What causes human hair to go gray?

What causes people's hair to go white?

  • Answer:

    As we age our cells stop producing the color pigment melanin. So what we see as white hair is actually clear hair that the light reflects off of.

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TonieMoral

Melanin, but I really don't care white hair is sexy(I've thought Of dyeing my hair white with blue and purple highlights) I like those Silver foxes and "Touch of Gray manly men,A.K.A. "SEXY BADASS GRANDPA"

tnelso16

Basically, genes, but stress can accelerate it.

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Age in most cases..or stress.

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Awesomeness, and also age.

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