How To Reverse Gray Hair, According To Scientists | Mashable
- Posted on 11 August, 2021
- Hair Care
- By Anonymous
A Columbia University study found that actively de-stressing could bring the color back to gray hairs — but there's a lot we still need to figure out.
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Multi-Billion dollar hair coloring industry might be in for a bumpy ride ahead. It'S generally always been assumed that once hair goes grey, it stays that way, but a new study might be calling that into question. The study is from researchers at columbia university and it's the first study of its kind to find evidence of natural repigmentation aka the possibility of actually reversing gray hair. It could be huge news, but there's a lot more. We have to figure out so we'll recap: the researchers set out to make a computer model of how hair turns gray, both in response to age and also with stress. First, they identified 323 proteins that tell us whether a hair was gray, white or colored. At any point in history, then they snipped colored and gray hairs from 14 participants who rated how much stress they felt in the last year, because we know there's a connection between graying and stress. What we didn't know, at least until this study, was that the reverse might be true, which means de-stressing could actually bring the color back. That would be so great for my hair. The study looked at the protein history of the hairs and the history of the person that hair belonged to in terms of stress level turns out some normal colored hair that had been gray in the last year due to stress, went back to normal when life stress Was low a lead author on the study noted that they were especially surprised how impactful one type of de-stressing event just taking a vacation could be on the reversal of gray hair. They pointed out that after one participant went on a two-week vacation, five of their hairs regained color afterwards, but before everyone starts booking a vacation and before the tourism industry starts exclusively catering to people with gray hair. There'S a lot. We still need to nail down about the science for one thing: more studies are needed to see if the recoloring effects can actually happen after the age of 40.. It didn't for the participants in the columbia study at a cellular level when hair regains color it's all about stem cells swinging into action. We'Re in the golden age of stem cell research, but hair is a relatively new focus, partly because we had no idea. They were powerful enough to potentially recolor our graying hair. Melanocytes are the type of stem cell that lives in our hair follicles. Some studies suggest there's a limited amount of melakinites up there when they're done so is your hair color. But for now it's only been shown in mice. Melanicites may also be replenished by transient stem cells which might account for the re-pigmentation columbia researchers found in humans for now, there's a lot more study needed, but if other people are able to replicate the findings, the implications are huge. Science might one day find extreme commitment to de-stressing, can reverse hair color loss at any age, or we might develop new stem cell therapies to reverse our melakinites in later life and outside of the conversation about gray hair. There is one thing we know for sure from study after study, we're all way too stressed, and it's not optimal for employees or employers. Another eye-opening piece of research that came out in 2020 found that a five-hour work day was optimal for productivity anything longer than that, and you start to burn people out in the long run. The findings from the world's largest trial of a shorter work week were published too, and predictably people were happier healthier and more productive go figure. So maybe one day your manager will inspect your head for gray hairs before sending you off on your mandatory vacation. For now, though, we're still waiting to learn just a bit more give regards to your melakanites. In the meantime,
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Marshall Cavendish: i have grey since when i was a kid, i got teased a lot and it was tough for me especially as a kid. Literally everyone who saw my hair back then told me that I'm old. Ever since it first happened, I wore a hat to school just to hide my insecurity.
David Choo Chong: The thing I hate about grey hair is not necessarily the lack of pigment, but the coarser/wirey nature of them bothers me
Wrath of Wood: What if gray hair stresses you out?
Billionaire Status: People should embrace their gray hair and thank God that they're still here to see it and have it there are cancer patients who wish they had great hair
Mark ONeill: My hair is going gray, and one thing that helped stop it was a hint I got from my younger cousin. She has really beautiful hair. Brush your hair quite a bit with a brush made from boar's hair. It really helps your scalp and removes the broken hairs. Also, take in a lot of vitamin b12 that helped my grandfather keep his hair dark.
Johnny Lawrence: I cant believe they haven't found a way to reverse grey hair yet
Denica Arsova: My hair started greying in my early 20s due to stressful jobs. For 4 years now I have 0 stress in my life and my hair keeps greying progressively. I'm in my early 30s now. I don't think it's genetics, because my parents didn't start greying this young...
Lauren J: Wow, this is super interesting. It makes sense though, I remember even as a kid I would notice about two strands of silver hair on my head when I wasn’t having a very good year
Duncan MacLeod: I've started cutting the few gray hairs I got so far and noticed that some start growing dark again so it's definitely reversible.
QVM: I've always heard a lack of vitamins and a lack of certain minerals is what cause grey hair...I was born with a grey streak in the front of my hair but as I get older it's growing wild right around the front of my hair ♀️I'm afraid I'm going to be all grey hairs before I turn 40 like the rest of my family on my dad's side they all grey early in there 20s and so did I ♀️♀️
Jessica O.: Yes, a 5 or 6 hour work day is best for me. 8 hours (unless there are many breaks makes me unhappy and stressed). The brain isn't wired for that ai believe. I know many hard workers who work physically demanding jobs in nature and fare better than desk job workers who burnout way quicker. It's been witnessed that the ones on nature usually break down when they stop working. I guess if you don't use it, you lose it but they were overall more happy and fulfilled when they worked in the earth than in an indoor environment. We all need balance
Okay, Jess: I don’t have many gray hairs, and the ones I do have seem to be growing out dark brown again. ♀️ I was iron deficient and fixed my deficiency. I don’t know if it’s related. I’m turning 40 in a few days.
RK: Some of My gray hair turns black and some of my black hair turns gray why?....
Mae Sua: I colored my hair and got more grey hair in a year! I stopped coloring cause I’m losing hair and dark hair.
