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Why do white hairs grow more? Is it old? Warning: or lack of 3 nutrients

It is common for middle-aged and elderly people to have grey hairs, but for younger people, many of whom are clearly not yet middle-aged, it can be particularly annoying.

By janePublished 3 years ago 5 min read

The average person is likely to grow only a few centimetres of hair a month and needs to be trimmed in time, while those with grey hair find themselves losing much more than usual.

When there is a problem of white hair, we also want to keep the state of black by dyeing hair, but often dyeing hair will easily increase some health risks, so many people will directly want to pull out the white hair, so that you can do out of sight, out of mind. So why does grey hair grow more? Is it because of old age? This is not necessarily the case!

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Why do white hairs grow more? Is it old?

High mental stress

Long-term in a relatively large pressure environment, it will be easy to make themselves have been in a negative mood, not only easy to affect physical and mental health, but also bring a certain impact on the scalp.

The main effect is on the melanin capacity of the roots of the hair, which can lead to gray hair.

Genetic factor

Many people develop gray hair at a young age, and it is often inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.

If you get gray hair at a young age, it's more or less down to your genetics.

Age factor

As we age, the body's tyrosinase levels decrease, which tends to reduce the amount of melanin in our hair follicles.

In this way, our hair will turn white, which is a very normal physiological phenomenon, we do not have to worry too much and fear.

Uneven nutritional intake

Nowadays, everyone's life and work are very busy, often solve a meal outside in a hurry, which will easily lead to unbalanced intake of nutrients.

Melanocytes in the lack of nutrients in the state of no way to produce melanin supply hair, will easily lead to white hair problems.

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Warning: or lack of 3 nutrients

iodide

In our daily lives, many of us know that there is a close relationship between iodine and potassium.

As for the intake of iodine, it is not only to maintain the endocrine and thyroid function, but also to help nourish our hair.

This is due to sufficient iodine, can maintain the normal function of hair follicles, and can promote the hair mother cells to produce enough melanin, which can make hair more beautiful and shiny.

tyrosine

Tyrosine is a non-essential amino acid in the body that regulates mood and stimulates the nervous system.

In addition, tyrosine can also help to speed up the metabolic efficiency of individuals. When the body's tyrosine secretion is insufficient, the scalp nerve tissue can not receive stimulation, which will easily slow down the psychosomatic metabolism, and also easy to make hair gray.

There are also many foods containing tyrosine, such as tuna, grass carp, carp, soy sauce, figs, century eggs, red beans, celery.

Copper element

Copper in our bodies is very important for the production of melanocytes, and without enough copper to support it, the production of melanocytes tends to be low.

In this way, the amount of pigment secretion in the body will also be relatively easy to reduce, and the problem of white hair will easily appear for a long time.

So if you always grow white hair, also need to pay attention to the addition of copper element, so as to better help us solve the problem of white hair.

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If some areas suddenly grow gray hair, need to watch for signs of disease

White hair on the top of the head and back of the head: insufficient kidney qi

The top of our head is the place where the governor pulse and the Ren pulse pass through, and the back of the head belongs to the place where the Ren pulse passes through, and the governor pulse and the metabolism of our kidneys are inseparable.

If the top of the head and the back of the head grow white hair, this condition is closely related to kidney qi deficiency.

Forehead white hair: spleen deficiency

From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, the forehead belongs to the place where the stomach meridian follows. The white hair on the forehead is closely related to the function of the spleen and stomach.

And in daily life will be accompanied by loose stool, loss of appetite, pale and other problems appear.

White hair at the temples: liver depression

Temples is the ear side, this part belongs to the foot Shaoyang gallbladder meridian, and temples appear white hair and liver and gallbladder relationship is very close.

Generally appear the phenomenon of liver qi stagnation, will be accompanied by bitter mouth dry, irritability, insomnia and dream problems, and temples also grow white hair.

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To prevent gray hair, remember three things to help you look younger

Learn to reduce stress and avoid staying up late

In today's clinical, there are also some cases of endocrine disorder and white hair caused by too much pressure, so if you want to prevent the problem of white hair, we must learn to adjust personal emotions, learn to decompress.

In addition, lack of sleep is also easy to affect our own mental state, long-term lack of sleep will easily bring depression and anxiety symptoms, which will also easily bring white hair phenomenon.

Eat a reasonable diet and strengthen nutrition

Through the above content, we do not know the appearance of white hair, but also closely related to the lack of nutritional elements, so we should pay attention to the balanced intake of nutrition in diet.

Adding ingredients that help nourish and condition hair can be a great way to promote black hair and help reduce gray hair.

Hair sunscreen, reduce perm

Long-term UV stimulation can also easily lead to the problem of white hair, and frequent ironing and dyeing can also easily bring damage to our hair.

Therefore, if you want to better solve or prevent the problem of white hair, it is not necessary to do a good job of hair sunscreen when going out, such as wearing a hat. In addition, it is also necessary to reduce hair perming, which can not only prevent some diseases, but also better prevent white hair.

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Pull one white hair and it will grow ten?

In fact, white hair pulling a root does not grow 10 roots!

Hair follicles in our bodies are actually formed during the embryonic process, and although there may not be a single hair in each follicle, there are certain patterns in the number of hairs.

Removing even one hair doesn't affect my hair follicles, and instead continues to grow gray hairs over time, so there's no scientific basis to the idea that pulling out one hair will produce 10 hairs.

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