Emu Oil for Beard Growth: How to Use


Emu Oil for Beard Growth

There are tons of essential oils in the market with claims that they can help you grow a beard. While most of these oils actually hinder the growth of facial hair. I did some digging to find out whether emu oil is one of them. Here is what I found.

So, is emu oil good for beard growth? Emu oil for beard growth works by increasing and stimulating dormant hair follicles, especially when mixed with follicle-stimulating oils, such as peppermint and castor oil due to emu oil’s ease of penetrating the skin. Emu oil also increases the levels of beard growth-promoting hormone testosterone. When applied to the beard emu oil will moisturize, control beard acne, and prevent skin aging.

However, it is important to note that emu oil is not a magical oil, despite being beneficial to beard growth. Emu oil cannot help men who can’t grow a beard grow one.

Emu oil works for men, who can already grow a beard.

What is emu oil?

Emu oil is derived from the fat of a flightless bird called an Emu, which is native to Australia and bears similarities to the ostrich. However, in recent times, Emu has been introduced in other places such as the United States.

An Emu produces about 250 ounces of oil. Whereas most farmers keep emu for the oil, some make use of the bird’s other products such as meat and skin (sourceOpens in a new tab.).

What makes emu oil unique?

Compared to many other organic oils available in the market, emu oil has a property that makes it unique and easy to use. Compared to these, oils emu oil has smaller particles, making it one of the best carrier oils available. These smaller particles make it easy for emu oil to penetrate the skin and absorb easily.

Emu oil for beard growth: potential benefits

Carrier oil

One of the properties of good carrier oil is its ability to penetrate the skin via the hair follicles. This makes it easy for the oil to act as a transporting agent for other ingredients.

Emu oil fulfills this property due to its small molecular size, which enables it to easily penetrate facial hair follicles and stimulate other beneficial oils into the skin and beard follicles.

A great carrier oil should also be able to mix with other oils. This will make it easy to carry these oils into the facial hair follicles and benefit both the skin and beard.

If the available research is anything to go by, it shows that when emu oil was applied on a burned skin surface it leads to a significant increase in the number of hair follicles on the burnt edge (sourceOpens in a new tab.).

This means that if emu oil can increase the number of hair follicles in a burnt skin surface by activating dormant hair follicles when applied on the face it can potentially help activate dormant facial hair follicles.

Oils such as peppermint oil and castor oil have been proven to potentially promote the growth of hair when topically applied.

Mixing these oils with a good carrier oil such as emu oil will make it easy for them to penetrate your skin and reach your facial hair follicles stimulating them hence promoting growth.

Testosterone booster

The growth of the beard is highly dependent on three factors genes, testosterone and DHT. Testosterone primes and stimulates facial hair follicles while DHT controls the thickness and linear growth of the beard.

If your genes are on your side, low testosterone levels may impede your beard growth. One of the ways of boosting testosterone levels is eating foods that have been proven to boost testosterone production in the body.

Emu oil has been proven to be a testosterone booster when consumed (sourceOpens in a new tab.). This means that when emu oil is consumed with other testosterone boosting foods it can help increase the levels of testosterone and help you grow a beard.

However, a very important point to note is that if your levels of testosterone are within the normal standards, increasing these levels will not cause any difference in your beard growth.

Moisturizer

One of the factors to consider when growing your beard is to ensure it is always moisturized. This can help you deal with several beard problems such as itch, dandruff, and coarse beard.

A great moisturizer is one that can penetrate your skin inside out and also moisturize your facial hair.

Given the ease with which emu oil can penetrate the skin and hair, mixing it with other carrier oils such as jojoba oil and argan oils that have been proven to be occlusive moisturizers will ensure your beard and skin beneath it are always in good condition to promote beard growth.

Promotes skin health

Collagen is essential to keeping your skin healthy, healthy skin will promote strong beard growth. Emu oil promotes the production of collagen in the body.

Collagen for beard growth has also been proven to promote hair and beard growth by boosting keratin production and the health of the facial hair follicles. Its antioxidants properties are also great for fighting oxidative stress that may cause skin aging.

Aftershave

No matter how good you are at shaving, one way or the other, once in a while, you will end up cutting yourself.

The shaving process can also lead to inflammation of your facial hair follicles. Mixing emu oil with a good antibacterial oil such as tea tree oil or grapeseed oil will help you fight after shave inflammation.

Emu oil ease of penetration into the skin facial hair follicles will help prevent razor bumps, razor burn, reduce itching, and prevent infection.

How to use emu oil for beard growth

While we have already established that emu oil will not grow beards where there are none. Using it correctly will help provide the right environment for your beard to flourish.

Here is how to use Emu oil for beard growth promotion:

  • Mix emu oil with castor oil and peppermint oil to stimulate dormant facial hair follicles
  • Mix emu oil with jojoba or argan oil for moisturizing and softening your beard
  • Mix emu oil with either grapeseed oil, tea tree oil, ginger oil, garlic oil and use it as an aftershave oil.

Always perform a patch test before using any oil on your beard or skin to establish whether you are allergic or not.

Conslusion

The small molecular size of Emu oil makes it one of the best carrier oils out there, for people with dry skin using emu oil combined with some great moisturizers such as jojoba and argan oil, will leave both their skin and beard well moisturized. However, despite all these benefits, emu oil will not help grow a beard where there are none.

Ben

Hi, I'm Ben! When I embarked on my beard-growing journey, I had lots of questions. Now having successfully grown a beard, I launched this blog to share the answers I discovered through extensive research. Alongside beard tips, I also offer insights on maintaining and growing dreadlocks, as well as general advice on looking your best. I'm all about helping others look and feel great!

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