2006-10-02 08:05:13 · 16 answers · asked by gillian f 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
what do you mean when we get older
i started to get my first grey hair at 15
my friends at school use to pluck em out
2006-10-02 08:07:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As we get older, the pigment cells in our hair follicles gradually die. When there are fewer pigment cells in a hair follicle, that strand of hair will no longer contain as much melanin and will become a more transparent color - like gray, silver, or white - as it grows. As people continue to get older, fewer pigment cells will be around to produce melanin. Eventually, the hair will look completely gray.
People can get gray hair at any age. Some people go gray at a young age - as early as when they are in high school or college - whereas others may be in their 30s or 40s before they see that first gray hair. How early we get gray hair is determined by our genes. This means that most of us will start having gray hairs around the same age that our parents or grandparents first did.
Gray hair is more noticeable in people with darker hair because it stands out, but people with naturally lighter hair are just as likely to go gray. From the time a person notices a few gray hairs, it may take more than 10 years for all of that person's hair to turn gray.
2006-10-02 08:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by txgirl_2_98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your talking about getting white hair when you get older i wish some one would tell me when i will get them im 33 and i have necie's who are just 8and 9 and they have grey hair already.my little nice had grey hair when she was born.and i don't know what old is.i am 33 but don't feel 33 yet and i don't look 33 to boot me in the head.age is just a number for me wish we never had to count each passing second,i could run for the one who invented time and day's and wee's and month's and year's.to hell with them live life with a smile and touch heart's is all i'm good in doing.
tension and worries make's you grow grey and lack of vitamin's get's you to go grey faster than year's that go by.good luck .
2006-10-02 08:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by mariolla oneill 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nutrition and exercise can help keep hair healthy (and alive) longer. However, some of the issues with hair turning grey and hair loss are genetic - so look to grandpa, grandma and uncle george!
Jen
2006-10-02 08:13:46 · answer #4 · answered by InstructNut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hairs dont actually turn grey, they turn white. They just look grey amongst the darker hair. It is when the part of the hair follical that produces pigment dies and stops producing colour.
2006-10-02 08:11:08 · answer #5 · answered by dan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was 30 and on holiday with the love of my life...ahhhh Dave... I noticed I had some Grey hais (on my head)! so I made him pluck them all out with tweezers!!!!
Now, 19 years later, it would take ya the rest of your life to do it! Good job I have a good Colourist!
2006-10-02 08:14:17 · answer #6 · answered by puffy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two kinds of melanin. Eumelanin colors hair brown to black and pheomelanin colors hair yellow-blond to red. The amounts of eumelanin and pheomelanin produced by your melanocytes determine your hair color.
If you’re a brunette, you have lots of eumelanin, a redhead, lots of pheomelanin. And when your hair turns gray, you’ve stopped making either
2006-10-03 00:45:23 · answer #7 · answered by Viva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The melanin or colour supply at the root of our hair simply runs out.
2006-10-05 23:39:34 · answer #8 · answered by DAZZAROO 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because ur body is too weak when its old to produce a pigment called melanin which gives ur hair colour.
2006-10-02 08:15:19 · answer #9 · answered by may 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how else would we know that we get older then? sorry answering you with a question rather than an answer.
2006-10-02 08:13:37 · answer #10 · answered by ECQC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