PREMATURE GRAYING OF HAIR | Cause, symptoms, Diet & HOMEOPATHY
Premature graying of hair is characterized by
circumscribed or general lack or loss of normal pigment. It is also called as canities,
blanching of hair, gray hair, poliosis and whiteness of the hair
'Graying' of hair is due to the gradual loss
of the melanocytes' pigment - melanin. In white hairs the melanocytes are
absent. This is largely determined by heredity factors, hyperthyroidism and
some autoimmune diseases.
Hair originates in the hair follicles. These
follicles
are located in the dermis, the skin layer just below the surface layer and above the subcutaneous fat. Hair follicles are present everywhere on the surface of the body except the
lips, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. New hair is made in the hair matrix at the base of the hair follicle. Living cells in the hair matrix multiply and push upward. These cells rapidly dehydrate, die, and compact into a dense, hard mass that forms the hair shaft. The hair shaft, which is made up of dead protein, is covered by a delicate covering (cuticle) composed of platelike scales.
are located in the dermis, the skin layer just below the surface layer and above the subcutaneous fat. Hair follicles are present everywhere on the surface of the body except the
lips, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. New hair is made in the hair matrix at the base of the hair follicle. Living cells in the hair matrix multiply and push upward. These cells rapidly dehydrate, die, and compact into a dense, hard mass that forms the hair shaft. The hair shaft, which is made up of dead protein, is covered by a delicate covering (cuticle) composed of platelike scales.
Hair is colored by the pigment melanin, which
is also responsible for skin color. Human hair colors come from two types of
melanin: eumelanin in black or brown hair and pheomelanin in auburn or blond
hair.
Hair growth is regulated by male hormones
(androgens, such as testosterone and dihydrotestosterone), which are present in
both men and women, although in different amounts. Testosterone stimulates hair
growth in the pubic area and underarms. Dihydrotestosterone stimulates hair
growth in the beard area and hair loss at the scalp.
“Hair brings one's
self-image into focus; it is vanity's proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of
mysterious prejudices.”
~Shana Alexander
Hair
is almost like a social status for both men and women, and also children. It is
society’s expectation that you will have a head of hair! Hair states ones
personality and adds additional beauty t is a statement about yourself, how you
have your hair. Women who desire to be beautiful almost always start with their
hair. There's nothing more stunning than long, shiny, healthy hair! Elegant and
versatile, long hair gives women many options when it comes to styling and
creating new looks. Even though the hair is a dead tissue, it suffers from
numerous hazards mirroring hair problems. Everyone who desire to be beautiful
and takes hair care should understand the basics of hair.
Hair
is composed of a protein substance called keratin. The average adult human
being has about 10000 to 150,000 hairs on the scalp. The colour, type, and
sizes varies from person to person and race to race.
Hair colour
Hair colour is the pigmentation of hair
follicles due to two types of melanin:
1- Eumelanin
2- Pheomelanin
Generally, if more melanin is present, the
colour of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair is lighter.
Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair colour to change,
and it is possible to have hair follicles of more than one colour.
PREMATURE HAIR GRAYING
It
is an atrophic affection of hair, characterized by circumscribed or general
lack or loss of normal pigment.
Premature hair graying refers to the graying of
the hair in young or before age of 35 yrs
Grey hair caused by gradual reduction of
melanin production over time in your hair follicle. Melanin is pigment that
gives colour and smoothness to your hair. The degree of darkness of your hair
depends on how much melanin each hair contains.
Eventually the hair begins to lose its colour
and strength. When there is less melanin in the hair follicle.
What cause premature graying??
·
Nutrition deficiency - Vit B, Iron, Copper and Iodine.
·
Stress
·
Heredity
·
Medical conditions – Thyroid imbalance, Vitiligo, Vit B12
deficiency anaemia… etc
·
Excessive heating of hair
·
Unclean scalp
·
Thyroid deficiencies, Warrdenburg syndrome
·
Albinism
·
Pernicious Anaemia
·
Artificial factor-: Tobacco smoking.
·
Carelessness in maintaining of hair
·
Use of certain hair oils and Shampoos
What are the symptoms?
Graying of hair before the age of 35 is
generally referred as premature graying.
Lack of regular thick hair being allowed to
grow is one of the common symptoms of premature hair graying
Hair becomes dry, brittle, and thinner
At same time, you may experience hair loss too
Grey hair when they first come in, darker hairs
may hide the graying stands.
