2007-02-18 16:25:19 · 9 answers · asked by the1mack2004 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
It is hereditary. If your father had lots of grey at an early age, you probably will too.
2007-02-18 16:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Libby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around each hair, there are cells that make pigment. As we age, these cells effectively wear out and cease to make pigment. As a result, the hair no longer gets the pigment it once had, but grows in without pigment - what we perceive as being grey. There's some evidence to indicate that stress and other factors may cause the pigment-making cells to shut down early; heredity is also a factor - if your parents went grey early, chances are good that you will too.
2007-02-19 00:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes stress can cause grey hair or old age. You can be young and have grey hair to though. Sometimes it's just something as simple as the color pigments in your hair.
2007-02-19 00:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by thefirehot1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The root of every strand of hair is surrounded by a tube of tissue under the skin that is called the hair follicle (say: fah-lih-kul). Each hair follicle contains a certain number of pigment cells. These pigment cells continuously produce a chemical called melanin (say: meh-luh-nin) that gives the growing shaft of hair its color of brown, blonde, red, and anything in between.
Melanin is the same stuff that makes our skin's color fair or darker. It also helps determine whether a person will burn or tan in the sun. The dark or light color of someone's hair depends on how much melanin each hair contains.
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.
2007-02-19 00:32:05 · answer #4 · answered by RoS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's already in your genes,if you turn gray in your young years or your older years.The pigment in your hair dies and you grow gray hairs.
2007-02-19 00:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by Ms Lety 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Age & Stress.
Stress & Age
Either order, sometimes.
2007-02-19 00:27:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lack of zinc
2007-02-19 02:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by speedy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's due to lots of stress and once it turns white, it will never go back to its original color. When it grows back, it will still be white.
2007-02-19 00:29:07 · answer #8 · answered by aji 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause they hate their life
2007-02-19 00:28:16 · answer #9 · answered by Starstruck in LovE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