Coping up with Graying!

Well graying of hair is pretty natural, it is considered normal when it occur with age. It is considered premature when the first grays appear by 20s in Americans and by 30s in American-Africans, while in Asians the cut-off is by mid 20s. By naturally people are known to go salt and pepper by the age of 50.

Gray is caused to the failure of the cells to produce the pigments that keep the hair strands black. Rarely graying is caused by medical conditions like pituitary disorders, thyroid disorders and vitamin B deficiencies. However, to the contrary to our beliefs graying not at all related to stress. But our genetic make-up plays a major role in graying of our hair. Graying can be fought back if the underlying medical condition can be corrected.

It is just not the scalp hair that goes gray but also the eyelashes and eyebrows. The gray hair is frizzier than the normal hair. The measures include; intake of food rich in vitamin B, or the B complex supplements, dyeing is one way or concealing with touch up products.
Some of the kitchen remedies; Tea aids in restoring the natural color, black teas work best for darker hues, chamomile for blondes, and rooibos for redheads. The potato skins also act as natural coloring agents, the peels are to be boiled in water cooled down is to be pour after hair washing and conditioning; and rinsed off with lukewarm water.

-Koya Satyasri