What causes premature graying of hair

Many young people suffer from premature graying of hair. Although it does not have any specific physiological harm, it will cause varying degrees of psychological harm to young people. Some young people are depressed all day long because of premature graying of hair and do not know how to face others; some young patients are often laughed at by others and called "old men". What causes gray hair in teenagers? Now let me tell you what the causes of premature graying of hair are.

1. Mental factors: If a person is depressed, in a bad mood, or highly nervous, or overworked for a long time, his hair may turn from black to white. Maintaining a positive and optimistic attitude towards life and having a good mental state are the most critical factors in preventing and treating premature graying of hair.

2. Nutritional status: Hair is an appendage of the skin and, like other organs and tissues in the body, requires adequate nutrition. Medical clinical observations have shown that if the body lacks protein, vegetable oil, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and vitamin B6 for a long time, the hair will turn from black to white. Protein deficiency can also cause hair to lose pigment, turning it brown or gray. Lack of essential fatty acids can also cause hair color to fade. Lack of vitamin B12, folic acid, para-benzoic acid, etc. can cause hair to turn gray. Lack of trace elements such as copper, cobalt, and iron can also lead to gray hair. Eating too much sugar can make your hair dry and yellow. Hypogonadism can cause premature graying of hair.

3. Disease, medicine and genetics: Disease, medicine and genetics are also factors that cause hair to turn from black to white. Endocrine disorders such as hypopituitarism and hyperthyroidism, wasting diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid fever, pernicious anemia, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, etc. are all diseases that have been found to be related to the change of hair from black to white.

4. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that young and middle-aged people are full of blood and easily excited, with hyperactivity of liver fire, which damages liver yin and causes deficiency of yin and blood; after middle age, what they wish for will not come true, liver qi stagnation occurs, and it attacks the spleen, causing dysfunction of the spleen and insufficient production of qi and blood; or there may be congenital deficiency of kidney essence and qi, or due to long-term illness, old age and physical weakness, which damages essence and qi, and the inability of essence to produce yin and blood, resulting in insufficient liver blood, all of which can lead to loss of nourishment for hair and premature graying of hair.

5. Lifestyle habits: long-term mental work, overtime work, lack of physical exercise, etc.

The above are the reasons why teenagers have white hair. Although there is no very effective method to treat premature graying of hair, as young people, we should not let ourselves live in an unhappy world because of white hair, nor do we need to care about other people’s opinions. What we need to do is to make ourselves live happily and get rid of worries.