Premature Gray Hair

by Sheron Hopkins

Everyone, at some point in his or her life, would naturally and eventually grow gray hair.

Gray hair is a sign of old age. In most cultures, it is a sign that a person has arrived to an age where wisdom has ripened. This sounds well and good, but what if you are only 18 or 20. What does this mean for you? Does this mean you are getting older by the year or by the minute? What’s worse is that everytime you’re in a very important meeting or engagement, people get to notice your grey hair. Probably, if you’re a man with graying hair, this would not matter.

Hollywood has men with gray hair and they even look sexy with it. But for a woman, gray hair becomes an annoyance, if not dealt with.

Getting gray before your time is what doctors would call premature gray hair. Normally, gray hair appears in varying degrees from person to person. Most people who hit the age of 20 would sometimes not notice the growth of gray hair. For Caucasians, premature graying would happen as early as before late teens. Asians and Africans present a different case, as premature graying would come in the age of 30 or more gray hair before reaching the age of 50. But what could just be the cause of premature graying? Studies have discovered what causes gray hair—and that is the reduction of melanin production in the scalp.

Melanin is the pigment that gives color and smoothness to our hair. If melanocytes in the hair follicles begin to produce fewer melanins, hair begins to loose its color and its strength. That is why gray hair is brittle hair. Premature graying causes dry hair and brittle hair, which is why most aging people experience a lot of falling hair. Another thing about gray hair is that they are not really gray. They appear gray against black, but if you observe each strand carefully, they are definitely white. Blondes are the most susceptible to having their heads completely white at old age. This is because this hair type manifests a low density of pigment.

Premature graying often runs in the family. If you see that your nearest aunt, uncle, or cousin have gray hairs all over, chances are you are heading onto that direction as well. Not to worry gray hair is not the symptom of a disease. As already said, it simply is a case of gray hair growing before its time. Nothing else. Gray hairs oftentimes appear first above the ears or at the temples. Sometimes, it grays in those simultaneously. Eventually, they spread around the sides until they reach the crown through time. Hair in the face, pubic area, chest, or limbs does not turn gray at times even when the entire hair in the head is gray. They usually come later.

At the first sign of premature graying, that is, when it has not yet spread to some parts of the body, it is better to have it prevented than to see your hair later turning by the minute. If you are young, this is surely a case to be dealt with. The good news is that there are numerous gray hair natural remedies available. In fact, there is a specific gray hair vitamin that can reduce its occurrence. At times, since it’s genetically transmitted, it could not be controlled. The remedy would be great grey hair styles, if you’re old, and premature gray hair treatment, if you’re young and want to look like your age.

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