What causes white hair?

Discussion in 'Health, Beauty, and Fashion' started by jill85, Apr 19, 2006.

  1. jill85

    jill85 Active Member

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    What causes white hair? or Having a bad hair day?:(
     
  2. lotsofmsg

    lotsofmsg Well-Known Member

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    there are two factors that cause white hairs...

    1) age - as u age your body developes less pigments for your hair.. and hence u get white hairs...

    2) stress - the more stress u have the more white hairs u will get..
    i donno the scientfic signifigance of this one... but they just seem to be interelated
     
  3. koko

    koko Member

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    yea.....stress should be the #1 cause.....but also can be too much use of brain power......------> thinking.....too much..:)
     
  4. whoaitselaine

    whoaitselaine Well-Known Member

    I think it's usually stress.. Like if a person works too much or something like that.
     
  5. baybluangel

    baybluangel Active Member

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    stress...and genes
     
  6. tamagodaisuki

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    it's always stress, being over worried, anxious about every little thing in the world.
     
  7. 小小

    小小 (゚ー゚)(。_。)(゚ー゚)(。_。) afk

    i go with stress .... with the majority -lol
     
  8. cyberneonate

    cyberneonate Member

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    it's in the genes.........
     
  9. what you mean by genes lol everyone has white hair when they get older... were taking about having grey hair at young age... in my opinon has nothing to do with genes.
     
  10. driver2250

    driver2250 Active Member

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    stress and lag of sleep. so dont let them ruin you look.
     
  11. y2j1991

    y2j1991 Member

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    i have tons of them. i only 21...
     
  12. zihe

    zihe Well-Known Member

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    stress and lack of sleep, I think
     
  13. c_rano

    c_rano Member

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    actually i asked my bio prof
    he said that stress had nothing to do with grey hairs
    was he joking with me? cause he seemed quite serious
     
  14. MissCheekS

    MissCheekS Reconnaîssant ❤

    i heard if u get white hairs at young age...their just hairs without pigment...? There used to be this little boy that lived in my street he was like 8 or something he had loads of white hair
     
  15. AVANT

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    It is related to genes... For general population, the gene for hair color doesn't turn off until we get older... but there are many cases where people at a very early age start getting grey hairs. If you watch American Idol, there's a contestant on there right now (Taylor Hicks) who started to have grey hair at the age of 14.
     
  16. gyyr2

    gyyr2 Well-Known Member

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    I started to have white hair when I was in my early teens and now my whole head is white! I can't be a crook as I'll be spotted well before. I think it 's in my genes as my mum had it also when she was young. Am I self conscious? I was when younger and chose to sit at the back in the bus. Now I don't care as some ladies find it sexy!
     
  17. goo wak jai

    goo wak jai Well-Known Member

    Man, i have never had white hair before, and never want to... um u probs get white hair if u suffer alot from stress but sum ppl just get them at a young age.
     
  18. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    lack of hair color.
     
  19. 小小

    小小 (゚ー゚)(。_。)(゚ー゚)(。_。) afk

    next u b sayin a tin of white paint fell on his/her head or he/she dyed it white ... hahaha