• Koli Y
• Mengade V
• Ondia L
• Revar B
• Welaratne C,Dalvi R.

In the modern era, use of toxic chemical hair care products is becoming a conventional practice. Some of these products can be detrimental to the hair and scalp health and can even induce allergic reactions in some people. Hence, formulating a natural and effective hair care product is a need of the moment. This research gives an insight into the effects of fermented rice water treatment, which can be a natural alternative to chemical products, on hair. The fermented rice water prepared was tested for its chemical and bacteriological properties, it’s effect on human subjects and statistical analysis of the data obtained about the rate of hair growth was performed. This research was carried out for a duration of 30 days. Statistical analysis was done using t - test with the null hypothesis being that hair growth was not observed after 30 days of using fermented rice water. In this research formulations of four different types of rice water, which were ambemohar rice, kolam rice, basmati rice and a mixture of all three rice, were studied on 30 different human subjects. t test values of these rice were 8.21, 4.03, 41.09 and 5.4 respectively, which means rejection of null hypothesis. This indicates that hair growth was observed in test subjects. The bacteriological studies showed presence of few microorganisms in fermented rice water. The chemical analysis showed presence of alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, steroids and proteins in all the rice water samples. Proteins which are mainly responsible for hair growth were found in highest concentration in mixture of rice. The subjects also reported an improvement in hair quality. The main objective of this research was to investigate the effects of fermented rice water as a haircare product. The research showed an increase in hair growth rate of test subjects more than average growth rate and an improvement in hair quality. This rice water formulation can be used as an alternative to chemical products available in market. This is highly beneficial to maintain good quality of hair and reduce hair fall significantly. It can also help people who develop allergic reactions to chemical haircare products.

EFFECT OF FERMENTED RICE WATER ON HAIR

"EFFECT OF FERMENTED RICE WATER ON HAIR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.56-64, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFY06008.pdf

"EFFECT OF FERMENTED RICE WATER ON HAIR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. pp56-64, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFY06008.pdf