American scientists claim that they have discovered the reason why hair turns gray with age. These scientists have claimed that when the cells that keep the hair black lose their ability to mature, the hair begins to turn white.
If these cells mature, they turn into melanocytes, which maintain the hair’s natural color. A team of researchers from New York University has done this research on mice. Mice have the same type of hair cells.
The research scientists claim that it will help start the process of re-darkening gray hair. According to the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), the study of melanocytes will help find treatments for certain types of cancer and other health conditions.
We get old and our hair keeps falling out. It is a normal process of our life which continues throughout our life. Hair grows from hair glands in the skin, where the cells that keep the hair dark are located. These cells are formed and destroyed regularly. These cells are formed from stem cells. Scientists at New York University believe that when stem cells stop producing these cells for any reason, people’s hair begins to turn white.
The New York University Health team has studied the process of formation and growth of these cells with the help of special scanning and lab techniques. When hair ages and begins to fall out, hair continues to grow. But later the cells of the melanocytes start to slow down. The stem cells stabilize in place but the melanocytes do not improve.
Due to this, the process of color formation stops and the hair starts turning white. “Our study helps us understand how melanocyte stem cells work to keep hair dark,” Dr. Si Sun, a PhD scholar at New York University Langone Health and leader of the research team, told Nature Journal. “
This is not the first time that scientists have hoped to turn white hair back to black. However, malnutrition is also considered to be one of the causes of premature graying of hair. On the other hand, some other researchers believe that stress also causes graying of hair, improving mental health can prevent graying of hair for a while.
According to some researchers, gray hair has genetic causes. Usually people try to remove a hair when it turns gray. According to experts, it is not possible to stop other hairs coming from the same cells from turning white. Damage to the hair follicles also stops the growth of new hair, in which case the hair begins to recede or become bald.
Dr. Yousser Al Naimi, from the British Hair and Nail Society, says that scalp health becomes important as we age for good hair growth. “Recent research in mice has increased our understanding of hair follicles and the cells that keep hair dark,” he added.
“More information is being gained about the potential of stem cell therapy for hair loss and other conditions.” Can smooth.
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