How To Slowly Turn My Hair Gray / White

Why does hair turn gray?

A persons hair turns white because it continues growing throughout their life whilst the cells in the hair follicles stop producing melanin as you age or because of a genetic propensity to grey hair. I knew someone of 23 with 20% grey and in images his father was totally white by 32. Once the follicles stop producing melanin it was assumed nothing could be done but last year the gene was identified that causes grey hair – IRF4 – although this gene was know to have an important role regarding hair colour it is only now we know it is also responsible for the hair turning grey.The discovery of IRF4’s role means that in future changing your hair or eye colour might well be possible without using dyes, coloured contact lens etc but we need to understand much more about the exact mechanism. It looks like the treatment would be a simple gene therapy meaning red heads could become blondes and grey hair could be prevented and possibly reversed although it might be that it would turn out the treatment needs to be started before the hair colour is actually lost but we should know quite soon how this will pan out.Interestingly although hair loses colour the coloured irises of the eyes don't grow with age and hence remain pretty much the same from your youth to your 80s, as a point of interest newborn babies don't have melanin in their eyes, this is why they have blue or virtually colourless eyes. As the baby gets older the amount of melanin gradually increases, as a result somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5 years of age, their eyes will have achieved their final colour.The amount of melanin is also what determines the actual colour, brown eyes have a lot of melanin, blue eyes have lower concentrations. The melanin is located in the stroma of the iris, which lies in front of the dark epithelium.

How does white hair grow? Is it white from the beginning or does a hair slowly lose color and turn white?

It’s very important to understand the hair growth cycle in order to recognize and understand many of the problems you can encounter with your hair such as premature greying of hair.The hair growth cycle consists of three distinct stages – anagen, catagen and telogen.ANAGEN PHASEYour hair grows around half an inch a month, and faster in the summer than in winter. The growth phase, or anagen phase, lasts an average of 3-5 years, so a full-length hair averages 18 to 30 inches. The anagen phase is generally longer in Asians, and can last as much as 7 years with hair being able to grow to 1 metre.CATAGEN PHASEAt the end of the anagen phase, your hair enters the catagen phase. A short transitional phase that lasts approximately 10 days.TELOGEN PHASELastly, your hair enters the telogen phase, a resting phase when your hair is released and falls out. The follicle then remains inactive for 3 months and the whole process is repeated. Each hair follicle is independent and goes through the growth cycle at different times, otherwise all your hair would fall out at once. Instead, you only shed a certain number of hairs a day – up to 80 hairs on a healthy head of hair.How white hair growsAs we get older, the pigment cells in our hair follicles gradually die. When there are fewer pigment cells in a hair follicle, that strand of hair will no longer contain as much melanin and will become a more transparent color — like gray, silver, or white — as it grows. Eventually, the hair will look completely grayTips for healthy black hairRegular application of hair oil will boost natural hair growth and prevent premature greying of hairApply onion juice once a week as catalase in onion juice will enhance healthy black hair growthDo at home regular hair spa , process is explained below and this will add natural shine to your hairInclude below superfood recepie in your diet in order to grow natural black hairProtect hair from harsh sun raysPay attention to diet and drink lots of waterFollow all and get healthy hair likeTake care :)