Going Gray Early (Premature Gray Hair)| Dr Dray
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TODAY I TALK ABOUT GRAY HAIR AND GOING GRAY EARLY.
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Well, hey guys, I hope your week is going well in today's video I'm going to address your questions and requests to cover early graying of the hair or going gray early on. This is also known as premature graying of the hair, pretty sure gray of the hair. Actually is defined as great going gray before the age of 20 and Caucasians, or before the age of 30, and African Americans. African Americans go great later on in life, and the reason for that is differences in some of the biology of melanin. As far as premature graying of the hair and other ethnicities, we don't we don't have a definition for that in other ethnic groups, but in Caucasians is before the age of 20 and in african-americans before the age of 30. Overall, it is estimated, however, that somewhere around 20 percent of all people will have 50 % of their hair, be gray by the age of 50. That is kind of to be expected as far as the biology and expected time course of your hair. Going gray, hair going gray is related to a few things in terms of the biology of how hair color is made, but why people go gray early in life, as opposed to later in life, is not clearly understood. It'S largely thought to be do as with everything to be due to your genetics, but also some environmental influences as well, which I'll get into in today's video grain of the hair occurs as a result of loss of pigment production in the hair and in order to Kind of understand, hair, going gray I'll, tell you a few components of pigment biology that you might find helpful in understanding this. Just as in the skin, the hair, the hair follicle cause some cells called melanocytes that make pigment. The pigment is called melanin, those melanocytes, just as they do in the skin, pass that pigment onto the neighboring cell around them and that leads to hair color. So, in the case of hair, the melanocytes pass the pigment on to you surrounding hair keratinocytes and that causes hair color, whereas in the skin they pass them around to surrounding skin keratin the sites, and that is what is responsible for skin color skin pigmentation. However, unlike in the skin there's, a little subtle difference in in our skin pigment is made on a continual basis, whereas pigment production in our hair coincides with specific phases of the hair cycle. If you're not familiar our hair on her head as humans grows in cycles and waves and phases, the majority of the hairs on your head at any given time are in a growing phase called antigen. They then shift to what's called a resting phase or catagen, and then they shed they become intelligent hair. That is the shedding phase. So, for the most part, the majority of the hairs on your head are in that growing phase the antigen phase, whereas a roughly 10 % of your hairs are in the telogen phase, and that is why you shed hair all the time and it's normal to shed A couple of hundred hairs that day actually but pigment production is coincides with the hair cycle and it only occurs during the growing phase of the hair cycle. And then it stops with the resting phase and ceases to nothing during the shedding face. So shedding hairs are not making pigment anymore. That biology has been cut off. So, within the hair follicle there are hair melanocytes that make pigment, but with age and with graying of the hair, we lose some of those melanocytes because they become fragile, they become damaged, they die off and we lose some of the hair melanocytes. If you look at a gray hair under the microscope, you will see if you are a number of payment producing cells or melanocytes as opposed to the pigmented hair. The pigment also is not transported and transferred to the surrounding hair cells as efficiently in gray hairs, and that is what leads to graying of the hair as well, but, like, I said why it happens in earlier life in some people, and not others is not understood, But probably the process that is most well studied that explains graying of the hair is the generation of something called the active oxygen species reactive oxygen species. Our oxidation is a phenomenon that is occurring all of the time, and our body has systems in place to cope with it. What it is, is the generation of damaging oxygen radicals that damage DNA, damaged, proteins in the body damaged all sorts of molecules and things that are trying to do their their thing. Reactive oxygen species generation is responsible for not only aging our hair through premature greying, but also our skin and pretty much all body systems. Oxi reactive oxygen species are responsible. They are byproducts of inflammatory processes, they are also byproducts of everyday life processes. Physiologic processes that occur in the body, that's why we have some mechanisms in place to cope with those, but we do have a lot of evidence to show that it's the generation of reactive oxygen species in the hair melanocytes, the cell, that makes hair color generation of Reactive oxygen species, rendering that self fragile leads to you, graying of the hair, not only the generation of reactive oxygen species, but becoming it unable for whatever reason to cope with those reactive oxygen species. It seems that melanocytes in the hair with time lose some expression of some of the enzymes not handle and to handle these reactive oxidant species things like catalase, for example, and in in terms of