Scientific American Asks, Does Stress Cause Gray Hair?
Scientific American looks into whether stress really causes gray (or grey, if you prefer) hair. From the article —
“There is evidence that local expression of stress hormones mediate the signals instructing melanocytes to deliver melanin to keratinocytes,” notes Jennifer Lin, a dermatologist who conducts molecular biology research at the Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center in Boston. “Conceivably, if that signal is disrupted, melanin will not deliver pigment to your hair.”
And general practice physicians have observed accelerated graying among patients under stress, says Tyler Cymet, head of family medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, who conducted a small retrospective study on hair graying among patients at Sinai. “We’ve seen that people who are stressed two to three years report that they turn gray sooner,” he says.”
Full article here — Fact or Fiction?: Stress Causes Gray Hair
Well nice to hear that because till now I thought this was just a “people’s saying” but now I see it has scientific background. Nobody believed me that now when I’m really stressed I’m getting gray hair. At least now I have a proof for my observation and friends will believe me more. At least I hope that they will.
Thanks for the great information on my problem now I feel kind of relieved cause I see that I have do reduce my stress in order to stop my hair from getting grey.