Hairdresser reveals why you should NEVER pluck your grey hairs
A world-renowned hairdresser has cautioned people against plucking out their grey hairs, claiming it does a lot more harm than good.
Grey hairs are caused by the follicle failing to produce melanin, and therefore lose their colour: a process that is most often caused by the natural ageing process and sometimes stress.
Trey Gillen, hairstylist and creative director of education at Sachajuan told Yahoo that trying to pull out grey hairs is cause for more damage.
He said, “Plucking can traumatise the hair follicle, and you can damage it to the point where it will no longer grow any hair.”
“If you're a serial plucker, repeated 'plucking trauma' can even cause infection, scar formation, and bald patches.”
In recent years, scientists have finally proved what conventional wisdom has been telling us for decades - that being stressed causes hair to go grey prematurely.
However, in a stunning revelation, researchers from Columbia University also found the process can be reversed in hairs that have only recently turned grey.
Scientists say that reducing stress could stave off grey hair, and it is hoped drugs could be developed to further prevent the unwanted process.
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