Just started my gray hair journey and loving it, sure it's not easy but at 59 I'm over coloring it and am proud of my age and my looks, silver sisters unite!!
I just turned 53! No gray hair yet...Both my mother and sister have full heads of white hair, they dye their hair regularly. My sister is one year older! I got curious at your comment, for I often wonder what is doing the trick with me. Is there something you attribute your going white only around 59 to...?
I moved from Turkey to Germany with hope to have better life but it was a wrong decision. Since moving in one year I lost a lot of hair and my hair colour turned gray. The big reason was climate change, social environment change, loneliness, different cultures and moral values. I lose my motivation for workout and get lazy person so I gained weight and my body changed, hence I don’t suit in my old clothes. However, after my Bali holiday I started planning my life again and willing change my routine and get again self confident and love my body. I recognised that my hair loss stopped. Now I hope my hair colour will reverse. A long term holiday was the solution for me.
Same for me I moved to Sweden 6 years ago from Turkey ( right before living in Greece and Israel) ; my health just declined, hated the food and the culture, tho yes, its less chaotic, lack of life and sun and social life and microbiome on all imported food was death to my health. We moved back to greece with my swedish husband and Im much healthier. No wonder those places arent blue zones.
@@thegalhorowitz I’m also planning to go back to Turkey 🇹🇷 but the economy is so bad there, hence everything got very expensive. This situation demotivates local people and they are unhappy with their lives and jobs. It is so hard to decide something. I’m glad that you could move to greece 🇬🇷 Moving is involved with high costs, energy and nerves.
I noticed my hair starting to go grey in my late 20’s early 30’s. So during 10 years I dyed my hair to cover it. One day going over my finances I tallied up my expenses for hair appointments for a year. I haven’t dyed my hair since, and that’s about 10 years ago. 💕
I’m 53 and stopped colouring my hair 16 months ago. I now love it, my hair is in great condition and I love the volume and gentle curl that has come back since stopping the colour. It was hard at times to keep going, but I’m so glad I did. I feel way more confident now and no longer am battling the silver crown that came through between colours.
I've heard that about copper before. I got some but then learned it can interfere with zinc absorption so decided to stop taking it. Glad to hear it worked for you.
@Sandra.Viewer Hello! Could you please provide the specific brands of the products you’re using that have reversed your grey hairs? I’m interested in trying but hesitant on which brands to buy, don’t want to choose a product that won’t be beneficial. Thank you! God bless.
Correction. Deficiencies are common in the developed world. Very common. Like 90%. Western doctors are not trained to recognize the subtle signs of functional nutrient deficiencies. That is why they use terms like “it’s genetic” or “it’s idiopathic” instead of correcting the underlying problem.
I just turned 55 and Ive been dye free for over 2 years. Im not fully gray as I still have a lot of my natural brown. But Im embracing it. I hated dying my hair. It took too much money and time and those chemicals are not good for you so I said screw it I'm free. Don't care what anyone thinks and get more compliments now on my hair than I ever did when it was dyed.
You took the words right out of my mouth, lol. I too said screw it! I’m almost 55 and quit coloring my hair in 2017 (my husband doesn’t color his hair, why am I?) BEST DECISION EVER!!! My mother said it’s one of the most freeing things you do as a woman and I agree.
It’s really interesting bc when my father had completed his chemo Tx, not only did he start getting new hair growth, his hair did start growing back in dark instead of the grey that he did have!
I would love to see a tutorial of how you do your makeup. And if you don’t mind sharing, I would be interested in a video about all the skincare procedures you have had done or do to maintain your beautiful skin and appearance. Thanks for the great information.
I just henna'd my hair today. I have to do it every 6-7 weeks and I'm so over it. But I still do it because I like how it looks afterward, and without the drying effects of chemical dyes. Someday I'll probably cut my hair short and let it be salt and pepper but that will need to be when I'm ready to start looking old. Right now I still pass for someone in their 30s even though I'm 50s, but only with freshly henna'd hair or a wig.
Excellent video Dr. Ellis! I have gray hair, which I color, and am really struggling with the change in texture. It's gone from fine, straight, silky, smooth to frizzy and impossible to style. Wondering if you could do a video on how best to care for gray hair and deal with the changes in texture that occur.
Was thinking similar thoughts myself..I am periodically making a joke (when talking to friends about looks, ect.) that all we have to do is switch up the leg shaving cream with the "hair grow helping" products, because...and this is a real thought.. we/science can't seem to figure out how to help us remove hair from unwanted places AND, at the same time, no clue how to help us grow the hair where we actually want nore of it. 😂 The/that joke I make is because it seems like the shaving products (anecdotally and according to my friends and /or other people they and have spoken to about these things) 'make' the hair actually grow more dencly and thicker, and the hair care products aren't making any difference at all and, in some cases, are even 'aiding' in hair loss and/or reduced quality of the hair. :) Sorry for my rambles, but I hope you 'got' what I mean :)
I used to think the same thing until I started seeing lots and lots of beautiful women actually choosing to go "platinum" which is a silver gray color. I figured if the 20 year old beauties are doing it I will go with it since #1: I get my silver hair naturally; and #2 it doesn't cost me a dime lol
I have had my hair fall out and also from stress, Stress has to be one of the biggest factors that plays on hair. I realize that we as humans have to learn to deal with our stresses in better ways then just letting things get to us.
