Hair serum vs oil: Which is better for you?

Hair oil and serum are two hair care products with different beneficial effects. Hair oil is a traditional hair care product and is still in the news for its multiple benefits. Serum is comparatively new to the market — an efficient hair protective item. But which one does your hair need more of the two? To pick up the right product, you need to know about how these two benefit your hair. Dr Kaustav Guha R&D Head SkinKraft Labs shares insights on which is better.

Hair Serum:

Hair serum is effective to keep your hair healthy by providing a protective layer on hair strands. Applying hair serum is an easy but efficient approach to shielding your hair from environmental factors like hot air, pollutants, heat, etc. It also provides hydration that helps to control frizz. Hair serum makes your hair shiny and improves your overall hair health.

Multiple serums are available in the market, designed to be opted as per your hair care needs. You need to look for the right product for you that can either fulfill your need for damage repair, shine, smoothening or tangle prevention. Here are the key benefits of serum:

Nourishes dry hair

Repairs damaged hair

Adds shine

Fights frizz

Protects hair from environmental factors

Effective to use as a heat protectant before styling

Smoothens split ends

Useful as a detangler

Hair Oil

This is the traditional hair care practice that South Asian people inherit from their ancestors. Hair oil nourishes your scalp and hair with beneficial fatty acids, lubricates your hair strands, and ensures overall health. The nutrients of hair oil penetrate deep into the cuticles, nourish individual strands and prevent them from breakage. Multiple hair oils are in use to provide different benefits to your hair, such as:

Coconut oil – Helps to repair damage and reinforce hair

Olive oil – Improves texture and growth

Argan oil – Makes hair smooth and shiny

Jojoba oil – Repairs dull and damaged hair

Avocado oil – Stops split ends and breakage

Almond oil – Helps to defend dandruff and improves overall health

Besides these specialized benefits, almost every hair oil massage provides some good effects on the overall health of your hair, such as:

Nourishes your hair from root to tip

Improves scalp conditions

Hydrates the hair stands

Boosts hair growth

Prevents split ends

Improves blood circulation

Keeps hair healthy and shiny

Helps to reduce dandruff & treats dry scalp

Hair Oil Or Hair Serum – which one wins?

When you are looking for overall improvement and long-term solutions to your hair problems, it is wise to go for the exact hair oil to fulfill your needs. A regular routine of hair oiling can condition and nourish your hair while improving its health. The only drawback of oiling is that you need to follow a regular shampooing routine to wash off excess oil and dirt at regular intervals.

On the other hand, serums are a styling agent. They can provide you with an immediate solution for issues like frizzy and tangled hair, split ends, and flyaways. If you’re planning to apply styling tools or chemicals, serums are the perfect protectors. Besides instant benefits, serums also provide long-term benefits. Regular application of appropriate serum for your hair can help to repair damaged hair, serum with onion extract can improve hair growth, and so on. As serums are meant to be used as a styling agent, they don’t make your hair greasy as well.

If you find your current hair care regime is not sufficient for you, it is time to revise it. Maybe your hair needs some extra care and nourishment. You can use any one of the products or both for well-nourished hair. You can go for a nourishment and deep conditioning session through oiling at least once a week and apply the serum after hair wash to protect your hair.