Why your hair goes Grey


Why Hair Goes Gray
Study Blames a Chain Reaction That Makes Hair Bleach Itself From the Inside Out
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDFeb. 25, 2009 -- Scientists may have figured out why hair turns gray, and their finding may open the door to new anti-graying strategies.

New research shows that hair turns gray as a result of a chemical chain reaction that causes hair to bleach itself from the inside out.

The process starts when there is a dip in levels of an enzyme called catalase. That catalase shortfall means that the hydrogen peroxide that naturally occurs in hair can't be broken down. 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.

Putting the brakes on that chemical chain reaction "could have great implications in the hair graying scenario in humans," write the researchers, who included Karin Schallreuter, a professor clinical and experimental dermatology at England's University of Bradford.

I am not falling for that line of thinking above ! My hair is going grey with sheer worry and harrassment. I've got one boy (the onlypeaceful one) and three girls. Even the dog was a bitch. Is it any wonder I left home with grey hair ?


Let's have your theories on Grey Hair.

Apart from my dad 2 brothers and 2 grandsons everyone else are women hey i love them to bits but the hair is still changing colour all in the right places to the moment i may add

I'd be scared if my hair was greying all ready... lol n whats rong with females just because we are better than you and you know it so u get stressed

gaah ... i wouldnt want my long hair going gray