I have been thinking that it might be possible that memory cells are in the hair color.
this seems possible since the more color i lose from my hair, the worse my memory becomes.
2007-10-20 17:36:35 · 29 answers · asked by Hannah's Grandpa 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Cranky; at 64 I think that I do qualify for this section.
beside I have been around old people all of my life, and some of them started when they were teenagers.
2007-10-21 04:25:56 · update #1
So if someone colors their hair, does it give them fake memories? lol
(((Smiley)))
2007-10-21 03:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by beano™ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I could see where you'd arrive at that conclusion. I think it's just we get older, the hair gets whiter, and sometimes the memory isn't what it was. It's really all in the aging process and there's a lot of factors, like health for instance. I have thyroid disease and it causes me all kinds of symptoms.
My hair used to be very dark & started getting gray fairly early, but I've just recently started some memory issues-like searching for a word I want. I had a friend that died at 102 last yr who's hair had been grey for many years and she had a fabulous memory. I think it just depends on the person.
2007-10-20 18:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. I don't think that this is true. I have had pure white hair since the age of 40 I stopped coloring it at age 53 and now, at age 60 it is white and I look like a platinum blonde.
My memory is great except for remembering the names of a allot of people whom I have met, but I've always had a problem remembering names.
2007-10-20 17:51:33 · answer #3 · answered by chansenfam@sbcglobal.net 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You gave me a laugh this early A.M. thank you.
Never thought of that one. Yet I think the process of aging is on going from head to foot. Hair color is pigmentation, I believe it just fades out as does our complexion. What I have noticed my life time, The red heads I know gray totally faster
then other colors to a beautiful full head of gray, and the last part to change color is at the nape. I have a lady friend in her
70's she has very little gray at all! I believe she has been forgetful all of her life! My 25 year old grandaughter, as well!
I'm salt and pepper light brown, graying faster this past year,
My short term memory wants to get up and go, but as yet I'm
hanging on to it , from room to room I retrieve it. But who knows you may be right, Blessings
2007-10-21 00:49:21 · answer #4 · answered by jenny 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This explains, not only your loss of memory with lost hair colour...it also explains all those blonde jokes.
It might be possible that memory cells are in the hair color. The darker your hair, the more brain cells. Blondes are running on a brain reservoir that is almost empty...and you are travelling on fumes! ;-)
2007-10-21 02:44:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check the chemicals you are using. You can actually cause cancer from some of those bad ones. I use a totally natural hair color made from herbs which covers the grey and it lasts for months -- I just have to retouch it. The brand is from Italy called Herbatint. It has a wide spectrum of colors to choose from, too. I actually feel healthier after I use it because herbs are good for you-- at least these ones.
2007-10-20 19:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by Cordelia 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi there, your question is really interesting. Perhaps there is a connection it would explain why people who stress too much get grey hair really quickly. is there a hormone or something that changes the pigments that determine your hair colour? for example during puberty people born with blonde hair might suddenly go brunnette (naturallly) maybe this hormone that is responsible for changing hair colour is also responsible to memory?
2007-10-21 01:01:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, hair color has no influence on memory. The neurons in the brain are protected within the skull, the hair follicles are derivatives of the skin and grow from within the skin outwards.
2007-10-20 18:35:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have had my hair every color of the rainbow and have never noticed a difference in my memory. But a big difference in how people react or treat me.
2007-10-22 02:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smiley - this is most definitely a fact. Recently was hospitalized (am fine now), but during my stay and 1,000 tests later my hair turned white! I used to be a Red head! Boy do I look different - and my memory? What's that?
CJ
2007-10-21 13:34:45 · answer #10 · answered by CJ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmmmmmmm...
If THAT is true, then I must be AQUIRING great knowledge every four to six weeks! ...And have been doing so since the age of 23 (1986)!
Dear one - I have an Eidetic memory that is only now slightly fading due to the march of days and ravages of Diabetes... yet I began turning gray at 16. Sorry to twart your theory.
Sigh!
For now... I deal with the difficulties of trying to remember Proper Names and keep on with the L'Oreal - "because I'm worth it!" LOL!
Peace.
2007-10-21 12:51:43 · answer #11 · answered by Depoetic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