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What Are The Factors Responsible For Graying Hair?
As we become older, our hair undergoes a process that causes it to lose its color. At first, our hair becomes progressively gray as its colour fades, and finally, it becomes totally white as melanin disappears entirely. Melanocytes are the cells in the hair follicle that are responsible for the production of these pigments, which are termed melanins.
Melanocytes gradually become less capable of producing melanin as time passes. For the majority of individuals, this begins between the ages of 40 and 50; but, for others, it may begin as early as the 20s or 30s. The only thing that can be said with certainty about this phenomenon is that it is in some way predetermined by an individual’s genetic make-up. The graying process starts at the temples in almost all cases and then gradually spreads throughout the whole scalp.
Find Out If You Qualify For A Gray Hair Transplant In Toronto
If you want to learn more about the hair transplant process with gray hair, contact our Nova Medical Hair Transplant clinic in Toronto and we would be happy to provide you with all the necessary information you need. Call us today or fill out a contact form on our website!
Is It Possible To Do A Hair Transplant Using This Sort Of Hair?
When it comes to performing a hair transplant on people with gray hair who suffer from alopecia problems, it is imperative that it be made clear that these types of patients are suitable to undergo a hair transplant as long as they meet the same requirements as patients with pigmented hair. These requirements include the fact that the hair loss process has stabilized, as well as the fact that the quantity and quality of follicles in the donor area are adequate.
It is a known fact, however, that conducting a hair transplant on a person whose hair is beginning to gray is a more challenging task. Why? Because gray hair seems to have less density and covering of bald regions, and because the coloring of the follicles makes it more difficult for the medical team to detect them and remove them from the donor area, grey hair is not a good candidate for hair transplantation in most cases.
The outcomes of the procedure will be determined by the type of hair that is present in the donor area. If the hair in the donor area is gray, the transplant will be performed using grey hair, and the hair will continue to be gray when it grows back after the procedure. On the other hand, if the hair in the donor area is pigmented, the transplanted hair will also be pigmented. In any event, even if the hair that was transplanted has its own natural pigmentation, this will not prevent the hair from eventually losing its color and becoming gray over time.
Because the lack of pigmentation in hair does not affect the quality or durability of the hair, the results of the transplant in terms of recovery time, hair density, duration of the hair transplant results, etc., will be the same regardless of whether the transplanted hair is grey or not. This is because the absence of pigmentation in hair does not affect the quality of the hair.
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