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What turns hair grey?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Hair turns grey because of our hair follicle. Which has a "melanogentic clock" which slows down melanocyte activity,which decreases the pigment our hair receives. This occurs just before the hair is preparing to fall out or shed, so the roots always look pale.

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