My great uncle had a doctor who was probably 50 and had all grey hair. She looked as though she was probably a blonde when younger but the way she styled it she looked great, I didn’t ask her age but she didn’t look as old as im sure she actually was. I think it’s easier for blonds to transition than brunettes but after it’s all grey, if you like it, rock it!
copper and zinc compete for the same receptors..IE zinc blocks copper...so alternate both every other day..the higher the copper the darker your hair will get..
As part of an effort to get more protein into my diet for general health one of the first things I noticed is my hair started feeling thicker and healthier pretty quickly. Still waiting for the gray to reverse but I have hope.
My grandfather was in his 90s, and my mother was in her 70s when they passed away and had hardly any gray. I'm 64 and I have a ton of gray. My mothers mother, she had beautiful white hair.
I've read that Sun-in product accelerates graying because of the hydrogen peroxide which does make sense to me since it produces more free radicals. I used it in the past and now I stopped. Also, I noticed that PRP for hair loss also reverses gray hair to an extent
I need to dye my hair every 4-5 weeks, I am 36 now and started to notice my first grey hair in my mid twenties. In my case it is genetics, so it is hard to influence it.
I had my first gray hair at 15 years old! I’m 64 now and embraced my gray hair quite a few years ago. I have long curly gray hair and am told that I look more youthful with the gray. Yes, silver sisters unite!
My mom had gray as a teen but I have barely had any at almoat 60 now. I think managing stress (good diet, exercise and especially sleep) has helped me to keep my long brown hair and most people seem to think I am 10-20 years younger than I really am. When I notice my hair looking dull, I deep condition and sometimes use purple products, which make any lighter strands silvery not gray. Enough oil also definitely makes a difference.
Hi Dr. Ellis, what a great video! I’m going to be 40 next week (but at least at the beginning of COVID was still getting carded for R-rated movies!); still, I’m obsessed with delaying my greying. It seems to be the one telltale sign that I may not be a teenager anymore. I have dark almost black hair. Permanent dyes are always an option, but I love the look of highlights, specifically balayage, which is hard to camouflage with all the stray silvers. My current stylist recommends holding off on permanent dyes (using the Demi-permanent options) for as long as possible. It still kind of sucks. Demi-permanent doesn’t take away from the greys at all. I have been trying Arey (both the supplement and the topical spray), but don’t know if they have made any difference. Time will tell, but hopefully science comes up with new innovations soon!
my mom started going grey in her 30s but she was a very stressful person. My dad didn't start going grey until he was about 65-66 and he is a very chill person. his started after he medical emergency with colon cancer where he was in immense pain for a short period of time. had a softball size tumor removed along with 16" of his colon. had a colostomy bag for a year then decided to have everything reattached so had to have another surgery. in the ten yrs since now at 75 he's significantly grey bcuz of onset of covid panic created and my mom having pancreatic cancer and dying a year later after having surgery and chemo. that tore him up emotional and physically. he was by her side every step of the way until her last breath. we all were. my grey hair also sky rocketed during this time too at only 47 then from like 30% to 80%. I now look older than my 75 yr old dad I'm only 51. I'm about 90% now it's crazy how fast my body change in just a few months. I was found to be dealing with an autoimmune disorder which exploded on me i guess from the stress of covid and watching my mom suffer through her cancer. I'm doing much better 3 n half yrs later and trying to see if can possibly restore some of the grey hair knowing the majority of it was stress related. oh I'm built and look exactly like my dad while my two other brothers look like mom side of the family. I too was looking like my late 20s in my early 40s until i got sick and then married at 41 lol
My gray hair seems to have a two-shade process, where some hairs head towards white/clear and others are some untinted dark color ... neither matching the brown that I used to have. It seems as if there are two distinct processes going on. I would have expected "death of melanocytes" to have a more uniform color.
I got my first gray hair at 19. Then decided to go to medical school and now at 29 I have manyy grays throughout. They definitely multiplied rapidly in school so I can anecdotally confirm that stress is a strong factor 😅
Surprised you didn't mention risks associated with hair dye. NYT just ran a "Well" piece on it, maybe within the last few months. Since reading it, I only do completely natural hair dye.
5:55 Can you reverse gray hair? For all those like me who have already researched the causes of gray hair and are looking for reversal methods. Her answer is not really, not now.
Re the comments on copper, I started taking copper because it's needed for collagen production and I did notice some strange stuff with my hair, nothing ground breaking, but for instance I have eyebrows which are mostly still brown but I have white ones as well. I found a couple which had white on the ends but at the roots they were suddenly brown like a switch had been turned on halfway through the growth cycle, so I think there is something to the copper thing.
I started graying while on accutane for a year at 31 but I've been off it for a year now and the grays haven't fallen out. We forget it's a cancer drug.
I started noticing some gray hair in my late 20s. I covered it up for years. Mainly because I liked to switch up my hair color but at 33 I decided to stop dyeing it and embrace the greys. It’s 4 years later and I have significantly more greys. I’d say I’m about 40% grey hair. Some days i love it. Some days I feel like it ages me 😩 and some days I want to switch up the color and do something fun but I do think no dye for so many years has made my hair the healthiest it’s been in years
My ex boss’s friend had premature gray hair during his early 20s. He went to see an experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor, prescribed some Chinese herbal medicine, and completely reversed the gray hair
Tea mask on my hair once per week for a few hours works for me - I am 54 for your reference. The idea is to remove the buildup of hydrogen peroxide in hair follicles, since we won't produce enough catalase as we age.
I got my gray hair when I was 26 even I wasn’t married at that time, stressed me so much, there is no instant safe products for root touch up except hair dye.