Kaushik N. Sanji: Humans have been in stress for a long time since the world war. Some of our parents and ancestors did not have any grey hairs during their mid-life. The only thing that has increased since the world war time is "Pollution" and "UV", both of which are known to cause premature greying of hairs.
Magic World: I don't have a lot of stress, and I still have tons of gray hair.
Baby Blue: my hair is going back to dark. i am fasting, eat once a day. i take spearmedina and reishi mushroom powder. reishi flavor is nutty and i put it on my tongue for best absorption!
Steven M: I’ll just accept the fact that i’m turning into a sexy silver Fox♂️
Shaz Van Kann: There’s different types of stress that effects your psychology and NOT just external factors like work, relationships, life situations, money etc .. There is internal stress factors that are brought on about by poor diet which in essence is the root cause of how you deal with all external stress factors! Keep your gut healthy and you will be able to work more productive hours and see a reversal of your aging factors like white hairs, wrinkles and an increasing level of your telomeres, therefore you don’t need to manipulate your stem cells through scientific manipulation! We have all the necessary healing capabilities within us all.. You just got to know how to feed, the mind, body and soul!
sonia khan: I use a hair mask that made my hair longer thicker shiner and darker MashaAllah
Aztec Warrior: Ehh wish mines was from stress but I remember having grey hair at 11 and I wasn’t stressed at all .
Victor Marquez: I also heard people getting real sick and landing up with gray hair .so what kind of stress will this be
lucifer01b: I find sleeping in our coal bunker has caused all my hair to become jet black.
Jude: I don’t care about my hair being grey but I want it to be thicker and more manageable. I have bought some oils to help with that.
AbraXadabra: Oh gosh 5 hours work days would be heaven!
Gerard Henry: I’m young and going grey j need a cure
Amy Pola: I feel like managers examining heads is an HR issue. So I would hope not. I'm thinking you didn't think that line through.
M19 Y: Sounds like BS to me. I took one month vacation in July and now i have more freaking grey hair than before vacation
Par Day: Melanin RULES Melanated hair is glorious since it indicates ideal health and happiness. Scientist are always trailing behind what we learn from our grandmother's kitchen. So many things prevent and reverse melanin depletion I am shocked to hear this is new news to researchers. Just goes to show that true knowledge and true wealth come from within.
basicsurfer08: like corona greying is here to stay lol humans cant be that lucky to get away with things that stresses them out
seikynsai songthiang: Impossible .how can a boy of 5 years have grey hair If it is stress.
Lisa A: Its NOT PRONOUNCED’MELAN-KIN- NITES” its melanocytes pronounced ‘melo-SIN-ITES’
OceanLoverTV: I'm turning into a 9-tailed silver fox
CelestineWarbeck: I’ve plucked the grays out of frustration now there’s a bald spot
Tyler Durden: So at 52 I guess I'll also need the key to resurrection to finally benefit from any distant future the cure for greying hair ;-). I guess the answer is deal with it, just like our ancestors have done for an eternity.
Manea Loredana: Can someone post the original study from colombia please?
Nicole Butler: Would you rather go gray or go bald?
jack: The presenter is gorgeous. I love her!!
jack: Most humans must be stressed then because almost all humans go grey with age.
matmoriel: The future of work will be 20 hour weeks? I don’t believe it
Dan Dane: Why can't people just get to the point
Charlz In charge 2: Just a copper deficiency that's how your hair turns gray. You're Welcome..
IFRAS: Thanks for sharing...
Wood: I'm 47 and I want more.
MariaS: amazing!!
WICKED GIXXER L7 508: I bet everyone watching this video has gray hair...
LetsBeHonest: It’s hereditary!
shinigami no me: Mine is turning gray but only on my bangs!!! Huhu
Chad H: Destressing in 2021 and beyond? Lol yea ok.
Jilvia: So what's the suggestion /action to take???
Mike Penna: After the age of 40? Really? Who the hell do you think is watching this video?
Oren Michaeli: Please consider revising your segment. You are very charismatic however you repeatedly mispronounce melanocytes. The "c" has a "s" sound. The pronunciation is more like melanosyte .
Ghibli Nerd: I work in healthcare. Looks like the grays are staying.
Nicola Moments - 4 Type Hair: Interesting
Omar J: The Pronunciation of Melanocytes
Kshitij⁷⁰³⁹⁹⁶⁵⁸³9: Mere baal bahut kam age me hi white hone lage the bahut homeopathy ki dawa khayi but koi farq nahi hua. Fir mujhe kisi ne ek ayurvedic medicine batai maine try kiya to mere baal root se kaale hue.
Tom Sale: Black seed oil
LeiSalazar: Melanocytes (muh·la·nuh·sites)
swathi sivaraman: Melano-sites not melako-nytes or melano kites
Tanmoy Basak: Waitttt... Gray????? Its grey
Pinkie Love: Gray hair is hot , In my late 20s I was dating a 65 year old extremely hot grandma she would give Girls my age at the time a run for their money. She was proportioned better literally a bikini body and she had very few wrinkles on her face without a facelift... And the best part she couldn't get pregnant the amount of sex was off the chart. age and hair color is really Meaningless..
Kaboom: Three things you can do to reverse your grey hairs: 1/ Dye your hairs. 2/ Shave your hairs off. 3/ Wear a wig. Why? Nature intended!
Darika E: What a click bait!
KeVaughn X:
V!K!NG_DRAG0N: Is pronounce: malanosaits
Stephanie Martinez Lima: Takes 2 week vacation - hair regains pigment. Back from vacation and stressed again - grey returns. Result: stripes Repeat for best stripe-y results lol
Nikki Jay: Yikes
Abdulkarim Dahir: Was not helpful.
Lulu and Kodiak: Fake news
Akin Ola: Lies