pigment production. It'S really a key part of melanocytes biologic to have a good system in place for coping with with reactive oxygen species, because part of how pigment is made involves oxygen, oxidation step and the generation of free radicals. So the cell needs to have a good antioxidant system. In place to cope with that and through time through aid related things, perhaps genetics, it seems as though that system becomes overwhelmed and not very efficient, and then the melanocytes cell responsible for making payment suffers and dies off, and that is how that is something that leads To growing up the hair, now I alluded to the fact: I'm generation of free radicals in the hair is part of how pigment is made, and it's just you know, part of life. However, there are free radicals that are generated as a result of our environment. Uv exposure is probably one of the key causes of free radical generation, and not only our skin, but also our hair and probably responsible for killing off some of those pigment cells that make hair color and lead to you. Granting of the hair not only UV but also pollution and environmental, stressors and also psychological stress, we have several studies and people correlate that correlate bounce, a psychological stress, emotional stress, with premature graying of the hair. So no that's not an old wives tale, and somebody says oh you're stressing me out, and I can see a few more Grey's coming that little joke yeah, it's actually been substantiated. That stress emotional stress does contribute to graying of the hair. Also, if you have a underlying disease process that is inflammatory like an autoimmune disease or any number of diseases that are inflammatory, that can contribute to premature graying of the hair just through that added burden of pro-oxidant stay through all that in for me, so certain medical Conditions that are inflammatory there is an association with premature greying of the hair. There was a study of young adults in Turkey about showed that premature graying of the hair was very closely related to factors of emotional stress, alcohol, consumption and chronic diseases. So alcohol, the beverage that we many people many adults enjoy responsibly is it contributes to inflammation in the body, and the processes involved in coping with alcohol metabolism are very inflammatory and that can be associated with premature greying of the hair. But no, you know you enjoy alcohol in moderation, it doesn't mean your hair is all gon na go gray overnight, but that housebound associated there is a disease of the skin and hair. That many of you have asked me about my comments. I believe you suffer from called vitiligo. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which your immune system attacks, these pigment producing melanocytes cells and the presentation of that disease is white patches on the skin and loss of color, and the hair white streaks in the hair can also affect the eyebrows and eyelashes, and so, While vitiligo does not cause graying of the hair, and while the loss of color in the hair, effected by middle iGo can be reversed with treatments, the cell types, the melanocytes, because they are kind of you know - may be being pestered a little bit too much by The immune system, they we think, are more fragile, more susceptible to damage from oxidative stress and therefore there is an association with middle the disease vitiligo an autoimmune attack on the pigment producing cells in the last night melania site. There is an association with vitiligo and premature graying of the hair, so that is Association. Also, vitamin deficiencies, I think most notably vitamin b12 deficiency has been associated with premature greying of a hair there's these called pernicious, anemia and which individuals cannot absorb vitamin b12 properly. And in that situation, where there is vitamin b12 deficiency, there has been an association with premature graying of the hair, probably underscoring the key roles of B vitamins in our cell biology and function, and you know and that's sufficient. Our cells can't function optimally and making pigment and hair color is the last thing on their mind. Not only vitamin b12 deficiency but other vitamin mineral deficiencies, but having gray hair does not mean your vitamin deficient as a side note. But in situations where there is vitamin deficiency you might be more likely to experience. Premature graying of the hair thyroid disease also is associated with premature graying of the hair thyroid hormones t3 and t4 actually tell our melanocytes to make pigment, and so when those hormones are low. As in the disease hypothyroidism, there is an association with premature graying of the hair, and then medications can also affect hair color and the susceptibility of those pigment producing cells to you, oxidative damage. Certain chemotherapy medications for cancer can can cause and be associated with premature graying of the hair. Many chemotherapy medications affect the processes and the signaling that, incidentally, happens in our pigment producing cells the melanocytes. So it's not unusual and certain chemo there's a side effect of certain chemo therapies. Do you have a change in color of your hair? It'S related to those medications, interfering with the normal cell biology in the pigment producing cells, the melanocytes but medications and metabolic disease. As a side that I've mentioned, you know, nutritional deficiencies aside, the other associate strong association with premature greying of hair is