Parents often joke that stress caused by their children is to blame for gray hair. But Cleveland Clinic dermatologist Dr. Wilma Bergfeld says that's a myth.
stress actually creates a whole different hair hassle.
"It does have an impact on hair loss because stress elevates your adrenal gland's activity and also activates some of the receptors at the hair follicle level, which induce a shed, which is hair falling out by the roots," she said.
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Most people will naturally gray as they age. Bergfeld says hair turns gray when pigment-producing cells die. Genes and heredity will usually determine when your hair turns gray. So, whether you have family members who gray in their teens or into their fifties - you may as well.
And if you've heard that plucking one gray hair, will result in two more - don't believe it. According to Bergfeld, that's a myth, too.
"When you pluck the hair it generally returns gray. It doesn't return in multiples though," she said.
Bergfeld says that other than coloring your hair, there's usually nothing you can do to prevent graying. She adds that aging is beautiful and encourages women to embrace it by keeping their skin and hair healthy.
The National Institutes of Health reiterates the fact that graying is determined by your genes and Nutritional supplements, vitamins, and other products will not stop or decrease the rate of graying.