Some time ago, an ordinary grass-roots cadre was sent to Weibo for a hot search because his age in the 1980s and the vicissitudes of life with white hair made people feel that the gap was too wide.
Last week, I shared with you the problem of hair loss. Many friends also left messages saying that they have a lot of white hair. They should eat what and how can they make their hair black.
Today I will talk about white hair.
In fact, in recent years, with the increase of work pressure and the gradual growth of age, I have also begun to show some white hair.
Why do you grow white hair?
The causes of gray hair are very complicated, closely related to age, living habits, mental stress and diseases, and are also controlled by genes and heredity.
The average age at which people of different races begin to appear white hair is also different.
Generally speaking, white people have gray hair in the middle of 30-40 years old, Asians have gray hair in the late 30-40 years old, and Africans have gray hair in the middle of 40-50 years old.
This is determined by genes. Genes can plan when we have white hair. Usually, the younger the parents have white hair, the earlier the children will have white hair.
In addition, diseases (hyperthyroidism, nephropathy, ulcerative colitis, vitiligo, etc.), malnutrition, high mental stress, etc., may also lead to white hair.
- Spiritual white hair: When a person suffers from great mental trauma, such as excessive tension and anxiety, or suddenly receives great stimulation, white hair may also appear; Nutritional white hair: When the body lacks certain vitamins, trace elements and other nutrients, white hair will also increase; Studies have shown that malnutrition will lead to a decrease in hair pigment and an increase in the probability of white hair. Congenital white hair: It usually occurs in albinism patients. Once born, all hair is white (NBA White Eyebrow Man); Diseased white hair: Some diseases such as hyperthyroidism, tuberculosis, vitiligo, etc., will show the symptoms of hair whitening. In some alopecia areata people, the new hair growing from the alopecia site may be white.
Can white hair be cured? Should I have some what?
Your hair is white. Should you eat some what? In fact, the hair has turned white and it is difficult to solve the problem by eating.
If it is white hair caused by nutritional problems, it can also be improved by eating.
After correcting the lack of nutrition, white hair may improve, but it is difficult to fully recover the existing and whitened hair.
Only after it falls off can new hair grow again. At this time, due to sufficient nutrition supply, the new hair will be black.
Some people also said that I had just given birth and was still nursing. I lost a lot of hair and had a lot of white hair.
This problem also exists in my family.
My daughter-in-law has just given birth to two treasures. Recently, she has also lost her hair badly and has more white hair.
However, this is normal. On the one hand, more nutrition is required during lactation. In addition, due to insufficient sleep and high mental pressure, hair loss and white hair are indeed more likely to occur. On the other hand, hormone levels during pregnancy will also change, which may also lead to hair color loss.
However, usually the problem of white hair and hair loss is not permanent, and it will slowly recover after lactation.
White hair that appears briefly due to stress, high mental stress, hyperthyroidism, vitiligo and other diseases may also be improved after adjustment.
However, most of the white hair problems cannot be solved, such as some congenital white hair, hereditary white hair and senile white hair, which are usually determined by genes and heredity. We cannot change them, just as we cannot resist aging.
Is there any food that can black hair?
The saying of “supplementing color with color” is very popular among the people. It has always been said that eating more black foods such as black sesame and black beans can make the hair black and gradually reverse the white hair.
However, there is not enough scientific evidence for this statement.
It is true that black foods such as black sesame and black beans may be good for hair health, but it is not because eating black melanin, which can supplement hair.
Black sesame and black beans are rich in nutrition and trace elements. If white hair is caused by lack of protein, B vitamins and trace elements, eating black sesame and black beans may be beneficial to hair.
However, melanin in black foods such as black sesame and black beans does not blacken hair.
Because the source of melanin in hair is melanocytes, which use tyrosine in the body to convert into melanin.
However, melanin in black sesame and black beans is mainly some polyphenol pigments, which cannot be directly converted into pigment on hair.