Thursday, February 17, 2005

Grey Hair

Well thats it, its the end of the line for me. I found a grey hair. Actually thats not true, it was stark white! I mean that has to be worst, compared to just grey. It was only a matter of time, but i guess my age has caught up with me, im going to be greying soon. I mean if you can't hide it you might as well embrace it, so believe me it's not easy.

So I did some research and according to the Mayo Clinic, (yeah I had to bring out the big guns for this) :
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Hair typically turns gray as a result of aging. Pigment in the hair shaft comes from special cells at the root (base) of the hair. These cells are genetically programmed to make a certain amount of pigment (melanin) at specific ages. At some point in the aging process, these cells make less and less pigment until the hair has very little pigment. White hair has no pigment, and gray hair has some but not as much as a red, black or brown hair.

Not all hairs respond in the same way or at the same time. So the graying process usually is gradual. You can't prevent graying. Some people start graying in their 30s, and some not until their 60s. Genetics likely play a strong role in graying.

People rarely go gray overnight. If they do, it's typically due to alopecia areata. This condition causes the thicker, darker hairs to stop growing before it affects the growth of gray hairs — giving the impression of graying overnight. Alopecia areata eventually causes roundish patches of hair loss or complete loss of hair on the head or body. Its cause isn't known.

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Well thats a load of crap, im in my early 20's and i am greyings, i am some sort of super aging freak! You know, I really need some help. A regular doctor couldn't even help me. I need to go to like Vienna or something. You know what I mean? I need to get involved at the University level. Like where Freud studied and have all those people looking at me and checking up on me That's the kind of help I need. Not the once a week for eighty bucks. No. I need a team. A team of Doc's working round the clock thinking about me, having conferences, observing me, like the way they did with the Elephant Man. That's what I'm talking about because that's the only wayI am going to get better. Souce: Seinfield

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