smoking. Smoking is probably one of the worst things that you can do anything that I could offer you on this channel. That would help you with that. You know comment below. I am you know. I really want to push that for you. If you are, if you are trying to quit smoking, not you give a strong consideration, but in case you need another reason to quit. Your hair is very likely to go very much earlier, at least than it would if you do not smoke. Smoking creates a lot of free radicals in the body. A lot of oxidative damage is too much for the pigment producing cells in your hair to cope with and is therefore associated with early graying of the hair. So those are those are these associations. Those are the clues as to what causes premature graying of the hair, its associated lifestyle factors, but, like I said, we really don't have a clear cut. This is why people get premature gray, hair, and this is why other people don't but be aware. That being said, be aware of nutriceuticals, and you know the cosmetic industry trying to sell you on a cure or a preventative measure against premature graying of the hair, very popular idea to consider taking nutritional supplements. Vitamins supplements, minerals, selenium and that sort of thing - and none of that today do we have any substantial scientific evidence to support that it works and then it's effective, preventing and/or, reversing graying of the hair. But you know the nutraceutical and supplement industry is very lucrative. So you know there are claims out there that certain antioxidant supplements and certain vitamins minerals. What have you fatty acids? You name it are going to reverse granting of the hair, but we don't have any actual scientific proof that that is correct. Also, honestly, shampoos conditioners claiming to prevent graying such a gimmick, the melanocytes, the cells that make the hair color. They live deep down and within your scalp and the hair follicle getting the the antioxidants or getting whatever active. They are selling you in these products. Down to that level, where they would need to work, it's pretty unlikely, I'm very, very skeptical. I should you be of any claims on a shampoo conditioner serum oil, whatever name loose hat, are going to prevent a reverse grinding of the hair things that you can do. Don'T stress easier said than done, but having having coping mechanisms in place to deal with stress great for your whole body, and you know your hair color. It'S one thing not that you can be working to protect in adapting some healthy lifestyle behaviors to cope with stress in to manage stress relaxation, taking a walk, that sort of thing getting good sleep and then don't smoke. You know smoking ages, everything including your hair. So don't smoke and you know from a medical perspective presented if a patient presents with this early graying of the hair. You know it's not unusual or not unreasonable, to consider checking the thyroid, because hypothyroidism is pretty common and is a treatable medical condition with thyroid replacement. Also, you know b12 may be indicated, folate certain lab studies. May you know the depending on your history that you give your doctor, but I hope this video is helpful to you guys and kind of clarifying what we do know what we don't know, I'm helping you navigate any claims out there in terms of preventing or reversing Premature growing of the hair, if you like this video, give it a thumbs up, share it with your friends and, as always, don't forget, sunscreen and subscribe I'll talk to you guys tomorrow.
Comments
quixoticmantis: Thanks for this informative video Dr. Dray! I found my first gray hair when I was 17, and was completely gray at 22. I’m 38 now and I’ve recently decided to stop dyeing my hair after many years. I’m embracing it, and I’m loving the silvers coming in ❤️ As a sidenote, last year I was diagnosed with two autoimmune disorders ( Hashimotos and Rheumatoid Arthritis ) and Hypothyroidism...interesting after hearing you discuss inflammatory disorders and thyroid hormones and the part they play in premature graying
Ivory & Gold: I'm Hispanic and got my first gray, (actually translucent, looks white) hair in 2nd grade if I remember correctly so I was about 8yrs old. My doctor said it was hereditary. My maternal grandmother started graying at 15 so it makes sense. I've also dealt with anxiety since I was a child though so that may have played a part as well. I am now 32 and have about 30% "gray" hair with most of it focused in a thick streak on the front right side and the rest scattered pretty evenly. I wish there were more studies based on the Hispanic community bc my best friend also started growing gray hair younger than normal and I know a younger man who's hair was fully gray by his early 20's.
Tareq El-Khoury: Great video! Now that you have covered this interesting topic... it would be nice to see a video on hair dye & bleach Q&A, what chemicals are in the dyes, effect on the hair, skin, irritation and reactions, how to achieve best outcome and less irritating outcome.
RainbowsandUnicornTits: I enjoyed this video. I’m 35 years old and about 50-75% gray. I recently stopped coloring it and embracing it instead. I started graying at 15 years old. I get a lot of complements, which has been surprising to me. I don’t need to be complemented, but it’s helped me accept it more readily.
Jonah Amos: I found my first gray hair at 16 and by 20 I had a small “skunk stripe” and gray hairs coming up all over my head. I love the gray and how it looks!!
