Sedium occurs as a result of aging of the whole organism, since melanin-producing cells cease to fully perform their functions, and then the formation of pigment completely ceases. This process is quite natural and inherent in genetics. According to statistics, people of the Caucasian race begin to grow gray between the ages of 24 and 44, representatives of the Negroid race grow gray later - in 33-53 years, while Asians can expect the appearance of gray hair in 30-34 years.
Gray hair, as a rule, begins to spread from the head, then goes to the mustache and beard, and then - to the pubis. Gray hair on the head of women is distributed as follows: first on the temples, and only then on the crown and neck.
Early gray hair can be caused by several reasons:
- Genetic predisposition;
- Various diseases, such as, for example, a decreased level of hemoglobin (anemia or anemia) or thyroid disease;
- Negative impact of multiple external factors;
- Deficiency of some elements in the body. In this case, the development of pigment can stop at all or, as an option, melanin is simply not fixed on the hair shaft. There are cases when gray hair appears in a person in a very short time because of great stress or nervous overstrain. Many know that Marie Antoinette completely turned gray for the last night before her own execution. There is a reasonable explanation for this: in the body of a person experiencing stress, substances that break the very link between melanin and protein are formed, as a result of which pigmentation disappears.
- Air spaces in the structure of the hair. They can appear under the influence of a variety of negative factors. The change in the color of the hair is due to the fact that the light begins to be refracted at a different angle.
In folk medicine, there are several means to prevent early gray hair.
First of all, you can help the nettle dioecious. If you noticed the first gray hair early, then make a decoction of the leaves of the nettle. To do this, take two tablespoons (about 10 g) of leaves and 200 ml of boiling water. Take a decoction from 3 to 5 times a day on a quarter or half cup. However, the use of drugs containing nettle dioecious is categorically contraindicated in patients with such gynecological diseases as all possible tumor formations in the region of the uterus and ovaries, and also having polyps accompanied by bleeding.
Garlic must be ground into a gruel, which for 2-3 months should be applied to the scalp for a couple of hours before washing it. This mask helps prevent not only gray hair, but also hair loss. Dry hair is better suited mixture of garlic and sunflower oil.
If the hair has already turned gray, then returning it to the color seems almost incredible. The only possible case is the graying of the hair as a result of impaired metabolism or due to negative external factors. In this case, return the hair color or stop the graying will help you the following tips and tools:
- Correct, balanced nutrition;
- Prevention of negative external influences;
- From time to time, you need to take vitamins, especially pay attention to folic acid, as well as vitamins A, B, C, E;
- It is necessary to add 50 g of dried nettle in a mixture of half a liter of vinegar and the same amount of water. Boil for half an hour. The resulting broth should be applied to the scalp daily for several days.
It is worth noting that the genetically embedded graying of hair can not be stopped: it is impossible to contradict nature. There are no methods that could help in achieving the results. In this case, it remains only to reconcile or use all kinds of dyeing agents for hair, which in our time is quite a lot.