I've got a lot of grey hair, and since my natural hair color is dark brown, it kind of makes my hair look blond in some lights. I have a lot of streaking. I have also noticed that since I have reduced the amount of stress in my life that some of my hair has two inches of dark hair at the root, and six inches of grey at the bottom. I do want to try copper and zinc, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I'm 79 and still have almost no gray hair. I have hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary hemachromatosis so have always high high levels of iron (ferritin) which may be part of the reason. I have also been taking a number of supplements including zinc, selenium and a full spectrum vitamin B supplement for over 30 years.
My hair has been turning grey since I hit 20. I'm 24 now and it's gotten worse. My parents both got grey at 40. It has made me extremely depressed and stressed. I'm ashamed of my hair. I really wish they would invent something to revert grey hairs...
I’ve used Mayraki color restoring treatment and it really works, you get your original color back. But the plant extract in it leaves horrible stains on pillows and towels, so I’ve stopped using it. It might be worth using for people who wash their hair regularly (so you can apply it in the morning and rinse in the evening for example). My mom has great results with it too!
@@neloabrahamI think the Polygonum Multiflorum Root Extract (the Chinese Fo-Ti herb) might be a big part of it, there are some studies done on it darkening hair color!
Great information! I just started to get a few gray hairs at 50 (I am 51) and luckily they blend in with my ash blonde hair pretty well. I heard glutathione supplementation was helpful in reducing oxidative stress and delaying grey hair and starting taking it about 5 years ago i can’t isolate my slowing to grey to glutathione because I also lead a healthy life except for stress but I have much less grey than my siblings who are around the same age as me. However my siblings both have darker hair, I wonder if Caucasians with darker hair are more prone to go grey earlier or if the contrast in color is just more noticeable?
I'm 5 years dye free! I grew out the color cold turkey and it was a fun thing. I choose to be more natural, and tbh I think harshly colored hair over gray looks fake and awful. I get so many compliments on my salt and pepper hair, and young girls even ask me where I got it done. I tell them, it's just nature, au naturel! Gray hair rules!
I'm about to turn 49 years and still not turning gray hair, i would like to know what could i do to prevent my hair to turn gray in the future? Does He Shou Wu (Fo-Ti) would work to prevent it?
Hi doc, nowadays there are some hair toners and/or shampoos to reverse gray hair.. the ingredients stimulate the production of the melanin, so to say.. do you think it is fake or not?
I started taking PABA (para aminobenzoic acid) and catalase about 10 years ago. My hair stopped turning gray and is actually a little darker than it was 10 years ago.
I had an uncle who went completely white by 25 😮 I’m 45 and am completely white too 😭 but there’s no way I’m walking around looking like I’m 80. And no, we aren’t grey, it’s bright freaking white 😵
Hello Dr. Ellis, great video. I had always wondered what was going on with my grey hair. I started turning at 21 and am now 65. My grandmother turned all silver in her twenties as well. Since I grew out my silver hair 6 years ago, no offense silver sisters, I just can not get use to it and have tried to color it back to a light brown. My silver (white) does not take to color any more. Is there a reason? Thank you for your time!!
I'm 45. I've been greying for 15 years now, but whenever I drink onion juice shots for like a week, my few greys revert to dark brown like the rest of my hair. Dunno how long this will work for, but it seems to work. 🤷♀️
Dr. Ellis, I've seen recommendations to increase copper consumption to reverse enzyme loss due to cortisol, but if it's norepinephrine and not cortisol that plays that role in enzyme loss, is there any correlating mineral/chemical that would reverse the damage by norepinephrine?
I'm 35, on some strands that I plucked (I know), the strand of hair was gray, then brown again, then gray... It means it went back to being brown. Saw this several times. Does this mean it is linked to defficencies ? I have had a chronic B12 and iron defficiency for about 15 years^^
My dad went all grey at 20 and I inherited those genes unfortunately. I have black hair, so the greys stand out like crazy. I’m about to dye my hair light brown so I can go longer without dying my hair. Grey roots look way less obvious on lighter hair.
I would love to see dermatologist include Indigenous ppl/ Latinos in their talks or studies. You described a few groups of the world’s people and I was here waiting to see where we ranked on the list and we weren’t mentioned. It’s so disheartening that I always have to google these things because people can’t be bothered to include us💔
So sorry! The goal is never to discriminate against any particular group, however, some studies are quite limited in how they categorize people and I can only share what’s been evaluated scientifically.
My hair started to turn gray, when I was still in high school. I'm coloring my hair once per month, I know it's not the best decision, but it's too much work, however, I don't really like how purely gray hair looks on me (I don't care about the roots that much, I'm 40 btw).
I have seen people with dyed hair that don't look young and I have seen people that have gray hair some almost all gray/white and look young. I don't think gray hair makes people look old. I think old skin makes people look old.
A little off topic, but I went to your online site, Dr. Sam to purchase your: GLEANSER NON-DRYING GLYCERIN CLEANSER today and it is Sold out! Can you tell me approximately how long before it will be available again? Thank you!
I first saw grey hair when I was about 27. I am 33 now and have plenty of it. I feel so bad about it and I finally got brave and got my hair colored and highlighted couple of months ago. But it's so tiring and I see my growth after just a week or two. I feel so bad emotionally but I don't want to look grey and messy at only 33. Everyone always commented on it and wondered why I have grey hair so young. It's a vicious circle :(
My Mom only ever got a handful of grey hair. So I don't expect many. There's a supplement that supports hydrogen peroxide clearance in the body. That's helped me actually reverse some of
Stress is a biggie, for me it's genetics as I am very zen :) At 25 I started colouring my hair and the grey would appear back 5 minutes later 🙃🙂🥰and I stopped 5 years ago. At 57 I have been using castor oil on my dark blonde light brown hair and it is depositing a caramel colour on some of my greys. I have been doing it for 7 months. I enjoy my grey hair, this was just an extra benefit from when I put it on my face twice a day and now I also put castor oil on my roots before bed. On hair washing day I will put castor oil all over my hair for a treatment the night before with a shower cap and towel for my pillow. Has this worked for anyone else? I also eat clean and no sugar.
