Hair tip of the day: Don't Blame Mom for the Gray!

Although it's said that heredity is the main cause for how soon we go grey, it's not he only reason.
Age plays a huge part in the graying process and so does the amount of Melanin that we have in our systems to begin with. Initially in the growth process of humans, we all have white hair and then depending on the amount of melanin that our cells generate, it's determined how dark or light our hair will be. The more melanin, the darker the hair and the less melanin the lighter the hair. Harvard scientists proposed that a failure of melanocyte stem cells (MSC) to maintain the production of melanocytes could cause the graying of hair. So basically as we age the melanin stops producing and the gray/white hair reappears that we began with.
If you are deficient in B12 or suffer from a thyroid imbalance it can also cause your hair to go Gray. And smokers are 4 times as likely to go gray before non-smokers. Wow! Yet another reason not to smoke!
If you do want to prevent or reverse your gray hair there is a tablet called Melancor. This is a new product on the market and works in two ways. Firstly when you get gray hair you have a genetically based tendency to produce less melanin as body pigments. Melancor triggers Melanocytes which helps overcome this tendency by increasing you body’s ability to produce melanin pigments. I'm curious as to whether this works or not. I have always joked about how in the future hairstylist will dispense a pill that you can take to have your hair grow the color that one desires (red, brunette, blonde, etc.). Maybe the truth is that the pharmacist will dispense a pill to stop the graying process!
So remember, many factors weigh in as to why we go gray, so don't blame Mom! Especially on Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day to all! :)