The Truth About Gray Hair: Debunking Common Myths and Misconceptions
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Many of us grew up hearing things about gray hair that simply weren’t true. A number of these misconceptions were rooted in sexism, ageism and bad science.
Listen, the average age to start going gray for Caucasian people is the mid-30s, late 30s for Asians, and mid-40s for people of African descent, according to this study.
According to experts, plucking your gray hairs won’t increase them, but you might damage the follicle and, eventually, no hair will grow in that spot. YIKES!
But once I let my hair go gray, I was surprised to find that my new growth is silky, smooth and shiny, just like the hair of my youth! And I hear the same from many other silver sisters.
Take this idea, write it on a piece of paper, crumple it up, and throw it in the trashcan where it belongs.
Then, look at different women and tell me if they seem frumpy to you.
Instead, what you’ve got is unpigmented (aka “white”) hair. If that white hair lies next to pigmented hair, the reflection of the colored hair against the unpigmented hair creates the illusion of “gray” hair.