Im using Arey Grey Serum, and Just For Men Control GX Shampoo. I just started so I dont know if they are really working, but im seeing some good results. Id like to know your opinion of these products though, as im just trying them out.
I used Arey for about 6 months and do think that it made a small difference. I have had one white/grey patch since late 20s (zero impact there but also would not expect it) but was noticing more along my part, etc. I am in my early 50s now. It definitely added to my hair health. I switched my hair dollars to Nutrafol which also has helped my hair health. I do feel that my grey hair has slowed down overall.
My dad is 75 and he barely has any grays (and has still quite a bit of hair all over). People used to ask him if he dyed his hair when he is in his 50s and 60s
It is interesting that I heard 9 minutes of talk and the the solution was hair dye? If you don't want grey hair or want to reverse it then take about a teaspoon of blackstrap molasses in your coffee every morning. It has worked wonderfully for me.
so simple, a true goddess of knowledge, there are 150,000,000 people who dye their hair in the world, you should sell them black molasses, you will be a billionaire, ah damn, thousands of people have testified: that doesn't doesn't work, too bad
This is a great video Dr Ellis. May I please get your opinion on using tretinoin on surgery scars? Does it have a positive effect, is it ok to use? At what stage of the healing process is safe to use it (Once openings are closed/ when scabs are gone/ at 1 month)?
Fight or flight and ptsd can definitely cause immediate greying of hair. Plus, once the brain is regulated out of that survival (extraordinarily stressful) state, your natural hair color comes back. It's very odd to see.
I got Grey hairs at age of 17 due to nutritional deficiencies 😢 Also my right side hairline front hairs permanently losed because of using hairdyer after shower on one side 😢 heating can I regrowth them ?
I had my first gray hair at 16 years old. My mom went fully gray in her 50s. I'm 39 and have alot of gray. I'm not ready to stop coloring mine. We have started the lightening process though. I'm a dark brunette. I find the change in texture bothers me the most.
I'm 32 with very very few grey hair, but I started taking omega 3s a few months ago. I did start to notice that the gray ones aren't so wiry anymore. I wonder if the omega helped?
Hello, Just stumbled across this video. I’m curious, my hair will start to turn gray and then all of a sudden will go back to its natural color. I’m 53 and still have the greatest amount of my hair as its natural color. Although there are certainly few strands of gray hair in there. I was just curious as to why, the strand would turn gray and then go back to. It’s natural color.
I have to dye my hair bc it just makes me look older. I’m 56 and my husband keeps telling me to leave it grow out gray and I just can’t do it. I try and then can’t stand it
I had very heavy periods for months. My red blood cells and iron levels were so low I was anemic. My hair was shedding like crazy and turning grey. I’m 5 weeks post op from a hysterectomy so I’m wondering if I can reverse both. I’ve heard Spermadine can help so I just started taking that.
Just started my gray hair journey and loving it, sure it's not easy but at 59 I'm over coloring it and am proud of my age and my looks, silver sisters unite!!
I just turned 53! No gray hair yet...Both my mother and sister have full heads of white hair, they dye their hair regularly. My sister is one year older! I got curious at your comment, for I often wonder what is doing the trick with me. Is there something you attribute your going white only around 59 to...?
I'm grey I went grey at 53 ❤
Hi Amy!! Silver sisters unite!! White hair here since 60, and I’m 63 now. Love it!!
@@Mexicobeanpole ❤
I moved from Turkey to Germany with hope to have better life but it was a wrong decision. Since moving in one year I lost a lot of hair and my hair colour turned gray. The big reason was climate change, social environment change, loneliness, different cultures and moral values. I lose my motivation for workout and get lazy person so I gained weight and my body changed, hence I don’t suit in my old clothes. However, after my Bali holiday I started planning my life again and willing change my routine and get again self confident and love my body. I recognised that my hair loss stopped. Now I hope my hair colour will reverse. A long term holiday was the solution for me.
Same for me I moved to Sweden 6 years ago from Turkey ( right before living in Greece and Israel) ; my health just declined, hated the food and the culture, tho yes, its less chaotic, lack of life and sun and social life and microbiome on all imported food was death to my health. We moved back to greece with my swedish husband and Im much healthier. No wonder those places arent blue zones.
@@thegalhorowitz I’m also planning to go back to Turkey 🇹🇷 but the economy is so bad there, hence everything got very expensive. This situation demotivates local people and they are unhappy with their lives and jobs. It is so hard to decide something.
I’m glad that you could move to greece 🇬🇷 Moving is involved with high costs, energy and nerves.
I noticed my hair starting to go grey in my late 20’s early 30’s. So during 10 years I dyed my hair to cover it. One day going over my finances I tallied up my expenses for hair appointments for a year. I haven’t dyed my hair since, and that’s about 10 years ago. 💕
Best money I’ve ever spent! Takes ten years off of me and lifts my spirits.
Way cheaper than anti depressants or counselling.
I’m 53 and stopped colouring my hair 16 months ago. I now love it, my hair is in great condition and I love the volume and gentle curl that has come back since stopping the colour. It was hard at times to keep going, but I’m so glad I did. I feel way more confident now and no longer am battling the silver crown that came through between colours.
