Papaya Seeds Benefits: How to Use Papaya Seeds for Hair Growth

By Aniela / March 30, 2017

Papaya seeds benefits are PLENTY: they can regulate our gut, give us clearer skin, regulate blood pressure, but most importantly, help with hair growth! We're super excited to introduce you to the absolute best and fastest hair growth treatment we've found: papaya seeds!

Today we'll show you step by step how to use papaya seeds for hair growth! Papaya fruit seeds have a TON of health benefits including but not limited to parasite removal, liver cleansing, skin clearing, weight loss, digestive cleansing, and much much more. So what makes papaya seeds so powerful? Papaya seeds are high in protein, fat, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous. When ingested directly, they can cure a multitude of ailments and even prevent cancer and tumors.

Used topically though, papaya seeds have amazing benefits, especially for hair and skin. Papaya seeds contain a protein called papain which strengthens the hair and encourages fast and healthy hair growth. Before we get into papaya seeds for hair growth, let's check out some of the amazing papaya seeds benefits!

Papaya Seeds Benefits:

  1. Rich in Enzymes: Papaya seeds are packed full of enzymes which have a slew of health benefits. Helps maintain a healthy gut and digestive system.
  2. Improves Intestinal Health: Papaya seeds contain anti-parasitic enzymes which can help with getting rid of intestinal parasites.
  3. Helps With Your Diet: Rich in digestive enzymes, papaya seeds will help your body process foods. Can also help control acid production in the intestinal tract.
  4. Detox: Looking to detox your body? Papaya seeds can help with that!
  5. Cures Acne: Because they're rich in enzymes and other vitamins and minerals, papaya seeds can successfully cure acne! Check out this homemade papaya face mask!
  6. Prevents Signs of Aging: Rich in amino acids, papaya seeds can help prevent the signs of aging.
  7. Helps With Digestive Health: Papayas have high amounts of digestive enzymes, which will help with a number of different gut issues. Also improves kidney health but helping to filter out toxins.

Papaya Seeds for Hair Growth

First off, you'll need a ripe (but not too ripe) papaya fruit. This tropical fruit can be found at your local grocery store, and depending on the season, can be cheap or a little more expensive. In either case, you can extract a good amount of seeds from just one papaya! And don't forget to also consume the fruit after you've taken out the seeds – papayas are extremely healthy!

Step 1:

papaya

Scoop out the seeds from the papaya and rinse them in a strainer. Make sure to remove any remaining pulp.

Step 2:
drying papya seeds

Lay the seeds onto a tea towel and place them somewhere to dry. Outdoors in the sun would be best! If you have a dehydrator, you can also place the seeds in the dehydrator to dry.

Step 3:

grinding papaya seeds

Once the seeds have dried, it's time to turn them into powder! You can break up the seeds either by using a mortar and pestle or by grinding them in a cover or spice grinder.

Step 4:

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Add the papaya seeds powder to your favorite shampoo (preferably a natural shampoo) and shake the bottle well. Wash your hair as you normally would. Be sure to shake the bottle up before every use as the powder might settle at the bottom.

There you have it! It's easy to do, and the results will astonish you! Shampoo your hair as often or as rarely as you usually do and wash your hair normally. Within just a few weeks, you'll notice stronger, healthier, and longer hair. Because of the papain enzyme, the hair follicles will strengthen which in turn will make the hair grow faster.

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Papaya Seeds for Hair Growth

A quick and easy recipe that only requires one ingredient: papaya seeds!
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Hair Care
Cuisine: Hair Growth
Keyword: hair growth, papaya benefits, papaya scrub, papaya seeds
Servings: 1
Calories: 1kcal
Cost: $5

Ingredients

  • fresh papaya seeds from 1 papaya

Instructions

  • Scoop out the seeds from the papaya and rinse them in a strainer. Make sure to remove any remaining pulp.
  • Lay the seeds onto a tea towel and place them somewhere to dry. Outdoors in the sun would be best! If you have a dehydrator, you can also place the seeds in the dehydrator to dry.
  • Once the seeds have dried, it's time to turn them into powder! You can break up the seeds either by using a mortar and pestle or by grinding them in a cover or spice grinder.
  • Add the papaya seeds powder to your favorite shampoo (preferably a natural shampoo) and shake the bottle well. Wash your hair as you normally would. Be sure to shake the bottle up before every use as the powder might settle at the bottom.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Is anyone try this ??

