Emu Oil – Benefit Or Bane For Your Hair?
January 30th, 2012 by Karen Marie SheltonEmu Oil – Benefit Or Bane For Your Hair?
In the January 26, 1999 issue of Sun Magazine the amazing healing powers of emul oil was featured. According to Sun, Australian aborigines have relied on the large flightless emu for meat, feathers and medicine for thousands of years.
The oil extracted from emu fat is also treasured as a potent natural pain-killer. It reportedly speeds relief to strained muscles, arthritic bones and damaged skin.
Hair and beauty experts have also raved about the hydrating and moisturizing effects of emu oil for dry, parched strands. Animal rights activists have expressed outrage at the use of emu oil in hair and beauty products because the only way to harvest the oil is to kill the emu to extract the oil from their fat.
David Scott, president of Rate Enterprises, a company specializing in emu oil products said “we know that emu oil works well on just about anything you do with it.”
Modern Day Benefits Of Emu Oil
The Sun noted that Western science is only now catching up, using the powerful outback remedy effective against a host of modern-day ailments. A study at Texas Tech University showed burns treated with emu oil healed 50 percent faster – and without any ugly scars.
Other experiments found aging skin increased in thickness by two to three times when treated with emu oil, eliminating wrinkles and age spots. The itchy redness of psoriasis, eczema and other skin conditions will fade away thanks to the moisturizing oil. Read the rest of this post »









