Stress can turn hair gray -- and it's reversible, researchers find

2021-07-10 • SEND FEEDBACK |
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Explains a lot vis-a-vis my premature gray hair after the crash of 2008.

Stress can turn hair gray -- and it's reversible, researchers find

01 July 2021. Emphasis added.

A new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is the first to offer quantitative evidence linking psychological stress to graying hair in people.

And while it may seem intuitive that stress can accelerate graying, the researchers were surprised to discover that hair color can be restored when stress is eliminated, a finding that contrasts with a recent study in mice that suggested that stressed-induced gray hairs are permanent.

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WIND: now if only I could grow hair at all.