Eventually, gray hair will grow more rapidly
than the normal hair and becomes more noticeable with time.
TREATMENT FOR PREMATURE GRAYING
OF HAIR
Home remedies for
treating grey hair:
·
Eat foods rich in iodine such as banana, carrots and fish.
·
Drink butter milk with 2 teaspoons each of yeast and wheat germ will
prevent and cure premature graying of hair.
·
Grate some fresh ginger. Mix with honey and place it in a jar. Eat
1 tea spoon every day.
·
Rub oil made with Indian gooseberry (Amla) into the scalp
regularly. It can show wonderful results, your gray hair will turn black.
·
Every morning take palak juice and eat 10 curry leaves which works
excellently, even the existing grey hair turn black from the roots.
·
Eat foods rich in iron, minerals and vitamin A and B.
a) Vitamin A - vitamin A is necessary for
promoting a healthy scalp and gives body and glow to your hair. Include dark
green vegetables and orange & yellow fruits & vegetables in your diet.
b) Vitamin B - vitamin B regulates the
secretion of oil, keeps hair healthy & moisturized. Eat more of fresh green
leafy vegetables, tomatoes, cauliflower, cereals, liver kidney, yogurt, bananas
and green vegetables.
c) Minerals - minerals like zinc, iron &
copper promote healthy hair. Food sources: zinc - red meat, chicken & green
vegetables; iron - beef, dried apricots, red meat, parsley, eggs, wheat &
sunflower seeds; copper - seafood, egg yolk & whole grains.
d) Proteins - consuming more of protein gives
your hair natural shine and good texture. Include more of sprouted whole
grains, cereals, meat and soy in your diet.
Some facts about hair
v The average daily
loss of hair on the scalp is between fifty to hundred hairs. If the loss is
over hundred daily, hair loss will exceed replacement, and eventually you
become bald.
v Hair growth is
fastest from the age of sixteen to the late twenties. New hairs grow faster and
the growth rate slows down with the increasing length
v The average number
of hairs on the scalp of an adult is 100,000. to 140,000.
v The
hair is affected by the state of the nervous system and by the condition of the
circulatory system. As such it is very much interrelated to the functioning of
the entire human organism: body, mind and emotions. When you ponder on the
opulence of the nerve and blood supply to the head, you will have no difficulty
appreciating that whatever adversely affects them, will in the long term, be to
the detriment of the hair.
Homeopathy in treating premature
hair graying
Homeopathic
treatment for those who suffer from the premature hair graying can be a big
boon.
Homeopathy
is a holistic system of medicine. This means that homeopathy treats the body as
a whole. Detailed mental and physical symptoms of the whole being are taken
into consideration while prescribing. This form of homeopathic treatment is
called as constitutional treatment.
There
are several homoeopathic remedies which give great result in premature gray
hair. However, the correct choice and the resulting relief is a matter of
experience and right judgment on the part of the homeopathic doctor. The
treatment is decided after thorough case taking of the patient.
Types of hair in different miasam
PSORIC HAIR
1. It
is dry tangles easily, has to comb by wetting the comb each time while combing
2. Dry
scalp with itching
3. Lusterless,
matted hair, angles easily
4. Scalp--dry,
rarely perspires
5. Hair
fall mostly in front, crown & on the top of head
6. Hair
fall after a/c illness
7. Premature
graying of hair--esp midline
SYCOTIC HAIR
1. It
is greasy but non tangling
2. Fishy
odor of scalp, excess perspiration
3. Moist
scalp with fishy odor
4. Premature
graying
5. Hair
fall in circular patches
SYPHILITIC HAIR
1. It
is greasy but tangles easily
2. Greasy
hair+++
3. Hair
fall in bunches
4. Fetid,
oily & sour smelling
5. Hair
matters together
Reportorial approach
J.T.KENT:-Pg No:120
Chapter HEAD- HAIR-grey, becomes: Ars, graph,
hipp, kali-i, kali-n, Lyc, op, ph-ac, sec, sil, sul-ac,
In spot: Psor
Repertory by Oscar E. BOERICKE, M.D.
Hair
Gray, premature -- Lyc., Phos. ac., Sec., Sul. ac.
SYNTHESIS-:
HAIR
Grey- Ars, Graph, Hipp, kali-iod, kali-nit,
Kreos, Lyco, Nat-m, Op, Phos-ac, Sec, Sil, Staph, Sulph, Sulph-ac, Thuj.