Anonymous
5 years ago

how many weeks are we talking ,before growing my hair

cathy
5 years ago

can I mix dried papaya seed inside my hair cream… for longer use.

Anonymous
5 years ago

Can I add this in my hair oil

Seerat
4 years ago

Hello, i have tired this diy and it works amazing!!! I have a question, for how long can we store the unused papaya seed poweder?
Thank you for this awsome remedy.
Stay blessed.

Anonymous
4 years ago

Hi,
can we mix the grinded seeds with water

elle
4 years ago

Can i add this to my conditioner?

Anonymous
4 years ago

is it safe to eat papaya seeds?

Stacey
4 years ago

do you have to grind the papaya seeds before?

Calliope
4 years ago

this worked for me! I ground up the papaya seeds really really well and I added them to my conditioner. I leave the conditioner on for for 10-15 minutes and then rinse it right out. It’s made my hair stronger and it started to grow faster too!!

Joy
4 years ago

Bcs of my kind of hair #dandrufhair I washes my hair every morning otherwise it itches me so bad and to avoid scratching which will lead to bleeding, I now wash it everyday. I don’t make hair bcs of dandruff and also breakage too, I keep low cut but I love to have good natural hair like some females. So seeing this ur process, I have dried the papaya seed and even blend to powder! Now my question is ?

How many times a week am I supposed to use it to wash my hair now? Please reply
Thank you

Joy
4 years ago

And again the hair can be on low cut for even up to 3-4 years without growing any inch I mean without any inch at all but instead it breaks very well
The last time I cut this hair was 2018 and till date it’s still low, no movement. So you see the problem I have?

Joy
4 years ago

God bless you for that Aniela M
That means I have been making mistake all this while! I will try and endure the daily itching for the days I wouldn’t wash

(BUT YOU DIDN’T TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES A WEEK OR IN A MONTH SHOULD I USE IT ON MY HAIR)

I USE TEA TREE MOISTURISING SHAMPOO”

THE COCONUT MASSAGE, SHOULD I USE THAT ONE DAILY BEFORE COMBING MY HAIR EVERY MORNING OR ANY TIME I WASH WITH THE MIXTURE?

PLEASE TELL ME QUICKLY…. I CANT WAIT TO START USING THIS PRODUCT ON MY HAIR

Ria
3 years ago

Can I mix the powder in my hair pack? Will it help in re growth of hair ?

Alexaa
3 years ago

Did this last weekend and it was pretty easy!! Still waiting to see results, but I think it may take some time. Thx for sharing!

Maria
3 years ago

Can this be used for dogs also in their shampoo?

Onu Joy
3 years ago

Please I have low porosity natural hair
Very dry itchy scalp #dandruf is really disturbing me
So I want to know if this papaya seed powder will be good for my kind of hair porosity as low porosity doesn’t need anything containing protein????

Please can I use both the papaya fruit and seeds as a deep conditioner and can I also mixed both to my hair cream and be applied to my low porosity hair?

Gazala
2 years ago

Hello ….m fed up now ….I m using shampoo daily due to itchiness from dandruff n now my hair is less than earlier n it’s so dry now….m so stressed now ….I don’t want baldness….I want to know what should I do…plz help

Last edited 2 years ago by Gazala
Roseann Pillay
2 years ago
Reply to  Gazala

Yes

Anne
2 years ago

I don’t have access to the seeds. I only have the leaves. Please can I use the leaves/juice and how should I go about it?

2 years ago

Great recipe. Although I would suggest to blend/infuse it into an oil and use it. It works much better. My oil of choice is castor oil. you can blend up to 40% cold pressed coconut oil of weight of the castor oil for added benefits and also if you want to add more ingredients and want to increase the volume of the oil base.

Olatofunmi
2 years ago

Thanks for this
But please can it work on Nigerian hair
Virgin hair to be precise

Lily
1 year ago

How much powder do we add to the shampoo?


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