Hair Age

Majority of men go through some sort of hair loss as the age advances. The process of baldness starts with thinning out of the hair and then gradually going bald. Even a look at the crowd and you will find many men have lost a certain numbers of hair. Infact the percentage is as high as 50 when it comes to men with baldness problem. The medical science also says that, the problem of baldness and gray hair very much related to heredity.

Hair goes through several changes with the course of the time. It is also being said that hair reflects a person’s health. Shinier or brighter the hair are, healthier the person is. People with dry hair tend to experience lessening production of oil or sebum. Older people have uncouth hair. Environmental factors affect a great deal of changes in one’s hair. Direct exposure to sunlight and consistent connection with different types of chemicals make the hair brittle. Hair also starts losing the growth rate as the age advances. These are the few things one can not change. However, one can try to reduce the damage done by environmental factors. Gray hair does not signify that it’s not healthy. One does not have control over hereditary elements and chemicals found in the external environment. Similarly, loss of pigment can be predicted. The trick lies in taking good care of hair one has.

Gray Hair

As one ages, hair also starts changing. In the early age hair, hair tend to be more shiny and glowing but as the time passes like other body parts, the wear and tear of all the years hair also develop dryness and gray color. Children’s hairs are always shiny and well developed because of the growth phase of the hair cycle. Growth phase is also referred as anagen phase in technical terms. Compared to adult hair, children’s hair has more volume. There is a thing called oil glands or sebaceous glands in our head. In case of children these oil glands are quite active and that results into shiny hair. As one grows old, the hair also changes. Add the environmental exposure to the hair and we start getting gray, thinner hair.

The problem of gray or white hair is most common hair problem among adults. Gray hair is also the most prominent change in our hair structure. The reason behind white hair is loss of pigment in the hair. In reality, hair does not change the color with the age but the emergence of light color and dark color hair mixed together give it a gray appearance. We also need to differentiate between gray and white color. People who have red, brown, deep brown or blonde color tend to develop white hair whereas people with darker shades are more likely to have gray hair. The occurrence of gray hair normally takes place during 30s and 40s. Men develop gray hair earlier than women. It is also found that by the age of 75 every person has gray hair.