How to Prevent Gray Hair

There are a lot of things that can affect your hair color. The lucky people that don’t go gray can thank their parents for good hair genes! The cause of hair graying is often related to genetics, poor diets, B12 deficiencies, Thyroid problems, or other medical conditions. Mainly it’s science that contributes to graying though, which means your genes.

Coloring your hair is the easiest way to cover gray and the most sensible way to conceal it.

However having gray, silver, or white hair is a natural part of growing older. Its just another part of the aging process.

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Some people adapt to graying quickly, while others cover it up. Many people associate gray hair with wisdom or with aging. For some it’s good news, for others it’s bad news. A lot depends on the perspective you take! For those who want to stay younger looking longer however, coloring your gray’s is a must have!

To understand it more, here are some interesting facts about your hair that you'll want to know and understand.

Gray Hair Facts

Each hair on our heads is made up of two parts. The hair shaft is the colored part we see growing out of our heads. The hair root is the bottom part of the hair strand that keeps the hair anchored to the scalp.

Hair roots are surrounded by a slender tube called the hair follicle. Each hair follicle contains a specific number of pigment cells. These pigment cells continuously produce a chemical called melanin that gives the growing shaft of hair its brown, blonde, or red color.

Melanin contains the pigment that gives your hair and skin its color. The dark or light color of someone's hair depends on how much melanin each hair strand contains. Brown hair naturally, contains more melanin that blonde hair.

As you grow older, the pigment cells in hair follicles decrease their production. When there are fewer pigment cells in a hair follicle, the hair that grows out will become a more transparent color like gray, silver, or white.

Your heredity will likely forecast when you will see your first gray hair. If your parents or grandparents were gray early, you most likely will be also.

How to Prevent Gray Hair

Try coconut oil. It's cheap if you buy off brands and works miracles and it sure beat buying some of the expensive supplements!

Remedy: 2 Tablespoons Blackstrap Molasses plus 2 Tablespoons Brewer's Yeast, plus 2 Table Spoons Wheat Germ, about 1000% of drv of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid Powder) plus a multi-vitamin. Find more hair remedies.