Gray hair at 16?

Question

I have a patch of gray hair on the top of my head. It's not a birth mark. I have heard that some people get it when they are younger and then it goes away. Anyone else heard of this happening?

Answer 1

If it's just a small piece of hair on your head, it could be scar tissue, sometimes when people cut there heads, either the hair grows back grey or it doesn't grow back at all. My friend who is only 18 has more grey hair then my mother!! She is forced to color it because its all over. In my friends case and yours it the change in hair color is caused by the gradual decrease of pigmentation that occurs when melanin ceases to be produced in the hair root, and new hairs grow in without pigment. Two genes appear to be responsible for the process of greying, Bcl2 and Mitf. The stem cells at the base of hair follicles are responsible for producing melanocytes, the cells that produce and store pigment in hair and skin. The death of the melanocyte stem cells causes hair to begin going grey.

Answer 2

i have heard of it but not the going away part. Some people just start getting gray hairs early.

Answer 3

My husband has had gray hair since he was 17 and he is almost 24, so yeah it happens. Its genetic.

Answer 4

some people get gray hair because of stress
and yeah some people just have it

Answer 5

u dont get gray hair when ur old its just more common. u can get gray hair at any age, my bff has gray hair at 21.

Answer 6

hah, i have that.

not grey, per say.. more silver. it's odd. but i have really light hair, and i think some just came out wrong? some just are so blond.. that they're silver. make sense?

and i'm only fifteen. i think it's normal, and some people just notice it more than others. i'm extremely particular about my hair, so i notice these things, when no one else would.. so who knows. i think it's just some weird stage or something. if not, then they always make hair dye. :]

Answer 7

just shave it

Answer 8

no