Home Remedies For Dry Hair That Work

When a child's hair or eyelashes become plastered together with chewing gum or plasticine, the instinctive reaction is to wash it with shampoo — but to no avail. There might seem no alternative other than to cut away the matted hair. But there is chocolate.

From personal experience Dr J. H. Marks, a physician in South Africa, noticed that chewing gum dissolved in the mouth if chocolate is eaten at the same time: 'Following this lead I have repeatedly removed chewing gum from hair by rubbing in soft melted chocolate and allowing it to dry. After this the hair is washed well and the chocolate and the gum come away together.'

Several other gum removing remedies have also been recommended including peanut butter and hair lacquer. Thepropellant "freezes" the gum and after a couple of minutes it can be taken out of the hair quite easily' reports Mr Stephen Jessop from West Sussex. (This of course should not be used on eyelashes.)

For dry hair there are shelves full of conditioners available from the local chemist, but two home remedies for dry hair are sometimes used. The first is mayonnaise which can be left on the hair for up to an hour before washing out and the second is beer sprayed onto the hair after it has been shampooed and dried.