Conditions
Premature Greying
Becoming a refined, silver-haired beauty like former newsreader, Anna Ford, or a ‘silver fox’ like Des Lynam, is perfectly acceptable with age. However, grey hair can sometimes besiege the bonces of the young, often during the teenage years. Interestingly, we all begin life with white hair, which then gets its natural colour before birth due to the formation of the pigment melanin. This subsequently gives us our beautiful and uniquely coloured flowing locks, which usually turn grey between the ages of 35-50 as part our genetic inheritance. Premature greying is often a symptom of Premature Ageing syndromes, but there are many other reasons why it occurs, such as genetic or hormonal factors; external reasons, such as climate, pollutants and toxins; or an underlying medical condition, such as poliosis, which causes localised patches of white hair, or the skin condition vitiligo. Get checked out by your GP if you’re worried. Otherwise, you can either go grey gracefully or reach for the mahogany hair colour.
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My parents are against dyeing hair because they think it's fake but my hair has gone from light brown to official grey. i look like an old man!
Hey my mum said she spotted white hair in my roots when i was about 8 now i am 14 nearly 15 and they are popping up al over the place. My hair is pitch black and i have pale skin. Would this have anything to do with it? I just either pluck them out or dye it. Its not being grey i am worried about because i can just dye it, I was just wondering why this has happened? ty
hi i've noticed my hair is going white at the root and falling out. i've recently had a baby which i know can cause hair problems but this has been getting worse. i wouldn't mind if it was just going grey but the thought of being bald at 26 frightens me…what can i stop this?????
ave got the same sentiments as that posted on 14th june 2009 by awkee.i would really like to know what measures i can take in order to slow down this sickeness of premature greying of hair.it reaps off my confindence and if there is a way i can get rid of them medically.am 27yrs old.
hi there i have got some grey hair which i find so annoying. please inform me on any vitamins which my body is lacking because am only 23 and my mother is 45 without grey hairs.
I know the reason of my grey hair which is stress, becuase none of my elders brothers and sisters have grey hairs, but now i just want to know what kind of diet can help to stop or slow down this process or what is the basic element in our body which keeps our hair in good color and how can we increas the amount of that element by eating which food
hey im 13 years old and ive started getting a patch of grey hair in the middle of my forehead!! all my friends tease me and im soo embarased whenever i try to hide it but it just appears again, so i tried to cut the patch off! so now i have a patch of small grey hairs!! soo embarasing but glad to hear other people have it!! :) makes me feel not as bad but i dont really want to go to the hair dresser anymore because they tease me!!and im scared ill be coverd in greys by 20!! please anyone give me advice on what to do ive tried highlights but they dont last long at all,
thankyou :(
im 23yrs old and i have few grey hair strands aswell, ive noticed to of had it for probably a year or so now, ive been stylin my hair with staightners and they have been ruining my hair, could it be the result of them or maybe through stress, im not sure…i have to dye my hair because its very visible on dark hair…plz help :)
hi my boyfriend has a few grey hairs he has a patch at the back of his head and a few strands dotted about. also some of his skin seems to be bleached it's just completely White. is this something serious? he's only 22.
hi mate am 25 and have got Grey hair on my head is there any way of getting rid of them naturally by medication please help
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