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Gray Hair's Science and 4 Fun Facts
Some of us pluck ‘em. Some cover them with a hat. Some spend countless hours in a salon chair getting them covered up, while others wear them proudly. But over a certain age, most of us have them: gray hairs. Whether you love them or hate them, gray hair is scientifically fascinating. Gray hair is mostly inevitable. Few are immune. With age, hair follicles stop producing melanin, which leads to the...
October 12, 2023
How Does Stress Cause Gray Hair?
Gray hair seems inevitable, although some people start seeing it far sooner than others, most everyone gets it at some point. It all comes down to chemical responses in the body damaging the color-producing cells in the follicles. This can be due to physical or emotional trauma, what we call stress, or even physical illness, vitamin deficiency, or environmental factors like smoking and pollution. What...
May 11, 2020