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How to stop gray hair

You want to know how to stop gray hair.  Well, the truth is that there are literally hundreds of options open to you, but, and it’s a big BUT, not all the options work for everybody.  To stop your gray hair you need to do your research and find out what will work best for you. 

Graying usually starts in the early 30s and slowly increases over the years. When our bodies are working properly, cells in our hair follicles called Melanocytes generate pigments.  The main pigment is Melanin. When the Melanocytes stop producing these pigments, we start growing ‘clear’ hairs, which appear as a strange gray because of the color of the dead cells.  So in order to stop gray hair it is handy to know how it is caused. Why me, I hear you ask?  The most common reason is heredity; yep, blame it on uncle Kenny. But there are also quite a few medical issues that can cause graying of the hair. Lacking the B vitamins, a thyroid problem, and anemia can all cause premature gray hair. To stop gray hair in these cases may involve a visit to your doctor. New research even suggests that smoking can cause it too.  Hair typically turns gray as a result of the natural aging process. The pigment in the hair comes from cells at the base of the hair. These cells are genetically programmed to make a certain amount of pigment, starting at a certain age. At some point in the aging process, these cells start to make less pigment until the hair has little pigment at all. A white hair has no pigment, and a gray hair has some pigment but not as much as red or brown hair.