Often Lifting Uban Can Make Hair Loss Permanently, Really?

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JAKARTA - Instead of growing 10 new gray hairs, removing gray hair will only make you face permanent hair kerontons, said Drmen Tan, dermatologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore.

As reported by Channel News Asia, she said, follicles (small tubes on the skin of the head where hair grows) will produce a strand of gray hair according to where hair grows.

If you are constantly removing gray hair from the same follicle, the hair-making plant may stop producing forever. Dr. Robert Shmerling of Harvard Health Publishing revealed that gray hair arises because your hair follicles produce less color as you get older.

"So when hair passes through the natural cycle of death and regeneration, hair tends to grow with gray ash," he said.

He noted that genetics usually determine when gray hair appears. The same thing was also expressed by Tan. In other words, if your parents or relatives have started graying at the age of 30, you will most likely experience it too.

According to the Healthline page, it is likely that gray hair will increase after the age of 30, 10 percent every decade. On the other hand, stress triggers general conditions called efluvium telogens, which cause hair to fall out about three times faster than usual.

"But if you are middle-aged and your hair is out and its regeneration is faster because of stress, it's possible that the hair that grows will turn gray, not the original color," said Shmerling.

Tan said thyroid disease and autoimmune conditions such as vitiligo and alopecia areaa could be the cause of gray hair. Gray will remain so unless you color it. According to Healthline, vitamin supplements, hair removal will not restore melanin production or follicle pigmentation.

After the follicles stop producing melanin, the hair it produces will become gray. However, you can slow down the stop period, for example, through the consumption of foods rich in Vitamin B6, B12 (both vitamin B can be found in meat, fish, and dairy products) and D (badam, kale, sardines, salmon). This food can help your hair maintain pigmentation and delay the appearance of gray, said Dr. Tan.