If mineral oil is so bad for your hair then why do some of the best salon hair products contain it?

I see this a lot in African American hair products, even some that salons use. And I heard that even shampooing the hair won't even take out this ingredient, is this true?

If mineral oil is so bad for your hair then why do some of the best salon hair products contain it?

Alot of products contain it because it makes the hair shiny making you believe that it is moisturized and shiny. I heard on the internet that mineral oil is also used in car oil, but dont believe me, i dont if thats true or not. just something i heard. didnt u ask that question about using a little bit of a product? yeah i answered it. anyways, mineral oil retards hair growth because it clogs hair follicles, just like petroleum does. mineral oil is greasy and yucky, but it makes the hair shiny. One time i was going to the store to get some hair oil in a jar...i found some castor oil...and it was greasy and stiff...but it did make my hair shiny, until i looked what was in it. and the grease was very cheap, mineral oil and petroleum is cheap just like how sodium sulfate is. So I spent a little more on a different hair oil, it was carrot oil, and it didnt have all that bad stuff in it...and instead of being greasy it was more like a whipped cream, but it wasnt a cream, it was the samething as everything else except without all the bad stuff. it moisturized my hair, but it didnt not have the same effect as it did with the products that had mineral oil and petroleum in it.

I hope that explains it.

oh btw, almost ALL african american hair products have it, because it makes their hair shiny and thats what african amerian women want. so i dont use african hair products for just that reason.

If mineral oil is so bad for your hair then why do some of the best salon hair products contain it?

i don't think it's really bad for you maybe it depends on the person or the person's hair who knows i do know however that tea tree oil is very good for your hair!

If mineral oil is so bad for your hair then why do some of the best salon hair products contain it?

Your hair always has some amount of oil in it, and if you wash your hair alot or if you dye it or straighten it alot some sqalons will use it to put healthy amounts of oil back in it. You always want some in there, or your hair will die