In the nerve can turn gray

Gray hair can appear not only due to the onset of old age, or genetics. Stress is also a cause of the early appearance of gray hair, as established by researchers from New York University.

Grey Hair

If you are too worried by the appearance of gray hair   Color - urgently try to relax! After all your excitement, perhaps, it is the cause of gray hair. US researchers found that the cells that give color to our hair disappear under the influence of shock doses of stress hormones.

Unfortunately, if the stress has caused in your body disappearance of these cells, they are unlikely to come back. That is, in this case Grey Hair   not again become bright or dark, and will either have to put up with it, or start using hair dye.

When the human body is under stress, the stem cells responsible for the production of melanin (the dark pigment that protects us from the sun's rays) move from the hair follicles to the skin to help minimize the damage. Exactly the same effect of stress researchers found in mice.

According to the authors, their findings may explain why stress causes pigmentation of the skin, a man hardens and becomes noticeably darker. Note that most people are at first gray hair is 25 years. The cause of gray hair can be anything from alcohol abuse to the genes. Previously, scientists have found that a high level of adrenaline is also responsible for the appearance of gray hair. (READ MORE)

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