How did you manage to reverse grey hair ?
Copper and selenium have helped me reverse gray hair in a couple of months 🙌🏼 I'm 46 for your reference 😌
Can you share the protocol? thank you
Would you mind sharing the products you use? I take selenium and copper, and have not noticed a single change.
I've heard that about copper before. I got some but then learned it can interfere with zinc absorption so decided to stop taking it. Glad to hear it worked for you.
@Sandra.Viewer Hello! Could you please provide the specific brands of the products you’re using that have reversed your grey hairs? I’m interested in trying but hesitant on which brands to buy, don’t want to choose a product that won’t be beneficial. Thank you! God bless.
Why do people like you post and then not give any details to help anyone else??
Correction. Deficiencies are common in the developed world. Very common. Like 90%. Western doctors are not trained to recognize the subtle signs of functional nutrient deficiencies. That is why they use terms like “it’s genetic” or “it’s idiopathic” instead of correcting the underlying problem.
Good point!
those terms are an excuse for their ignorance
I just turned 55 and Ive been dye free for over 2 years. Im not fully gray as I still have a lot of my natural brown. But Im embracing it. I hated dying my hair. It took too much money and time and those chemicals are not good for you so I said screw it I'm free. Don't care what anyone thinks and get more compliments now on my hair than I ever did when it was dyed.
You took the words right out of my mouth, lol. I too said screw it! I’m almost 55 and quit coloring my hair in 2017 (my husband doesn’t color his hair, why am I?) BEST DECISION EVER!!! My mother said it’s one of the most freeing things you do as a woman and I agree.
@@suzannerichter7556 Your mom is so right!!!
It’s really interesting bc when my father had completed his chemo Tx, not only did he start getting new hair growth, his hair did start growing back in dark instead of the grey that he did have!
I was the opposite
I would love to see a tutorial of how you do your makeup. And if you don’t mind sharing, I would be interested in a video about all the skincare procedures you have had done or do to maintain your beautiful skin and appearance. Thanks for the great information.
I just henna'd my hair today. I have to do it every 6-7 weeks and I'm so over it. But I still do it because I like how it looks afterward, and without the drying effects of chemical dyes. Someday I'll probably cut my hair short and let it be salt and pepper but that will need to be when I'm ready to start looking old. Right now I still pass for someone in their 30s even though I'm 50s, but only with freshly henna'd hair or a wig.
Excellent video Dr. Ellis! I have gray hair, which I color, and am really struggling with the change in texture. It's gone from fine, straight, silky, smooth to frizzy and impossible to style. Wondering if you could do a video on how best to care for gray hair and deal with the changes in texture that occur.
I do a keratin treatment a couple times a year which addresses the texture. I do it myself and use the Moroccan Keratin from Amazon
How do I have more hyperpigmentation in my skin but loss of pigment in my hair?
I know right?! 😥
Was thinking similar thoughts myself..I am periodically making a joke (when talking to friends about looks, ect.) that all we have to do is switch up the leg shaving cream with the "hair grow helping" products, because...and this is a real thought.. we/science can't seem to figure out how to help us remove hair from unwanted places AND, at the same time, no clue how to help us grow the hair where we actually want nore of it. 😂 The/that joke I make is because it seems like the shaving products (anecdotally and according to my friends and /or other people they and have spoken to about these things) 'make' the hair actually grow more dencly and thicker, and the hair care products aren't making any difference at all and, in some cases, are even 'aiding' in hair loss and/or reduced quality of the hair. :) Sorry for my rambles, but I hope you 'got' what I mean :)
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I really dislike my grey hair because I have a baby face that is a huge mismatch with all the grey hair that I have.
For me looks so beautiful grey hair with a young face.
I used to think the same thing until I started seeing lots and lots of beautiful women actually choosing to go "platinum" which is a silver gray color. I figured if the 20 year old beauties are doing it I will go with it since #1: I get my silver hair naturally; and #2 it doesn't cost me a dime lol
I have had my hair fall out and also from stress, Stress has to be one of the biggest factors that plays on hair. I realize that we as humans have to learn to deal with our stresses in better ways then just letting things get to us.
I started noticing grey hairs at around 24, I'm 28 now and I'm embracing it!
My great uncle had a doctor who was probably 50 and had all grey hair. She looked as though she was probably a blonde when younger but the way she styled it she looked great, I didn’t ask her age but she didn’t look as old as im sure she actually was. I think it’s easier for blonds to transition than brunettes but after it’s all grey, if you like it, rock it!
Nobody asked. Vid is for those who didn't like going grey.
copper and zinc compete for the same receptors..IE zinc blocks copper...so alternate both every other day..the higher the copper the darker your hair will get..
@bannedagain.8334 What strength of each do you take?
As part of an effort to get more protein into my diet for general health one of the first things I noticed is my hair started feeling thicker and healthier pretty quickly. Still waiting for the gray to reverse but I have hope.
My grandfather was in his 90s, and my mother was in her 70s when they passed away and had hardly any gray. I'm 64 and I have a ton of gray. My mothers mother, she had beautiful white hair.
I've read that Sun-in product accelerates graying because of the hydrogen peroxide which does make sense to me since it produces more free radicals. I used it in the past and now I stopped. Also, I noticed that PRP for hair loss also reverses gray hair to an extent
I have been pulling my few white hair for decades, with no issues .
don't do that
I need to dye my hair every 4-5 weeks, I am 36 now and started to notice my first grey hair in my mid twenties. In my case it is genetics, so it is hard to influence it.
