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Posted by emla999/Lyme (Member # 12606) on :
 
Why does our hair turn gray as we age?

Well, apparently our hair bleaches itself as we grow older.

Links:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/27/health/webmd/main4833445.shtml?source=RSSattr=Health_4833445

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223131123.htm

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/140602.php


So hydrogen peroxide builds up in the hair, and because other enzymes that would repair hydrogen peroxide's damage are also in short supply, the hair goes gray.
 
Posted by Meg (Member # 22) on :
 
...and I've been blaming my kids all these years
 
Posted by tickedoffjan (Member # 15944) on :
 
LOL @ Meg. I guess that rules out my husband as well.
 
Posted by Leelee (Member # 19112) on :
 
The craziest thing is that I'm almost 53 and I don't have one grey hair. It's amazing. I have wrinkles, sagging body parts, aches and pains, but no grey hair.
 
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
 
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I can't wait for some streaks of light. At 56, I have zero grey. Zero.

But my little brother went bald before he finished his first year in college.


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