WHY DO WE HAVE WHITE HAIR?

Camouflaged or embraced, white hair sometimes plays with our heads!

Why and how does it happen to us? 

What is white hair?

White hair is simply hair that no longer produces color.

But when the skin cells that synthesize melanin known as melanocytes stop producing it, the hair is no longer pigmented. It grows white.

From the moment the hair turns white, it will always grow back white. The phenomenon remains unavoidable even if scientists remain hopeful about finding a solution to stop white hair!

White hair, which used to be feared, is now seen as a form of freedom and a sign of fully embraced self-confidence. Some people even go as far as bleaching their hair to show off their increasingly fashionable white hair!

Why does hair turn gray?

Grey hair is purely an optical illusion.

In reality,grey hair doesn’t exist. The hair has no choice: it either grows colored or white.

If melanin continues to be produced, the hair remains pigmented and grows colored. If melanin is no longer produced, the lack of pigmentation leads to a hair that grows white.

What causes dry hair?

If white hair appears mainly with age, scientists have discovered that other factors such as stress and genetics may be responsible.

We realize that white hair generally comes with age.

As such, depending on the percentage of white hair present, the hair gradually goes from dark gray, the famous “ salt and pepper ” look, to light gray, then to white.