Your hair is so beautiful and beautifully long
I had my first gray hair at 15 years old! I’m 64 now and embraced my gray hair quite a few years ago. I have long curly gray hair and am told that I look more youthful with the gray. Yes, silver sisters unite!
My mom had gray as a teen but I have barely had any at almoat 60 now. I think managing stress (good diet, exercise and especially sleep) has helped me to keep my long brown hair and most people seem to think I am 10-20 years younger than I really am. When I notice my hair looking dull, I deep condition and sometimes use purple products, which make any lighter strands silvery not gray. Enough oil also definitely makes a difference.
Hi Dr. Ellis, what a great video! I’m going to be 40 next week (but at least at the beginning of COVID was still getting carded for R-rated movies!); still, I’m obsessed with delaying my greying. It seems to be the one telltale sign that I may not be a teenager anymore. I have dark almost black hair. Permanent dyes are always an option, but I love the look of highlights, specifically balayage, which is hard to camouflage with all the stray silvers. My current stylist recommends holding off on permanent dyes (using the Demi-permanent options) for as long as possible. It still kind of sucks. Demi-permanent doesn’t take away from the greys at all. I have been trying Arey (both the supplement and the topical spray), but don’t know if they have made any difference. Time will tell, but hopefully science comes up with new innovations soon!
my mom started going grey in her 30s but she was a very stressful person. My dad didn't start going grey until he was about 65-66 and he is a very chill person. his started after he medical emergency with colon cancer where he was in immense pain for a short period of time. had a softball size tumor removed along with 16" of his colon. had a colostomy bag for a year then decided to have everything reattached so had to have another surgery. in the ten yrs since now at 75 he's significantly grey bcuz of onset of covid panic created and my mom having pancreatic cancer and dying a year later after having surgery and chemo. that tore him up emotional and physically. he was by her side every step of the way until her last breath. we all were. my grey hair also sky rocketed during this time too at only 47 then from like 30% to 80%. I now look older than my 75 yr old dad I'm only 51. I'm about 90% now it's crazy how fast my body change in just a few months. I was found to be dealing with an autoimmune disorder which exploded on me i guess from the stress of covid and watching my mom suffer through her cancer. I'm doing much better 3 n half yrs later and trying to see if can possibly restore some of the grey hair knowing the majority of it was stress related. oh I'm built and look exactly like my dad while my two other brothers look like mom side of the family. I too was looking like my late 20s in my early 40s until i got sick and then married at 41 lol
My gray hair seems to have a two-shade process, where some hairs head towards white/clear and others are some untinted dark color ... neither matching the brown that I used to have. It seems as if there are two distinct processes going on. I would have expected "death of melanocytes" to have a more uniform color.
I got my first gray hair at 19. Then decided to go to medical school and now at 29 I have manyy grays throughout. They definitely multiplied rapidly in school so I can anecdotally confirm that stress is a strong factor 😅
I have used Revitalash for hair--not lashes, and what regrew was my original dark brown! I am otherwise totally white!
Where do you get that for the hair? All I've found was for lashes
I believe she is saying instead if using it for the lashes, she used it on her her hair. The same product, she used it in a different place.
@@oliviamyart6851 Revitalash makes a hair serum. That is what I used on my hair.
Amazing hair color❤
Surprised you didn't mention risks associated with hair dye. NYT just ran a "Well" piece on it, maybe within the last few months. Since reading it, I only do completely natural hair dye.
Got my 1st gray hairs of wisdom at age 8. I am 40 now and going gray all over super fast.
5:55 Can you reverse gray hair? For all those like me who have already researched the causes of gray hair and are looking for reversal methods. Her answer is not really, not now.
Re the comments on copper, I started taking copper because it's needed for collagen production and I did notice some strange stuff with my hair, nothing ground breaking, but for instance I have eyebrows which are mostly still brown but I have white ones as well. I found a couple which had white on the ends but at the roots they were suddenly brown like a switch had been turned on halfway through the growth cycle, so I think there is something to the copper thing.
I started graying while on accutane for a year at 31 but I've been off it for a year now and the grays haven't fallen out. We forget it's a cancer drug.
I started noticing some gray hair in my late 20s. I covered it up for years. Mainly because I liked to switch up my hair color but at 33 I decided to stop dyeing it and embrace the greys. It’s 4 years later and I have significantly more greys. I’d say I’m about 40% grey hair. Some days i love it. Some days I feel like it ages me 😩 and some days I want to switch up the color and do something fun but I do think no dye for so many years has made my hair the healthiest it’s been in years
My ex boss’s friend had premature gray hair during his early 20s. He went to see an experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor, prescribed some Chinese herbal medicine, and completely reversed the gray hair
do you happen to know the name of that herbal medicine?
@@samk7717 sorry i dont :( and unfortunately the doctor already passed away a few years ago, otherwise i would have asked for his contact
I tried eating healthier and exercising more while taking collagen
Tea mask on my hair once per week for a few hours works for me - I am 54 for your reference. The idea is to remove the buildup of hydrogen peroxide in hair follicles, since we won't produce enough catalase as we age.
How do you make the tea mask? Does it produce a reddish color?
How do I make it go grey faster? I’d prefer it over my salt and pepper hair
I got my gray hair when I was 26 even I wasn’t married at that time, stressed me so much, there is no instant safe products for root touch up except hair dye.
I have had gray hair for many years and I love it! I used to dye it but it was such a pain and I never felt the color was right for me.