Stephanie LG: Another great video and about a subject I wouldn't have thought you would cover! BTW, when I was younger I plucked all white/grey hair I could find and I've seen that some of the plucked hair were white at the tip but seemed to turn back my original brown color sometimes at the root. This has been somewhat of a mystery and I have yet to find out why this has been happening. Have you ever come across that somewhere?
Rain Hope: I'm 14 and I've already found a quite a few white hairs. At first I just assumed they were just light blonde cause that's what everybody kept saying but when I compared them to a white sheet of paper, they were definitely white. My paternal family also has a history of going gray really early. My aunt went almost fully gray by the end of highschool. She colors her hair now to hide it.
Mia P: So I’m 32 and I’m finally letting my hair go grey, it’s really GREY. Started getting grey from 20. I have been very healthy and never drank alcohol when I was younger. I would say I have suffered from acne/sensitive skin and overall inflammation. I have smooth skin no wrinkles and a full thick head of hair that is grey. This was interesting.
Sherry Reis: Phenomenal video with so much information. Totally agree about stress causing hair changes. After my Mom had a major stroke my hair turned pure white. My hair thinned tremendously as well during the daily stress over 11 years of her care . Your suggestions for destressing are so important. Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs.... Sherry
LovableNutria8: You really are the definition of "Brains & Beauty"❣ Great video
Pasunejeunefille: I started going gray at 16. I dyed it for years. I stopped dying it 5 years ago; I now have a full head of completely white hair and love it. Embrace the gray!
Melissa Beaumont: I’m in my 50’s and quit coloring my hair. Embracing the grey hair I have. It’s going to take 2yrs to grow out but I think grey hair is beautiful! I know it’s not for all/I use to be a hair stylist. You are beautiful with or with out grey hair. Thanks Dr. Dray, for choosing this as a topic for discussion and most informative.
Danièle Gagnon: Happy Friday! At the age of 23, I already had a lot of white hair. I started applying dyes, I should say the hairdresser did. If emotional stress has an impact on the hair, the source of my problem is probably generalized anxiety. But having white hair has never been a problem for me. Today, it is so easy to hide them. When I see the reference list, I always think about what work it would take to produce a 17-minute video. You have an ability to condense quite remarkable information. Thank you!
Ciliawillia: My kids say I’m too young to have some gray hair... & I always tell them because you guys stress me out lol Now I know it’s def true
mito pito: I stared greying at 25, by 28 i had 11 greys in my head and 4 in my beard. I was a bit worried and started eating super healthy (zero junk and processed sugars), daily head massage with organic cold pressed coconut oil, increased my work out load, quit smoking, and bam my hairs stopped gowing grey any further. Now at 32 I have the the same greys i had at 28.
Hind: This year has been extremely stressful for me. I had an emotional breakdown due to my family when I went to visit them in my native country. I experienced emotional pain as they hurt me enormously through their behaviour. I'd cry almost everyday. I stayed there for two months and upon my arrival, I was completely broke and indebt. This stressed me a lot too and felt a burden was weighing on me. I cried so much this year and my 26 years of age is synonymous to heart broken from a two year relationship, pain from your family, and stress from financial strain. I also know my older sister always had white hait at early age. Could this be the cause for me having early white hair at 27?
helpfulnatural: Great topic Dr. Dray. My husband and I met when we were 30 and he was already salt & pepper by then. 28 years later it's mostly salt. :) Happy Friday!
Alina Salgado: I started going gray when I was 10 and it was just a streak of gray at first, now I have a bunch of sporadic gray hairs all over my head and when I feel like I want to color my hair (I usually don't, I'm just too lazy) I always leave my streak out
Xana K.: Oh wow super insightful! Great video. I decided to embrace my grey hairs a few years ago (I was 23 when I stopped using dye, I'm now 29) it's probably about 25% grey. I found my first grey hair at 16, I don't have any medical issues other than epilepsy, I don't know if my medication had an effect (been on it since 16). My mother went grey very early but my father is 52 and he has got much less grey than I do!! Maybe I got my mother's genetics for hair . I think hair is beautiful in all colours, grey included, as long as you're healthy embrace it ❤️
foreskinactivist: I’m 21 and noticed my first few stray greys around 14 but actually started going grey at the root at 19-20.... also when I started working as an EMT (coincidence??? Lol) and has continued getting worse and worse. I see myself going completely white before I’m 30. My mother started graying in her early 20s and was fully grey before 35. My sister is 19 and also is finding a few greys but at a slower rate than me.
