Grey Hair Prevention WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Grey Hair Prevention
Preventing hair from turning grey is nearly impossible. In most cases our hair just naturally turns grey with age. Our hair grows out of hair follicles, each follicle has pigment cells. The pigment cells produce melanin it determines what color our hair will be. As people grow older the pigment cells die causing the hair to lose its color. Grey hair starts to show up when the level of melanin starts dropping, when there is no melanin left hair turns white.1
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- Genetics have a role in how soon your hair starts turning grey. Some people may start losing melanin at a young age.1
- Smoking may cause your hair to turn grey sooner than normal. They are not sure of the exact reason yet.1
- Some cancer patients who lose their grey hair due to chemotherapy, have it regrow in as their natural hair color. Research believes hair follicles are stimulated to make more melanin. But are unsure of the "how" or "why".1
- Dyeing or coloring your hair with chemicals is a way to hide the grey hair. Although some people prefer to allow nature to take its course.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Aetna InteliHealth: The Science Of Gray Hair
- ↑ Cure Hair Loss: Causes Of Gray Hair
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- Last update: Oct. 16, 2009
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