I've got a lot of grey hair, and since my natural hair color is dark brown, it kind of makes my hair look blond in some lights. I have a lot of streaking. I have also noticed that since I have reduced the amount of stress in my life that some of my hair has two inches of dark hair at the root, and six inches of grey at the bottom.
I do want to try copper and zinc, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I'm 79 and still have almost no gray hair. I have hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary hemachromatosis so have always high high levels of iron (ferritin) which may be part of the reason. I have also been taking a number of supplements including zinc, selenium and a full spectrum vitamin B supplement for over 30 years.
My hair has been turning grey since I hit 20. I'm 24 now and it's gotten worse. My parents both got grey at 40.
It has made me extremely depressed and stressed. I'm ashamed of my hair.
I really wish they would invent something to revert grey hairs...
I’ve used Mayraki color restoring treatment and it really works, you get your original color back. But the plant extract in it leaves horrible stains on pillows and towels, so I’ve stopped using it. It might be worth using for people who wash their hair regularly (so you can apply it in the morning and rinse in the evening for example). My mom has great results with it too!
give me the recipe she used to solved grey hair Permanently.
@@neloabrahamI think the Polygonum Multiflorum Root Extract (the Chinese Fo-Ti herb) might be a big part of it, there are some studies done on it darkening hair color!
Having more melatonin can help have more melanin which is the hair pigment
Great information! I just started to get a few gray hairs at 50 (I am 51) and luckily they blend in with my ash blonde hair pretty well. I heard glutathione supplementation was helpful in reducing oxidative stress and delaying grey hair and starting taking it about 5 years ago i can’t isolate my slowing to grey to glutathione because I also lead a healthy life except for stress but I have much less grey than my siblings who are around the same age as me. However my siblings both have darker hair, I wonder if Caucasians with darker hair are more prone to go grey earlier or if the contrast in color is just more noticeable?
I'm 5 years dye free! I grew out the color cold turkey and it was a fun thing. I choose to be more natural, and tbh I think harshly colored hair over gray looks fake and awful. I get so many compliments on my salt and pepper hair, and young girls even ask me where I got it done. I tell them, it's just nature, au naturel! Gray hair rules!
I'm about to turn 49 years and still not turning gray hair, i would like to know what could i do to prevent my hair to turn gray in the future? Does He Shou Wu (Fo-Ti) would work to prevent it?
I find grey hair very attractive, I am looking forward to having a full head of grey hair.
Hi doc, nowadays there are some hair toners and/or shampoos to reverse gray hair.. the ingredients stimulate the production of the melanin, so to say.. do you think it is fake or not?
I started taking PABA (para aminobenzoic acid) and catalase about 10 years ago. My hair stopped turning gray and is actually a little darker than it was 10 years ago.
I had an uncle who went completely white by 25 😮 I’m 45 and am completely white too 😭 but there’s no way I’m walking around looking like I’m 80. And no, we aren’t grey, it’s bright freaking white 😵
Hello Dr. Ellis, great video. I had always wondered what was going on with my grey hair. I started turning at 21 and am now 65. My grandmother turned all silver in her twenties as well. Since I grew out my silver hair 6 years ago, no offense silver sisters, I just can not get use to it and have tried to color it back to a light brown. My silver (white) does not take to color any more. Is there a reason?
Thank you for your time!!
I'm 45. I've been greying for 15 years now, but whenever I drink onion juice shots for like a week, my few greys revert to dark brown like the rest of my hair. Dunno how long this will work for, but it seems to work. 🤷♀️
My mom is 83 and just started becoming a bit gray
Dr. Ellis, I've seen recommendations to increase copper consumption to reverse enzyme loss due to cortisol, but if it's norepinephrine and not cortisol that plays that role in enzyme loss, is there any correlating mineral/chemical that would reverse the damage by norepinephrine?
I'm 35, on some strands that I plucked (I know), the strand of hair was gray, then brown again, then gray... It means it went back to being brown. Saw this several times. Does this mean it is linked to defficencies ? I have had a chronic B12 and iron defficiency for about 15 years^^
My dad went all grey at 20 and I inherited those genes unfortunately. I have black hair, so the greys stand out like crazy. I’m about to dye my hair light brown so I can go longer without dying my hair. Grey roots look way less obvious on lighter hair.
I would love to see dermatologist include Indigenous ppl/ Latinos in their talks or studies. You described a few groups of the world’s people and I was here waiting to see where we ranked on the list and we weren’t mentioned. It’s so disheartening that I always have to google these things because people can’t be bothered to include us💔
So sorry! The goal is never to discriminate against any particular group, however, some studies are quite limited in how they categorize people and I can only share what’s been evaluated scientifically.
Thanks for the video, well documented and a safe way. No extra hope...where is the cutting edge though?
My hair started to turn gray, when I was still in high school.
I'm coloring my hair once per month, I know it's not the best decision, but it's too much work, however, I don't really like how purely gray hair looks on me (I don't care about the roots that much, I'm 40 btw).
I have seen people with dyed hair that don't look young and I have seen people that have gray hair some almost all gray/white and look young. I don't think gray hair makes people look old. I think old skin makes people look old.
A little off topic, but I went to your online site, Dr. Sam to purchase your: GLEANSER
NON-DRYING GLYCERIN CLEANSER today and it is Sold out! Can you tell me approximately how long before it will be available again? Thank you!
