Why Does Hair Turn Gray?

With my current product launch in the health and beauty industry focused on haircare, I often look for articles or news stories that are relevant to the industry. Women tend to stress a lot over their hair, if it isn't style it is color. In efforts to stay young, or even try to look our age, many of us color frequently as to not expose our roots. Often I wonder, when will I just let things go naturally and how long will the transition be. Will I turn gray, silver, or white?

Why does hair turn gray anyway?

On the website: wisegeek.com a report about why hair turns gray caught my eye and here is an excerpt from their story.

Hair turns gray as we age because the follicles at the base
of the hair shaft cease to produce melanin. Each follicle contains a finite number of pigment cells. These pigment cells produce melanin, a chemical that gives the hair shaft (the visible strands) its color (black, brown, blonde, red, and all shades in between.) The darkness or lightness of your hair depends on how much melanin each strand contains. Melanin is the same pigment that makes
skin tan upon exposure to the sun.

to read more, click on the link below:

http://www.wisegeek.com/why-does-hair-turn-gray-as-we-age.htm

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