Would you really love a permanent solution to grey hair? Is a hair transplant the best option to regain my original dark coloured hair?
Not so fast, the hair being transplanted is from your hair follicles. If you are grey or turning grey, a hair transplant will not make a slight difference to the colour of your hair. However, it will make your hair thicker on the top of your head.
Can grey hair be transplanted?
Yes, it is a complete misconception that gey hairs are less worthy of transplanting than darker coloured hairs.
If you have grey hairs on the rear of the scalp, the surgeon will remove each hair follicle individually and transplant it at the chosen site on your scalp.
Grey hair will not be rejected at any greater rate than hair with colour; grey hair is healthy; it has just lost its pigment.
Your transplanted grey hair will grow normally and need precisely the same care and attention as your coloured hairs.
Does hair transplant cause white hair?
No. The hair transplanted from your scalp into the donor site is precisely the same hair on your head.
If you are at an age or stage in your life where your hair is greying or slowly turning white, is nothing to do with hair transplant surgery.
It’s a natural phenomenon that most of us experience at some time in our lives. Melanocytes produce the colour of our hair.
A mix of pigments comes from melanocytes and feeds into the hair shaft as we grow. For some reason, and it’s thought the clock has just run out for the melanocytes, we lose the colour in our hair.
This process has nothing to do with hair transplantation. It’s part of the human life cycle.
Further theories are coming forward as we begin to study hair growth more and more,
Will there ever be a cure for grey hair?
Recent studies show that the cause of grey and white hair is not directly linked to melanocytes and reduced pigmentation but an increase in hydrogen peroxide!
So, at some point, there could be a cure for white hair, but it’s not here right now.
You can do things to increase the possibility of your hair remaining dark; it’s all to do with the vitamins and nutrients we consume.
Having a well-balanced diet and living a healthy lifestyle is the best thing to keep your hair dark or its original colour.
What is the permanent solution for grey hair?
There is no permanent solution without hair dyes, there are some pretty good colour-enhancing shampoos available, but it’s not a permanent solution.
If you can’t embrace your grey hair, the only solution today is to dye your hair.
Your hair colour is about genetics, and until scientists come up with a way of changing how genetics dictate what happens to our hair, we are stuck with what we have.