Author :
Dr. Sheikh Jeelani
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Growing old is a natural and inevitable process, and age will catch hold of all of us at some point in time greying hair, sagging skin, fine lines, and wrinkles are all a part of it. But now, even young adults in their 20s are being afflicted by greying hair, with a few streaks of salt and pepper or full-on white hair. Although fashion police are passing this as a hot trend, the normal age for hair greying is from the mid-30s and it is considered premature and unnatural if it turns grey by the age of 20 or before 30. Hair gets its natural color from a pigment that is produced by melanocyte cells that are present in the hair follicles. Hair turns grey when these cells stop producing the pigment