I first saw grey hair when I was about 27. I am 33 now and have plenty of it. I feel so bad about it and I finally got brave and got my hair colored and highlighted couple of months ago. But it's so tiring and I see my growth after just a week or two. I feel so bad emotionally but I don't want to look grey and messy at only 33. Everyone always commented on it and wondered why I have grey hair so young. It's a vicious circle :(
I’m 40 and have about 10 white hairs! Just sprouted out over the last 1-2 yrs 😄
My Mom only ever got a handful of grey hair. So I don't expect many. There's a supplement that supports hydrogen peroxide clearance in the body. That's helped me actually reverse some of
Stress is a biggie, for me it's genetics as I am very zen :) At 25 I started colouring my hair and the grey would appear back 5 minutes later 🙃🙂🥰and I stopped 5 years ago. At 57 I have been using castor oil on my dark blonde light brown hair and it is depositing a caramel colour on some of my greys. I have been doing it for 7 months. I enjoy my grey hair, this was just an extra benefit from when I put it on my face twice a day and now I also put castor oil on my roots before bed. On hair washing day I will put castor oil all over my hair for a treatment the night before with a shower cap and towel for my pillow. Has this worked for anyone else? I also eat clean and no sugar.
Im using Arey Grey Serum, and Just For Men Control GX Shampoo. I just started so I dont know if they are really working, but im seeing some good results. Id like to know your opinion of these products though, as im just trying them out.
I used Arey for about 6 months and do think that it made a small difference. I have had one white/grey patch since late 20s (zero impact there but also would not expect it) but was noticing more along my part, etc. I am in my early 50s now. It definitely added to my hair health. I switched my hair dollars to Nutrafol which also has helped my hair health. I do feel that my grey hair has slowed down overall.
I’ve been using Arey pills for a few months but my hair keeps getting greyer so it doesn’t seem to stop it and much less reverse it.
Boot Nugget works wonders
L'Oreal Excellence Cream #7 Dark Blonde is my fix for gray hair. I color my hair so I van look younger.
My dad is 75 and he barely has any grays (and has still quite a bit of hair all over). People used to ask him if he dyed his hair when he is in his 50s and 60s
Thats interesting and quite rare I would think! Whats his diet like??
There’s also nothing wrong with leaving your gray hair, it’s really beautiful …
Hi
Any suggestions in brands to dye grey hair plzz ?
Thx
It is interesting that I heard 9 minutes of talk and the the solution was hair dye? If you don't want grey hair or want to reverse it then take about a teaspoon of blackstrap molasses in your coffee every morning. It has worked wonderfully for me.
so simple, a true goddess of knowledge, there are 150,000,000 people who dye their hair in the world, you should sell them black molasses, you will be a billionaire, ah damn, thousands of people have testified: that doesn't doesn't work, too bad
This is a great video Dr Ellis. May I please get your opinion on using tretinoin on surgery scars? Does it have a positive effect, is it ok to use? At what stage of the healing process is safe to use it (Once openings are closed/ when scabs are gone/ at 1 month)?
Fight or flight and ptsd can definitely cause immediate greying of hair. Plus, once the brain is regulated out of that survival (extraordinarily stressful) state, your natural hair color comes back. It's very odd to see.
I have not started dying my hair because if the expense. It is starting to get more noticeable though.. 😕
I used to jave thick black hair but after i got covid, i have been loosing a lot of hair and got more gray hair. 😢
Got my first grey at 22.. 😢 Probably due to my immense mental stress.
Hello Dr Sam! Out of topic but I'd love to know what you think about sirolimus cream. Can it be beneficial as an "antiaging" active?
I have hair that is like… it turns gray some time ago but it has grown dark roots again ..l
I got Grey hairs at age of 17 due to nutritional deficiencies 😢
Also my right side hairline front hairs permanently losed because of using hairdyer after shower on one side 😢 heating can I regrowth them ?
Does anyone know why we produce less melanin in our hair as we get older but not in our skin?
Why no mention of hydrogen peroxide being the cause?
I have grey since 18 years old now I am over 54…but I still have some black hair but rest are all white!!! Sucks!
I had my first gray hair at 16 years old. My mom went fully gray in her 50s. I'm 39 and have alot of gray. I'm not ready to stop coloring mine. We have started the lightening process though. I'm a dark brunette. I find the change in texture bothers me the most.
I'm 32 with very very few grey hair, but I started taking omega 3s a few months ago. I did start to notice that the gray ones aren't so wiry anymore. I wonder if the omega helped?
I'm grey and balding but I really don't care, I'm not the one that has to look at it; everyone else does.
i started going gray when i was eighteen like my dads mom and my dad
Hello,
Just stumbled across this video. I’m curious, my hair will start to turn gray and then all of a sudden will go back to its natural color. I’m 53 and still have the greatest amount of my hair as its natural color. Although there are certainly few strands of gray hair in there. I was just curious as to why, the strand would turn gray and then go back to. It’s natural color.
5:44 Tulsi Gabbard
I am almost 67 years old and have no gray hair! Well , maybe 10 or 12! It is runibg in the family 😊
im 24 and have a good few grey hairs
Tell about Vitiligo
I have to dye my hair bc it just makes me look older. I’m 56 and my husband keeps telling me to leave it grow out gray and I just can’t do it. I try and then can’t stand it
I had very heavy periods for months. My red blood cells and iron levels were so low I was anemic. My hair was shedding like crazy and turning grey. I’m 5 weeks post op from a hysterectomy so I’m wondering if I can reverse both. I’ve heard Spermadine can help so I just started taking that.
Has anyone tried GR7?
What about He Shou Wu also called Fo-Ti?
C L I C K B A I T most of clip a build up TO - NO! WE CAN'T SLOW, STOP, or REVERSE GREY HAIR. SAVE 9min don't watch.