Homeopathic medicines for
premature graying
GRAPHITES
-Single hairs turn gray.
-Itching on the hairy scalp.
-Much dandruff on the head, causing a very
troublesome itching, and causing scabs, which go off when the head is washed,
and leaved the parts humid.
-Eruption on the crown, which pains and becomes
moist when touched.
-Humid eruption on the head, which does not
itch, but only aches when touched, as if festering underneath.
-Scurfy spot on the crown, with violent pain as
from excoriation, when touched.
-Painfulness and moistness under the scurfy
spots on the head.
-The old scurfs on the hairy scalp become
detached and begin to emit a fetid smell.
LYCOPODIUM
-Premature baldness and gray hair
- Many grey hairs are coming on her head.
- Beginning on temples and vertex the hair
turns gray early and falls out profusely, even to baldness, while it grows and
increases
- The hair of the head is falling out
excessively.
- The hair comes out while combing.
- Rapid falling out of the hair of the head,
while hair grows anew in many parts of the body.
- The head is very much disposed to take cold ;
a slight cold breeze causes a cutting sensation in the scalp.
- Itching of the hairy scalp.
- Gnawing on the scalp, he has to scratch.
- Eruption on the head, with swollen glands of
the neck ; on the occiput a large boil, and over the whole hairy scalp a scurf,
which the child scratches open and which then bleeds.
PHOSPHORIC ACID
-Hair gray early in life; falls out.
- Hair thins out, turns gray early.
-Very oily, soft, flaxen hair, which turns gray
early and falls from head and beard, especially after grief and care
- Itching on the hairy scalp
SULPHUR
-Hair grey, offensive,dry,cold &hard
-Tinea capitis, dry form.
-Scalp
dry, falling of hair; worse, washing.
-The hair of the head aches, when scratching
the head.
- Pain of the roots of the hair, especially
when touched.
- Falling out of the hair.
- Sensation of coldness on the head.
- Itching on the head, with impatience.
- Itching pimples on the hairy scalp.
SULPHURICUM ACIDUM
- The Hair turns gray early and falls out, with
an eruption and erosive sore pain on scalp, which changes place when scratched.
- Intense itching on the hairy scalp.
- Severe itching on the head.
- Severe eruption on the head, in the face and
neck.
SECALE CORNUTUM
. Falling of hair; dry and gray.
. Profuse falling of hair.
. Dull pain in occiput
THUJA OCCIDENTALIS
. White, scaly dandruff; hair dry and falling
out
He always desire to have the head closely
wrapped up.
Dry and white hairs
Itching of occiput
Hair fall after headache, from vertex
Lustreless & split
PSORINUM
. Gray hair in spot
Humid eruption on scalp; hair matted. Hair dry.
. Hair feels pulled.
VINCA MINOR
Hair falls out in single spots and white hair
grows there
Spots on head oozing moisture, the hair matting
together
Bald patches covered
Itching on scalp with short wooly hair
PHOSPHORUS
-Roots of the hair turn Dry & Grey
-Pressure on the hairy scalp, in the face and
on the neck.
- Severe itching on the hairy scalp.
- Much dandruff on the hairy scalp which at
times itches (aft. 8 d.).
- Itching little lumps on the hairy scalp ;
when touched they are painful like a furuncle.
- The hair falls out frequently
THYROIDINUM
Premature graying of hair
“Grey hair is a blessing - ask any bald man.”
Sources:-
Disease
of the skin – Frederick.M.Dearborn,A.B.,M.D,
Hair
loss-explained and analysed- Dr. FAROKH JAMSHED MASTER
Gray’s
Anatomy
Concise
Medical Physiology- Sujith K. Chawdhari
Text
Book of Pathology – Harsh Mohan
Illustrated
guide to the homoeopathic Treatment- Dr. H.S.Khaneja
Directory
of Diseases & Care in Homoeopathy- Ram Lal Gupta M.A. M.H.M
A
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica- J.H. CLARKE M.D
Boericke
Materia medica
The
Chronic Disease- Dr SAMUAL HAHEMANN
Reportory
of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica- J.T.Kent
Synthesis-
Repertorium Homoeopathicum Syntheticum- Dr.Frederic Schroyens
www.wikipedia.com
Article prepared by:
Dr. Azher karuvattil BHMS
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