Preventing Grey Hair
How do we go about preventing grey hair? Well, there are now quite
a few ways open to us. The best way of preventing grey hair is to start
when we still have a head full of beautiful normal hair. Finding a
balanced diet with all the right vitamins and minerals can stave off
grey hair for years if not decades.
However, if
like the 99.9% of people who did'n ¡t do anything special when they had
normal hair and are grey now, what can you do? Preventing grey hair is
not an exact science but it is getting there. What we need to do is arm
ourselves with knowledge as this is really the only way in preventing
grey hair. First of all graying does not mean that the hair dies. In
fact, the visible portion of all hair is already dead. Each hair
extends below the skin surface. This end is called the bulb and is the
only living part. The bulb works as the hair factory. When hair is made
by a swift division of cells in the bulb, it absorbs melanin, which is
produced by pigment cells. For that reason, if the pigment cells stop
producing melanin, the hair will be white. White only loses its color
because of this. That¡¯s very important to know. The culprit is called
MELANIN. Now you¡¯ve seen the face of the enemy. |