My dad had white-blonde hair for all of his childhood, but the older he got, the darker his hair got. His hair got so dark it turned black. He never dyed it.
The same happened to each and every family member (though their hair went dark brown, not black like my dad's) except me.
I was born with dark brown hair and it's lightened to a medium brown.
2007-11-02 00:40:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
Hair follicles, like skin contains pigment cells called melanin. The lighter the hair, the less melanin it contains. At times, when a child is born, these cells have not fully developed so the hair appears much lighter than it's color will be when the cells are fully developed. This process is reversed as we age and our hair becomes first gray then silver or white as the pigment cells gradually die.
2007-11-02 04:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by babydoll 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's all generic, and hormones, if you go and look deeper into the family history then you will see the same thing, my hair was blond all my life when I hit puberty then it went dark brown almost black
2007-11-02 07:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by dex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOME PEOPLE DUE TO GENETICS INHERIT LIGHT HAIR AT BIRTH AND THE HAIR GETS DARKER AS WE AGE.(HORMONAL BALANCE)
OTHER ARE THE OPPOSITE AND HAVE DARK HAIR AT BIRTH AND GRAY AS THEY AGE.
ANOTHER GROUP HAS PREMATURE GRAY AT AN EARLY AGE 14?? AND IT GETS GRAYER AS THEY AGE.
2007-11-02 07:54:28 · answer #3 · answered by ahsoasho2u2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is normal to become darker with aging. This is due to genetic and hormones.
2007-11-02 07:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by remy2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