Within the past two years, I’ve grown my hair roughly four inches and doubled (honestly, maybe tripled) its thickness. It’s been a journey sponsored by regular haircuts (every eight weeks with Temur Hamilton) and a steady regimen of hair growth shampoos, scalp treatments, and hair growth serums. Somewhere between reading the product labels in my shower and scrolling through hair growth TikTok, I started to notice a new, buzzy ingredient making noise on the hair health scene: moringa oil.
It’s a natural ingredient derived from the seeds of the moringa tree, which is native to the sub-Himalayan region (think: north of India, Pakistan, Africa, and Arabia). Despite the hype, it’s not necessarily new—moringa oil’s nourishing properties have been traced back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. But within the past few months, it’s had some Really Good Marketing, gone viral on TikTok as a hair growth supplement, and become the star ingredient in some of my favorite serums from Verb, Vegamour, and even Nutrafol.