angela ducci: Great video. Stopped dyeing my hair it's been one year this month embracing my grays. Your video explains some cause which I personally experience thyroid issues, inflammation due to fibromyalgia and of course stress. Thanks for sharing Dr Dray
NIcole M: I started graying early in my early 20s. I was freaked out by it for a few years but now I can’t wait to get more grays/white hair bc then I can dye them whatever color I want
BlondeRoast: You are such an amazing e-friend, resource and teacher. So thankful for everything you do!
Miss Fay: I love my grey hair! It started coming in when I was 16. I started growing out my natural hair a few years ago, and now I have waist-length 'virgin' hair with so many silver highlights. I've been dealing with a lot of health issues over the last few years, and while I haven't been diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder, I know some of my issues can present in similar ways (Interstitial Cystitis, Adenomyosis, Endometriosis). But I think I'm going to see if they will check my thyroid again after watching this video.
Frozen music: I found my first grey hair at 27. At 29, I only had about 3 greys and they weren't even noticeable. Then my mother died and now, at 30 and a half, I have a very large number of grey hairs and they are quite obvious. The difference between last year and now is striking and I think the emotional stress of losing my mother was the cause.
Helena E.: Dr Dray you take my grays away with your information. I was hoping you'd cover this topic and as usual I learned a lot! Thank you!
MrKongsMom: Super fascinating topic! I started going much grayer much faster after my daughter lol. She’s a spicy little meatball so that explains a lot . But my first grays came in at around 24, 25.
Sarah Wong: It was very interesting to hear inflammation can cause premature graying. Thank you again for another wonderful video
Monica: I am mexican and I started getting gray hair at 23. I tell everyone who comments on it that it's because I'm wise beyond my years. Lol.
Molly Fanton: I started going grey in my 30's. I love it. On my father's side my grandmother, aunt and father all went grey early.
H E: Very informative video!!! Thank you so much for this topic. On another note, your skin looks absolutely amazing!
Seona: I decided to stop dying my hair.... I've been dye free for 15 months.... I'm so happy I did... It's freeing! Mine is silver/white with my original color...❣️
LanaTBA: I appreciate you Dr.Dray because you use evidence-based practice and base things on scientific supportive data, not just opinions or what looks and may seem right superficially.
esterixis: I didn't start going gray until 3 years ago (@age 60). Had 2 spine surgeries, an epidural hematoma, & meningitis, all within 48 hours. Major stress on the body! Still only 20% gray, but stopped dying my hair, & have decided to embrace it!
Oswald Digestive Clinic: You did a really great job explaining this Dr. Dray! Beautiful energy, too!
La Celeste: I started getting gray hair when I was 12 years old and now I am 22 and my hair is very close to being completely white
HellOnEarth III: I started to prematurely gray during my early teens in middle school and it really bothered me at first, but allot of people including my teachers said it made me look more mature with the salt and pepper hair look. After that I still kinda gray but it doesn’t bother me. I think it looks good on me.
Victoria: I started going grey at 18. I'm not greying gracefully and persistently conceal the roots with colour. My dad was grey at 18 too and my brother has been the same. It looks good on them though so they wear it with pride!
mary ann Gonzalez: Great video dr dray I will soon be 56 and started going gray in my late 40s. I am embracing the gray and love it . This was so interesting have a wonderful weekend
C: I turned 30 last year and it feels like overnight the grays are everywhere !!! Makes me sad but this video made me feel better thank you!
Angelina : You solved a family mystery for us. My husband was the only person in his family to go prematurely gray. He is also the only one who has hypothyroidism. We've always wondered about this, and now we have a probable answer. P.S. My husband is now binge watching your videos. It's so great to have answers. Thank you!
Mary Lawman: Interesting topic, Dr Dray. I love learning the science behind things. I always chuckle when I see a very young person who has jumped on the trend to dye their hair gray. Especially when I'm trying to cover my grays up! Lol! Thanks for the info. Have a great evening!
Ben B: Like my grandfather, all of the men that worked in my grandfather's appliance store were WWII veterans. One of the men, Herb, was part of the first wave of D Day. When he left for the war his hair was a thick and wavy jet black. When he came back from the war it was still thick and wavy but it was bright white. It remained that way the rest of his life.
