Gray Hair Transplant

What Is Gray Hair?

Before giving the right answer if it is possible to transplant gray or white hair, we should make it clear what white hair is and what causes it. White hair or gray hair is a common problem experienced by most people, especially after a certain age. It is considered more of a consequence of a natural process rather than a health condition. The pigment that gives the hair color is called melanin. There are two types of melanin pigments: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Eumelanin is a dark pigment found in dark-haired people and pheomelanin is a light pigment mostly responsible for red hair. Your hair will inevitably go gray as the amount of these pigments decrease over time.

Your hair follicles produce an insufficient amount of pigments as you age so you do eventually lose your original hair color. However, it can also occur at a young age due to a variety of factors such as psychological and physiological factors.  Premature graying of hair is an unwanted experience but it can be corrected with hair dye. Graying of hair may also progress to be the entire scalp beginning from only in the frontal hair.

Causes Of Gray Hair?

Gray hair may be caused by various factors including stress, genetics, and autoimmune disease. Genetics is by far the most common cause of graying of hair. However, overuse of chemical hair products, stress, thyroid disorders, nutrient deficiencies, and autoimmune diseases play a role in raying of hair too.

Genetics

Hereditary reasons are responsible for most cases of graying of hair. That is why some people have just a few gray hairs even if they are over the age of 50. You have encompasses DNA strands that determine such details as what color your eyes will be, how tall you will grow, and what kind of diseases you are prone to. Genetic codes are inherited and passed from ancestors to newborns. So you acquire your genetic make-up from your mother and father. So genetics play a vital role in so many health conditions and our physical characteristics.

Stress

Studies show that stress is a major factor that significantly reduces hair follicles in mice. All kinds of stress, whether physical or emotional, can lead to graying of hair as well as hair loss. This is known and experienced first hand by many people.

Old Age

The substance that gives hair color is melanin which is a naturally produced pigment and present in the hair follicles. As we age, our bodies produce less melanin, leading to graying of hair. This is because the melanin pigment gradually decreases over time. Melanin is the main factor that determines hair color. Since melanin production decreases, our hair changes color and starts to turn gray.

Gray Hair Transplant

This is a question asked by so many people because most people with hair loss issues have also gray hair. Many people experience some level of gray hair before they start to lose their hair due to androgenetic alopecia. Androgenetic alopecia is the most common type of hair loss resulting from genetic predisposition and hormones.

So, the answer to this question is simply ‘’yes’’. Gray hair can be transplanted with no problems at all. Actually, any kind of hair can be transplanted safely. Gray hair is as healthy as hairs of other colors but most people mistakenly tend to think that gray hair has lost its vitality. As long as your hair and scalp are healthy and you do not have any skin conditions affecting your scalp, you can have hair transplant surgery successfully. A hair transplant for gray or white hair is completely ok as long as your hair follicles are still healthy.