So, it turns out there is a measure of truth behind the notion that stress causes grey hair. Sure, we have all heard this said in some form or another over the years but if you had pressed someone who told you this for the evidence, it was usually anecdotal. I found a an article here about the subject and it looks like the science is affirming the old notion.

From the article: Chemicals released during the stress response — specifically norepinephrine — causes pigment producing stem cells to activate prematurely, depleting the hair’s “reserves” of color.

“The detrimental impact of stress that we discovered was beyond what I imagined,” Ya-Chieh Hsu, PhD, a lead study author and an associate professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at Harvard, said in a press release. “After just a few days, all of the pigment-regenerating stem cells were lost. Once they’re gone, you can’t regenerate pigments anymore. The damage is permanent.”

Once again, we see another measurable impact to stress, grey hair. Its so important to get a handle on stress and fight back against it. No grey hair isn’t going to kill you but its ONE MORE THING you have to deal with as a result of stress.

Understanding your stress triggers is critical to minimizing stresses impact on your life. Most of us are going to go grey at some point anyway but are you hastening the process? If you can find effective ways now of dealing with stress you might be able to stave off yet another negative result.

Grey hair isn’t the end of the world, but it can have a dramatic impact on your personal image. You may feel older, you may look older. Some people embrace grey hair and it becomes a large part of their personal style, that’s great. In the end if you want grey hair you can have it, there are hair dyes for every color under the sun.

In this case the unnatural way to obtain the color might be better as more stress often equals negative outcomes. Grey hair may be the least of your worries if stress is prevalent in your life. Take positives steps today to work on your stress levels, exercise more, get good rest, eat right. You know what to do, just keep working at it. You are doing great, one day at a time.

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