What happens when gray hair is plucked?
March 28, 2009 · Filed Under 1217
itsasecret asked:
I am 22 years old and I already have a few gray hairs. Has anyone ever heard that if you pluck a strand of gray hair, you will get more gray hair? I’ve heard that stress is one of the causes of gray hair and that it is hereditary, but can plucking them increase them?
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I am 22 years old and I already have a few gray hairs. Has anyone ever heard that if you pluck a strand of gray hair, you will get more gray hair? I’ve heard that stress is one of the causes of gray hair and that it is hereditary, but can plucking them increase them?
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yes if you pluck one, three more will grow back in its place..
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you can pluck how ever many you want, and you won’t get ‘more’ gray hair, another one will just grow back in the place where you plucked one
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i think it means you have one less gray hair. Don’t belive in old wives tales.
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I wish! (As does practically every other individual on the planet with both thinning hair and graying hair.) If this were the case, many people would be plucking hairs constantly to encourage thicker fuller heads of hair.
Gray hair, is known as canities, and is caused by the cessation of pigment production in the hair follicle. The hair loses its melanin and becomes translucent, and appears either silver or white. The development of gray hair seems to be genetically programmed, and can be affected by stresses to the body, such as illness, poor diet, and prolonged mental and emotional strain. Some medications can even cause gray hair to develop.
But no, the idea of plucking a gray hair causing two to grow in its place is simply an Old Wives’ Tale. The tale probably came about from people who were going gray plucking those initial few hairs they spotted, and coincidentally seeing a dramatic increase in the number of gray hairs forming on their head.
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If you pluck gray hair or don’t pluck gray hair you will still get more. It’s an ole wives tale about more growing back because of the plucking. Think about it. If you got some you will continue to get some plucking or not! Mostly it is hereditary and like pattern baldness (heaven forbid for us girls) there is nothing you can do about NOT getting them.
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An old wives tale is that three more will grow back…simply NOT true (it it were, would there be ANY bald men???LOL!!!)…most likely, if you didn’t damage the root of the hair, it will eventually grow right back…..
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you pluck one. by the time that one is growing back, you have another turning gray. that’s how you get 2 growing back in it’s place.
think about it. does your gramma have twice as much hair as she used to? no. she probably has less hair than then, because we women tend to go thin in the hair and thick in the hips.
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nthing. i plucked my mom’s gray hair often
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If you pluck enough you will go bald…
Seriously, if you pluck a grey hair, you’ll have one less hair, that’s all
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noo, plucking hair do not increase the grey hairs it is an old wives tale as only 1 strand of hair can grow through 1 root. i am not sure if stress do cause grey hair but either way stress
isnt good and i dont think it is hereditary
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I remember my first strand of gray hair at the age of 19, it was a very stressful year, but I’m not sure it contributed to my graying. I remember plucking it, now 3 years later I have gray hair everywhere, not like Richard Gere gray, but yeah.
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Well if the top part of the strand is your regular color, once you pluck it out the strand will grow back but it will be all gray. If you leave it in, you will have some time before the whole strand turns gray. And if you are dead set on not having any gray, tell your stylist, they will be more than happy to add a little color.
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This is an old wifes tale it can be hereditary you can always dye your hair if you want to cover them.