Why it’s better not to pull gray hairs out of your head | Health

If you pull out one gray hair, you get a lot more in return. That’s what is often said about gray hair. However, nothing could be further from the truth, Mirza Batanovic of hair care brand Eufora International told HuffPost. “It is quite normal to lose up to 159 hairs a day,” Batanovic says. “The good news is that they are not connected in any way, so if you pull a hair out of your head, your scalp doesn’t ‘spontaneously’ lose any more.”

But what happens when you pull off a gray hair? London stylist Michael Van Clarke says that after about three months, the hair you’ve pulled will start a new growth cycle. After every twenty years, the hair grows back a little thinner during each cycle and grows less quickly.

Apart from affecting such a cycle, you can also do damage to your hair follicles. Jennifer Korab says that can lead to an infection and/or bald spots.

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Going gray is a very normal part of aging. In fact, the hair does not become gray, but translucent. Melanin is the pigment that gives color to hair and skin. The pigment naturally decreases as we age. This usually happens between the ages of 28 and 40.

DNA and your lifestyle are important factors that determine how quickly (or young) someone goes gray. Stress could amplify or accelerate that process.