TURNDWPHD: Very interesting, thank you! Do you have any thoughts on the hair color restoring system called Hairprint? It apparently is not a "dye" and the claim is the product restores your natural hair color As always, no pressure to respond. I know you have a large field of questions to address and I appreciate all your videos. Have a great weekend
Paula Hatch: Happy Friday Dr Dray, I can’t wait to go grey/ white...as I bleach my hair platinum blonde it’s a pain! Your mom looks lovely grey ❤️...see everyone tomorrow...have a great weekend x
Nicole Tots: I started graying at 14. I’m 23 now and I have full patches and streaks. The crown of my hair is 50% white. I’m African American so it’s always been pretty wild.
Rosann Supino: Great video!! If you can take it further and discuss different types of hair coloring ...what is good to use and what is harmful that would be great. Thanks.
Katherine Moreira: I started graying at 14 and probably at 30% gray right now. My fiancé started graying at 14 as well and he is 90% gray… Needless to say our future kids are skewed lol
HappyGoLucky: I started seeing grey hairs when I was 7. One particular spot of my head never has a pigment since then. I have a inch diameter circle very dark birthmark on my thigh and the skin around it started loosing pigment when I was like 16, and I also have a couple of little white spots on my stomach as well. I’m wondering if these symptoms are related to each other or just randomly happening for some reason...
Casey Conner: Great video very interesting. I am 54 with 0 grey hair. My sister is 52 and is grey. She also stresses way more then i do about everything. I wonder if stress has a lot to do with going grey.
golunbabble: Dear doc This was so much needed, i started noticing grey hair after extreme period of stress in my late teens Love from India
Rene Martz: Oh my gosh, I had no idea that hypothyroidism could cause grey hair! That explains so much! Thank you! ❤
Hibo Samatar: Weekends I go back and watch some of your old videos to catch up what I had missed before I found you, Then you had short hair and your mom had a different hair style, I am so amazed how much and how beautiful you hair grew in the last two years. Would please share your hair care routine if you do not mind. Thanks Dr. Dray and happy Friday.
Vanessa Carolina: I love the Friday Q&A! Thanks for another informative video.
Claudia: Exceptional video thank you so much for sharing!! I’m anemic and my gastro doctor could not figure out the root cause of my anemia. I underwent a endoscopy and colonoscopy and no ulcers or bleeding was found, I also do not have a heavy menstrual cycle the only thing I could assume is that it’s inherited (my aunt had extreme anemia, but she also had extreme menstruation which I don’t suffer from) anyways to wrap up my comment I strongly believe my anemia is the true cause of my hair graying. It’s graying at an accelerated rate and I just turned 24. Do you suggest I take a multivitamin/hair supplement? Thank you so much!!!
H E: Very informative video!!! Thank you so much for this topic. On another note, your skin looks absolutely amazing!
Faith Cross: I agree with you about stress causing Grey hair. My husband is 73 drinks regularly, did smoke for 40 years of his life, hardly used sunscreen & he loved the sun, he hates any kind of moisteriser. He gets compliments all the time on how young he looks and he has hardly any Grey hair at all. He also has never had any skin cancers. Go figure, I am surprised myself at how he does it
Kirsten: My sister has vitiligo - we’re so glad you shared this!
CajunChild: Love that you made this video. My hair is about 40% gray and white and I am *drumroll* 31. Started going gray at 16. It’s definitely genetics on my end. My mom had a “skunk streak” at 25. It was really cool. Looked like she dyed it. Thank you! Hope you have a great weekend!
Jamie Lutz: Hi Dr. Dray. I am a new follower and have really enjoyed the content of all your videos. I did a search through your posted videos and did not find anything about tattoo care. I am a 42 year old woman with many many tattoos who will continue to tattoo I am sure indefinitely...many of my family members and friends are also heavily tattooed. I believe people like me are more and more common as tattoos have become more socially accepted. So with that being said I would absolutely love it if you had the interest and or time to do a video about tattooed skin care for fresh work and aging skin. Thanks so much for your insight and sharing your knowledge with us!
