Comments on: Age? Stress? Heredity?

By: Mr. Smith

Mr. Smith — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:44:56 +0000

I may be 30 but I’m neither balding or graying. My eyesight and hearing is starting to go but thank goodness for small favors.

Whose hair IS that?

By: Trish Riddle Lange

Trish Riddle Lange — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:40:31 +0000

I’m pretty sure that my kids are responsible for mine…

Trish

By: dave

dave — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:32:30 +0000

as total coverage seems to be dropping, I’m finding I’m less selective on color…

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:04:01 +0000

mine are growing more and more populous, and because they’re wirier than my other hair, they insist on sticking out from my head at a perfect 90 degree angle. it’s quite sad, really… i’m only 26.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:01:42 +0000

I don’t have any gray hair. Mine are all white, and every time I get a haircut there are more and more.

Who’s hair it that?

By: rachelle

rachelle — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:31:46 +0000

good joke

By: mom

mom — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:28:59 +0000

Gray hair? I’m glad I don’t have gray hair.

By: rachelle

rachelle — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:39:12 +0000

tsoros?

im glad my gray hairs dont show up as much as the one in this photo!

By: yingele

yingele — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:33:21 +0000

It comes from Tsoros…

By: scientist guy @ U of C

scientist guy @ U of C — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:29:44 +0000

I've heard that gray hair is the result of a loss of melanocytes in the root of the hair (the cells that make the keratin). The loss of these cells could be the result of poor health, diet, stress, age, or is random. In other words, the molecular aspect is known, but the true cause is not known because there are too many environmental variables. http://www.dana-farber.org/abo/news/press/2004-12-23.asp http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/307/5710/720