premature greyingOne of the unavoidable stages of human existence is aging, which is characterized by ongoing catabolic changes in the body. One of the distinguishing features of animals is hair and greying of hairs is a complex physiological phenomenon that occurs with normal ageing. The hair ...
(particularly cryptorchidism, hypospadius, and neural tube defect), stillbirth, postnatal death, mental deficiency, age of menopause, premature greying of hairs (more than 50% greying of scalp hairs before the age of 40 years), premature ageing (more than 10 years older in appearance than ...
While this may seem to be happening, it is simply the natural process of graying hairs. Each one that grows when the person is aging has less and less melanin, so the pigmentation level is less and less. Eventually, the new hairs that are coming in contain little or no pigmentation. Too...
Linear and logistic regression analyses were used for the multivariate analyses of independent variables associated with hair greying.Results: The CVRFs were higher in CAD group. Hair whitening score (2.7±1.3 vs. 3.3±1.2, p=0.002), hair losing score (1.2±0.9 vs. 1.5±1.0, p=0.038) and ...
People who smoke have characteristic facial changes similar to those seen in premature aging. Grey hair, facial wrinkles, and smoking are also established risk factors for myocardial infarction. Although greying and hair loss are natural phenomena that affect us all, one of us (JGM) had often ...
Familial longitudinal melanonychia and premature hair greying: a new genetic entity?2009 The Authors JEADV 2009, 23 , 1092鈥 1115 Journal compilation 2009 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Corporation, Japan) was used and we found white hairs in both patients. Figure 1(b,c) show ...