Belkisa Xh: I was born with black hair like really black and at the age of 14 I started going gray. I got so tired dying it I stoped about 3 months ago, I pretty like it like this and now I wish it turns more gray faster
Autumn Athena: I started getting grey hairs when I was 17. My dad and my paternal grandma did as well.
Gabs577: Hey Dr. Dray! I heard Lululemon released a skincare line. Could you do a review on the ingredients?! That would be so awesome!! :)
kate gait: everyone in my family has great, thick hair with barely any grays. my grandfather (almost 70) has VERY few grey hairs, my grandma has a little more but not as much as you’d expect for someone her age. I’m 21 and I’m already seeing more and more gray hairs I love my hair so much but I’ve had multiple people point them out now and I’m starting to get self conscious about it.
Doris B: I've never really understood the panic that comes with going grey. I'm 21 and have started to see my first greys and it doesn't bother me at all. Heck, it'll make it easier to dye my hair with semipermanent hairdye.
s21972012145525: Dr.dray, I am a very dry, dehydrated skinned individual with eczema. Recently, I’ve been a bit bedridden and I find I’m sweating (especially in skin folds). What should I do, as you say sweat can be an irritant? It’s quite uncomfortable to be itchy, flaky, and sweaty all at the same time. Also, I feel like some moisturizers don’t “dry down” in the skin folds and it feels wet and uncomfortable
Iron Lake: You're right dr. Dray I have PTSD which leads to terrible emotional stress and depression. Because of stress i started smoking. That's when my hair started going white. It started when i was 19 and now I'm 24 with 40-50% white hairs.
Kristine: As someone with vitiligo, this really explains a lot. Thanks, Dr Dray!
Elle K: My first gray hair showed up at 12. I keep coloring it with PPD free ion hair dye. My hair has been falling out horribly the last few years. I'm using minoxidil and spironolactone. I'm a woman with long hair. I'm finding that half of the hairs that fall out are new growth. I've found 1 or 2 inch hairs lifting off. Why would new hair growth pop off so quickly? (My gray hair rarely falls out.) I've never smoked and only drink on occasion. I'm taking a few vitamins too. They don't seem to make a difference. I have a lot of stress. I think I keep going through TE along with some aging hair loss on top of the head.
Untitled: i noticed a few here and there on the sides of my head when i was 18-19, 26 turning 27 and i still only have a few up top and all around but i've decided to stop dying it because it's so damaged. the obsession with age and looking young in our society is really damaging, don't want to care about it anymore
sovrappensiero1: So, I have a question. How does an individual hair actually go gray? Does the whole strand turn gray (e.g. virtually all at the same time)? Or does a hair strand “grow in” gray (e.g. after one “norma hair in telogen phase falls out, the next one grows in gray)? This was probably answered in your video, but I didn’t quite catch on... Thank you!
Fari Malik: I’m Asian American. I had my first grey at the age of 16 after typhoid. Ever since they have been increasing, no matter what I do, healthy diet ( extremely healthy actually) sun ☀️ protection etc etc. I don’t even use chemical dyes, use henna instead.
Emily Ashline: I’ve been going grey/white since I was in middle school. My great aunt went completely grey by 21. Thank you for all this info? Do people with darker hair pigment go ‘grey’ sooner?
LaNae Reinertsen: My son developed a grey Cruella Deville streak in his mid teens. Then went bald (as expected given everyone is on both sides) by 20!
Ash G: You are so beautiful! You will be aging gracefully for sure. I love all your videos. I find myself watching ones that don't even pertain to me. This one does though. Lol. I notice that if I have an eczema rash on my scalp, the hair where the rash is will turn gray once it heals. I embrace my grays at this point because I don't want a very noticeable line of demarcation as I do my transition to gray. Bittersweet.
Simply Mel: So interesting !! My sister started getting gray hair in her early twenty’s and for me I just started seeing a few grays and I’m 35. ♀️
thefirststate: I found my first gray in middle school, now I’m 30 and ready to transition
Samantha: Interesting I started greying early at 13 my mother was around the same rate until I was diagnosed with idiopathic angiodema and noticed the rate at which I was greying increasing from there. Now I’m 32 and about 40% grey.
Yan Cy: I am Filipina and I started having gray hair at 9, I decided to dye it at 18 but later i found my gray hair unique so i stopped dying my hair. By the way I am 21 now
Em Joan: A few of my male relatives have only a couple gray hairs (never colored) and are over 70. Lucky genes, it sounds like. I didn't get this DNA combo unfortunately. Thx for a great video!!
