly common problem with no quick-fixes known to its aid. While people put tons of money, time, and effort to look and smell good, a problem as embarrassing as hair odor can be quite a bummer to their painstaking endeavors. Foul-smelling hairs are big turn-offs, not to say the kind of stinking impression it leaves behind that can be damaging to your confidence and social life. Hair health is simply a matter of good hygiene, but at times it can go haywire due to fungal infections and other medical disorders. Fungus is one of the most common causes of smelly hair that causes the hair to grow greasy and smelly. Other neglected causes of smelly hair are poor hygiene, unhealthy lifestyle, pollution and so on. The best way to deal with hair odor is to keep your tresses clean and hygienic. To know more on how to get rid of this embarrassing hair odor problem, read on.

 

Believe it or not, tomatoes can do wonders for your otherwise reeking hair! Before you go gloomy about your locks, reading through this tip would help. You would be surprised to know that tomato juice is perhaps one of the best known ways to remove the tresses odor. Just dab some concentrated tomato juice on your scalp and hair and leave it on for 15 minutes, before rinsing it off with tepid water. Another way of doing so would be to dilute tomato juice with loads of water and massage it gently on the scalp. However, don’t forget to rinse it off properly to avoid smelling like a tomato instead.

Nothing leaves your hair smelling as good and great as lemon, which possibly explains why most of the hair cosmetic brands vouch for lemon flavored shampoos and cleansers. To seal in the goodness and freshness of lemon in your mane, squirt some fresh lemon juice and massage it gently on your scalp. Keep it on for half an hour and rinse off. For that that fresh, squeaky clean effect, dilute some lemon juice with water and use it to rinse your hair every time you shampoo.

 

Baking soda is one of the simplest solutions to battle hair odor. Before you make a splash, just add a little baking soda to your bucket of water and then rinse your hair with it. You can also add a little baking soda to three cups of warm water and rub this mixture on your scalp for twenty seconds, before rinsing it off. This treatment especially works well against hair fungus.

 

Sometimes a simple kitchen ingredient like apple cider vinegar can go a long way to save you from embarrassing hair odors. All you have to do is mix one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with water and apply it on your scalp. Always allow the vinegar to dry on the hair, possibly leaving it overnight. Shampoo it off the next day for best results.

If everything else fails to solve your mane distress, then it's best advised to go for a medicated shampoo. Most medicated shampoos come with sulphur and salicylic acid that is known to be effective against fungus. However, it is best to consult with a dermatologist before reverting to one such medicated option.