Stress accelerates the aging process.
Graying hair is usually a sign of aging . However, scientists managed to find out what affects premature gray hair and how to prevent this process.
Why gray hair appears
According to experts, the main cause of gray hair is stress, which accelerates the aging process. In particular, hair color can be restored if experiences are eliminated.
In addition, human aging is not a linear, fixed biological process, but can be partially stopped.
According to the author of the study, Martin Pickard , just as the rings on a tree trunk contain information about the past decades of a tree's life, hair contains information about our biological history.
When hair is in the form of follicles, it is affected by stress hormones and other phenomena that our organism
It is noted that 14 people took part in the experiment. They kept a stress diary, that is, they indicated the level of anxiety on a daily basis. It turned out that gray hair appeared faster in people who had a high level of stress.
Also, in participants who did not often succumb to anxiety, gray hair regained its original color.