Marie E.: I have gray hair since I was 12 years old. I don't dye, I embrace it. In my case I think is hereditary. My dad always had gray hair.
Lyzette Maguigad: I started graying at a young age. I don't know when exactly, but my first gray hair was discovered when I was 8
MoLove: i’m 14 and i found my first grey hair today. i’ve noticed a few but i assumed it was just a really light blonde strand. (i have brown hair with natural blonde strands mixed in) i actually started crying but my mom said she got her first grey hair at 17 so i guess that makes sense.
Mia Bush: I also started going gray in high school, i always got it in the same spot, once I went natural i stopped coloring my hair and it is the strongest gray/white color in one patch of my head that i just part that area and let is show...
Linda (Melinda) Sefcic: It started at age of 13 for me. Now at 33 I just have more white hair on the top of my head than brown. It gets boring having to dye it all the time so I'm thinking to just grow the whole thing out and don't care any more :D
Brooke Erin: Hello ! I am 22 and kept noticing gray hair. This was the first video I clicked on... and I’m so sad :( I have Crohn’s disease (auto-immune AND inflammatory). I’m so upset!!!! Is there anything to do to reverse this???? I had no idea that it was having an effect on my hair.
Vivian Marie: Started receiving gray hair right before puberty(10 years old).. hated it and now I am am 27 yrs old and have more gray hair than ever! Tired of dying my hair to cover up the grays. Gonna start growing out the gray.
Valéria Paulino: You read my thoughts. I need this video right now. ❤️
HBlaine: I started having grey hair when i was 11. Tried everything from nutrient to vitamins to cream, nothing works. Now im 31, i just need to accept it lol
SAM: Only one word “impressed” you ALL looks so pretty
Shineh Chun: Oh dear! I thought lightening my hair with the sun was a natural alternative to chemicals. I love that I have added UV topical skin protection to my regimen but a hat in Texas heat makes my feel faint. To top off, my unwinding glass of cab is stressing my hair... Perhaps 3 servings a week could be benign? A wino can hope : )
Melat Demessie: You just tell us straight up ! I love you ❤️
amanda rivera: Good morning wonderfully educated Dr Dray. Thank you so much for all the knowledge you share EVERYDAY! I know this is a question from a old video but I was late to watch. Please tell me how and when to use the Your good skin acne treatment for pores?! Day night? Under moisturizer, sunscreen, makeup?
Jo Hn: One of the reasons to quit smoking. I had grey hairs already even before--prob genetics, but it became more noticeable when my smoking got habitual. Now im trying to quit, not overnight though. It's funny bcos i smoke to de-stress the mind but the body reacts differently. Thanks Dr. Dray
Sable 711: Dr. Drai I know you're really passionate about encouraging people to stop smoking and I made a comment further down because I know a few people who had cancer as a result of smoking. What I have also observed and what has been told to me is that it is more difficult for women to stop smoking due to some hormonal factors. Guys can put a cigarette down on Friday night and never pick it up again women struggle 4 months and sometimes years. Do you know whether or not that is true, that it is something hormonal with women that makes it extremely difficult for them to stop cold turkey? I am so glad I never took up smoking and I do not drink alcohol.
Janice Leung: You are glowing! Can you share your updated skincare routine?
heydominique: I've been going gray since I was 13 lol! I'm now 23 and its just a funny thing, it's the only reason I dye my hair now. funny quirk. yesterday I found a grey eyebrow hair, and I was confused hahaha. plucked it out pretty quick!
That one dude whose always right: Judging by comments gray hair is really just hereditary. I only found one and that’s when I was stressing but now my hair is growing out with color ever since I started taking L Theanine (for overthinking/stress) and my vitamins especially B12.
Vickie: Dr. Dray, when time permits can you please consider doing a AM/PM skin care routine for people with Rosacea :)
Xuxie: Hi Dr Dray, I know this question is unrelated to your show but please I really need some help. When is it safe to use hydroquinone after using accutane? I was on accutane for 4 months, my skin cleared up so I stopped it for almost 1 month now due to unwanted side effects, but I have horrible hyperpigmentation, what do I do? How long do I have to wait to treat the hyperpigmentation? I feel awful, 1 skin problem after another:( Thank you!