Facts About Gray Hair
All the Shades of Gray
Science of Grays
When and Why It Happens
How Race Plays a Role
What’s Premature Gray?
Do Health Problems Turn Hair Gray?
Does Stress Make You Go Gray?
The Smoking Link
To Pluck or Not to Pluck …
Do Grays Feel Different?
Tame Those Tresses
Special Care for African American Hair
No-Dye Camouflage
Or, Just Dye It!
Herbal Cover-Up
Go Au Naturel
Get the Right Cut
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SOURCES:
The Library of Congress “Everyday Mysteries: Why Does Hair Turn Gray?”
Tsippora Shainhouse, MD, dermatologist, Beverly Hills and Long Beach, CA; clinical instructor, University of Southern California.
Harvard Medical School: “Why Does Hair Turn Gray?”
Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology: “Premature Graying of Hair.”
Indian Dermatology Online Journal: “Smokers' hair: Does smoking cause premature hair graying?”
Diana Gallegos, editorial fashion hair expert, Twist, Cut, Extend, San Francisco.
Andrew Fitzsimons, celebrity stylist, Los Angeles; Alterna Haircare brand ambassador.
Stephanie Johnson, hair stylist, Studio Fusion, Dallas.
Rochelle Graham-Campbell, hair expert, Fort Myers, FL; co-founder & CEO, Alikay Naturals hair care.
Richard Drews, expert colorist; co-owner, White Lodge Studios Salon, Seattle.
International Journal of Women’s Dermatology: “Updates in the understanding and treatment of skin & hair disorders in women of color.”
International Journal of Trichology (India): “Hair Cosmetics: An Overview.”
Pharmacognosy Research (India): “Study of colouring effect of herbal hair formations on graying hair.”