We are not surprised when we see older people with a shock of gray hair. This is understandable - age! But, as a rule, having found a few gray hairs, we fall into despair: since gray hair appeared, it means that youth has passed. Or maybe it's still age? Maybe in this way our body makes us aware of some problems that have accumulated within ourselves? Maybe these are the consequences of nervous experiences and stress? Let's not guess and see why there is gray hair, the reason for the appearance of which for many seems a mystery.
What is going on with them?Mother nature of each of us has endowed her individual hair color. What we will be - brunettes or blondes, brown-haired or fair-haired - determines in our body melanin - a special pigment contained in the hair follicle. The lower its content, the brighter our hair. Gray hair is generally deprived of it, and the cavity inside the hair is filled with air bubbles. Therefore, the older we get, the more bubbles and less melanin in the structure of our hair. And one day we all will certainly become gray.
Why do we turn gray earlier?
Scientists say that although melanin is a fairly persistent pigment, it is also exposed to external influences. Its resistance is affected, for example, by chemical aggressive substances that we use for hair coloring. Paints destroy pigment, hair burn out under the sun and become dull.
But trichologists who study early gray hair argue that there are several different causes of gray hair early .
1. If gray hair appears early, the cause may be due to genetic disposition. In early gray-haired parents, in 90% of cases, children will also have an early gray hair.
2. The second reason is less pleasant - some diseases of the internal organs. This can be anemia, a lack of vitamin B12, thyroid dysfunction, a violation of the pigmentation processes in the body, and much more.
If we can not influence the genetic predisposition, then in this case, the graying process can be tried to suspend. A thorough examination of the body will make the correct diagnosis and explain why gray hair appeared. Treatment of the causes of their appearance should be carried out in a complex, and then we can at least suspend this unpleasant process.
3. Stresses, nervous experiences and stresses are also the cause of untimely gray hair.
During stress, there is such a strong adrenaline rush that the vessels narrow as much as possible, blood and oxygen cease to flow into the cells of the hair bulb, and it dies. In this case, gray hair at an early age does not appear instantly, but when a new hair replaces the old one, you will notice gray hair.
4. Exhausting diets and lack of vitamins in the body also become one of the reasons for the appearance of snow-white strands. A lack of copper, by the way, can lead to this pathology.
5. If gray hair appears prematurely , the cause may also lie in the loss of bone mass and the development of osteoporosis. In this case, after consultation, the doctor will definitely advise you to include foods containing more calcium in the diet.
Gray hair is not a reason for tragedy. You just need to take care of your health and yourself. If it’s genetics or age, then you’ll have to put up with it. And if you find yourself gray hair, the cause of which is easily eliminated, then review your usual diet, regularly use vitamins, lead a healthy lifestyle and try not to be nervous a lot. And the aging process that has begun can be stopped, at least for a while.