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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
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
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