What Really Causes Grey Hair?
Your mom might have told you it was you, but what really causes gray hair? Is it inevitable with age? Why do some people “go gray” in their twenties while other not until they are in their forties or beyond? Grey hair is the result of the body’s protein synthesis decreasing with age. Hair grows white when the color pigment (or “melanin”) production slows down and eventually ceases to be produced in the hair follicle. Small air pockets take the place of where color once was. This gives the hair a whitish or gray appearance. Age, however, is not the only reason our hair turns gray. Early graying is most often the result of heredity. So rather than you causing your mother’s gray hair when you were a child, it is more accurate that the opposite is true. Persons whose parents or grandparent went gray at an earlier age are more likely to do the same. The belief that stress and worry cause gray hair may be more than a myth it seems. A person who has experienced a long period of stress and anx
