Top 5 Sneaky Reasons Your Hair is Going Grey Too Soon

Top 5 Sneaky Reasons Your Hair is Going Grey Too Soon

1.Your hormones are changing

One glance at a photo of you a decade ago can tell you this, but your hair is not the same now as it was then. Thanks to hormones, your hair can change over time in texture, density, and, yes, colour. “This process starts to be most noticeable when you turn 30. “That’s the age when people start to come in and complain about these issues,” says Dr.s. Experts are still trying to understand precisely how hormones (like estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol) influence greying, she says. And certainly, there are women in their 50s going through menopause who have not a strand of grey hair. It may be a trifecta of events coming to a head: your genetics, environmental factors, and hormonal changes.

2.smoke

Whether it’s you or someone else in your house doing the puffing, exposure to cigarette smoke can affect your hair colour. Research published in 2013 found that smokers have 2.5 times greater odds of early greying, likely because of the huge amounts of free radicals generated by lighting up. Count this as one more reason to quit—or encourage a loved one to break the habit.

3.super stressed

When President Obama entered office his hair was dark. Five years later, people were concerned: He completely transformed to silver. (Time.com has a handy time lapse showing the president’s hair evolve from 2009 to 2014.) The stress-going grey link is hotly debated. However, says Dr.s, “stress will accelerate your genetic destiny.” Meaning, if you’re not going to go grey any time soon, stress is unlikely to change your hair colour. But if going grey is in your genes, stress can make your hair turn grey faster and earlier—unless you make an effort to manage stress. 

4.an autoimmune condition

The autoimmune skin disease called alopecia areata can lead to bright white strands. As the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) explains, people with the condition develop small, round, smooth patches on the scalp, and they can completely lose hair on their head or body. “This happens because your immune system attacks your hair follicles, making your hair fall out. When it grows back, it grows back white,”

5.Your mom (or dad) greyed early

Steel-coloured locks are partly in your genes, says Doris Day, MD, clinical associate professor of dermatology at New York University Langone Medical Center and author of Forget the Facelift. A new study published in Nature Communications isolated one gene variant linked to greying after researchers analyzed hair features of 6,000 Latin Americans. Though you might be surprised about just how much grey you have if you’ve been colouring your hair for years (or decades),