Why do people get grey hair???

Why do a lot of people young and old get grey hair. I was just wondering is it geniteic.

Why do people get grey hair???

Hair goes grey because pigment cells in the hair base at the roots of the hair stop producing melanin.

It doesn't matter if you are fair-haired or dark-haired you have the same chances of getting grey hair. However, it is more noticeable in darker haired people.

Greying of the hair generally starts at the age of around 30 for males and 35 for females however since the onset of this phenomena varies greatly from person to person, age is not the most accurate indicator.

The greying of hair appears to be genetically determined but the connection isn't at all clear.

So for now, your hair turning grey is just one of those mysteries of science that we have yet to solve. But salt and pepper hair always did look distinguished.

Why do people get grey hair???

Stress. Report It

Why do people get grey hair???

Effects of aging on hair color

An elderly man from Sa Pa, Vietnam with grey hair

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An elderly man from Sa Pa, Vietnam with grey hair

A change in hair color typically occurs naturally as people age, usually turning their hair from its natural color to gray, then to white. More than 40 percent of Americans have some gray hair by their fortieth birthday, but grey hairs can appear as early as the teens and twenties for some, or even in childhood. The determination of when someone begins graying, whether it comes with aging or prematurely, seems to be almost entirely based on genetics. Sometimes people are born with gray hair because it is passed down genetically.

The change in hair color is caused by the gradual decrease of pigmentation that occurs when melanin ceases to be produced in the hair root, and new hairs grow in without pigment. Two genes appear to be responsible for the process of greying, Bcl2 and Mitf. The stem cells at the base of hair follicles are responsible for producing melanocytes, the cells that produce and store pigment in hair and skin. The death of the melanocyte stem cells causes hair to begin going grey.[1]

There are no special diets, nutritional supplements, vitamins, nor proteins that have been proven to slow, stop, or in any way affect the graying process, although many have been marketed over the years. This may change in the near future however. French scientists treating leukemia patients with a new cancer drug noted an unexpected side effect: some of the patients' pre-gray hair color had been restored. [1]

Many people use hair dye to disguise the amount of gray in their hair.

A 1996 British Medical Journal study conducted by J.G. Mosley, MD found that tobacco smoking may cause premature graying. Smokers were found to be four times more likely to begin graying prematurely, compared to nonsmokers in the study.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_hair

Why do people get grey hair???

They getting old :-)

Why do people get grey hair???

yes you get it from your kids

Why do people get grey hair???

Yes, it is genetic like the color of the hair that you have to begin with

Why do people get grey hair???

yes it does have alot to do with your families heritage!

Why do people get grey hair???

ur gettin old...??

Why do people get grey hair???

it is due to the melanin content.

melanin gives the colour

Why do people get grey hair???

Well see, first you grow up, work full time, pay bills, marry the wrong person and it not only will suck the life out of you, but will suck the color right out of your hair because it drains all your energy therefore the color dies.

Hope this helps.

BTW, once you divorce, marry the right person the 2nd time around, you dye your hair, find a better job, have less stress and you feel so much better.

Why do people get grey hair???

it could be many things such as growing old, being worried a lot or frightened..

Why do people get grey hair???

Heredity is one big reason for grey hair, which involves genetics.

Another reason for losing the color in your hair is lack of copper in your diet.

One more is the gas they use to put you to sleep in the hospital for an operation.

Why do people get grey hair???

Part of it is geniteic! But stress can also give you grey hair!! There most def. is a scientific exsplanation for it. But i think its all down to genes and stress.

Why do people get grey hair???

Lack of minerals?

Graying (sic) Hair: Low iron, low copper, low calcium.

Though I expect there's some genetic link. I started to go grey in my late 20s. My father was completely grey in his early 40s. Though I have two older brothers and an older sister, none of whom have nearly as much grey hair as me.

Anyway, it's distinguished and a lot better than losing your hair!

Note to quizkid:

If I take copper supplements will I get my hair colour back?

Why do people get grey hair???

HI well people get grey hair cos they are getting old dum thats it they are getting older the more older they get the more grey hair they get ands white hair

Why do people get grey hair???

worring about stuff.....

Why do people get grey hair???

its genetic

Why do people get grey hair???

Its caused by anti-oxidant damage to dna structures within the body, which in turn cause defects in regenerated cells.

Why do people get grey hair???

as yo get older the pigment of colur in your hade fades and so starts to get lighter eventually turning white, just part of teh aging process. you can o prematurely grey due to stress related problems and also due to genetics

Why do people get grey hair???

It actually depends on your hair colour,and the amount of melanin in your body.

It can also be caused through stress,worry and a number of other factors.It's nothing to be ashamed of,it's part of life.