Mustard and Coconut Oils for Hair?

What is the deal with people applying mustard oil,coconut oil and olive oil to their hair? I’ve heard theories like mustard oil and coconut oil help retain protein in the hair and such. There’s a ton of search results on google that state a variety of reasons for applying these oils to the hair,but to me it only seems like loads of myths stacked together.

MSN India recently published an article saying that boiling mustard oil with henna and curry is a home remedy to treat hair loss (see: Hair raising woes?), but I just don’t believe everything I read by my nature. There’s no science to back this up. Maybe you said it best — “loads of myths stacked together”. I tend to agree!