What's the matter with gray hair

With the increase of various pressures in life and work, many people around us have the phenomenon of growing white hair at an early age. Many people feel particularly disgusted with growing white hair. In people's impression, only old people have white hair. In fact, there are many reasons for the growth of gray hair. As long as you pay attention to these reasons in your life and take preventive measures, the phenomenon of gray hair will be alleviated.

About White Hair

White hair is mainly divided into congenital white hair and acquired white hair. Congenital white hair is mainly often has a family history, with localized white hair is more common, seen in the front headline. Acquired gray hair is juvenile gray hair, which occurs in children and adolescents and often has a family history. Apart from the increase in gray hair, it does not affect physical health. In the case of congenital gray hair, if either or both parents have a gene for premature graying of hair, then there is a high chance that it will be passed on to the child in the next generation.

There are three main aspects of acquired gray hair.

Poor nutritional status

Hair is an appendage of the skin and, like other organs and tissues in the body, requires adequate nutrition. Our hair pigment particles contain copper, cobalt and iron, so they are brown and black. If our diet lacks inorganic salts such as copper, cobalt and iron for a long time, it will naturally affect the synthesis of melanin and turn hair from black to white.

Psychological factors

If a person is depressed, in a bad mood, or is highly nervous and overworked for a long time, his hair may turn from black to white. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in my country, Wu Zixu, a doctor of the State of Wu, turned his black hair white overnight in order to pass Zhaoguan Pass. Another example is Obama originally had black hair, but after becoming president during the election campaign, his hair turned from black to gray. It is not difficult to see that the formation of gray hair is related to a person's mental factors and psychological pressure.

Disease factors

If a person suffers from hypopituitarism, hyperthyroidism, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, pernicious anemia and other wasting diseases, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, etc. for a long time, the hair may turn from black to white.