can you give me more information, web page? or anything?
thanks would b anwesome...i'm doing a project..heheh
2007-09-15 12:46:11 · 8 answers · asked by elia_princess 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes, although it doesn't happen overnight, as only the new hair growth can be different in color. It happened to my grandfather's cousin after a threat to his life. It is a type of stress response, although the second link demonstrates that stress also speeds aging in general.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Genetics-1795/hair-turn-grey-1.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1290889/posts
2007-09-15 12:57:45 · answer #1 · answered by supastremph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few officially corroborated cases on record in the medical literature and elsewhere, of a person who has been subjected to a truly horrendous experience having his (or her) hair turn white in an extremely brief period of time. I have only read about it in passing while researching something else, but I can tell you that the source was impeccable.\
You have to remember that there are a lot of us still alive today who did not get our knowledge off the internet, because the internet didn't exist. We got it the old fashioned way....... spending hours reading textbooks sometimes long into the night.LOL. I am sure, however, that you could use this present-day technology to research the subject and find some material of interest.
2007-09-15 19:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by sharmel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is no for moderate stress, but yes for severe strain.
It is reported that the queen Mary Antoinette of France was captured during French revolution and punished to death by Guillotine. Between few days of announcement and the day she died, all her hair turned white due to fear.
Our hair color is black due to presence of melanine pigment. No one knows for sure, but it may be that the pigment production stops or pigment drops off due to mental stress, which stops blood supply to hair roots.
2007-09-15 19:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by yogesh u 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the science behind it but I had a hellish childhood and I found my first gray hairs when I in the first year of high school.
2007-09-15 20:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not instantly (it would take time). This is a great site for an explanation.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/whiteovernight.htm
2007-09-15 19:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just look at me, Elmer Fudd had the barrel of a shotgun stuffed in my hole once and look what happened.
2007-09-15 19:52:31 · answer #6 · answered by Stealth Redhead 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Somehow, stress and that sort of stuff can make one age prematurely.
2007-09-15 19:54:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-15 20:11:57 · answer #8 · answered by hippothecutie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