Hair is not just an attractive frame to the face, an adjunct to our vanity to be into a fashionable style which makes a statement about ourselves. It is indeed our crowning glory, a symbol of our virility, our desirability, and when turns grey our morale takes a decided turn for the worse.
Greying of hair is not an unusual thing to happen. The age when greying starts depends on one's genetic inheritance. Aging is often a reason that causes the hair to turn greyish. But premature greying of hair is a condition that demands the need to pay attention to the root cause. Nonetheless, greying of hair is a normal part of the aging process unless there is an underlying medical condition that is causing the lack of pigmentation.
Causes for Premature Greying
The premature greying may be due to following reasons:
- Premature greying of the hair is basically hereditary. So if your father's or grandfather's hair started early to turn grey there is a chance that your will also have premature greying of hair.
- Excessive prolonged stress, anxiety and tension.
- Sever illness like typhoid too can start greying of hair.
- Excessive intake of tea, coffee and alcohol.
- Excessive intake of fried and oily foods.
- Excessive intake of spices.
- Excessive intake of sour and acidic foods.
- Deficiency of nutrients especially copper can reduce the production of melanin.
What can I do about it?
There are quite a few simple home remedies to treat this condition. Some of them can be given below:
- Eat foods rich in Protein, iron, minerals, iodine and vitamin A and B.
- Vitamin A Sources: dark green vegetables & yellow fruits such as broccoli, spinach, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, pumpkin and apricots.
- Vitamin B Sources: fresh green leafy vegetables, bananas, tomatoes, cauliflower, cereals, liver, kidney, yogurt, yeast and wheat germ.
- Proteins Sources: sprouted whole grains, cereals, meat and soy in your diet.
- Minerals like zinc, iron and copper.
- Zinc Sources: red meat, chicken & green vegetables.
- Iron Sources: beef, dried apricots, red meat, parsley, eggs, wheat & sunflower seeds.
- Copper Sources: sunflower seeds, cashews, almonds, crabs and oysters, egg yolk & whole grains.
- Iodine sources: banana, carrots and fish.
- Lemon juice mixed with Gooseberry (amla) powder applied on the scalp for few days helps grey hair to turn black gradually.
- Drinking butter milk with 2 teaspoons each of yeast and wheat germ will prevent and cure premature greying of hair.
- Rub Indian gooseberry (amla) mixed in coconut oil (boil some dried amla pieces in coconut oil till it turns black) into the scalp regularly. It can show wonderful results.
- Grate some fresh ginger. Mix with honey and place it in a jar. Eat 1 tea spoon everyday.
- Applying Onion paste on the scalp for few days before taking bath helps grey hair to turn black gradually.
- Massage your hairs with coconut oil and lemon juice everyday.
- Eating Sesame (Til) seeds daily and applying its oil regularly helps grey hair to turn black.
- Eating Fenugreek (methi) sprouts regularly and applying Fenugreek paste on the scalp an hour before taking bath once in a week helps to overcome grey hair problem.
- Boil some dried ridge gourd (tori) in coconut oil till it turns black. Massage this oil in scalp and hair roots.
- Durva (Dub, a grass used to worship Lord Ganesha) paste applied before taking bath regularly helps grey hair to turn black gradually.
- Mix 1 tablespoon of table salt to a cup of strong black tea without milk. Massage this water on the scalp. Wash your hair after an hour.
- Regular application of Henna (Mehandi) paste applied an hour before taking bath helps grey hair to turn black slowly.
- Neem (Indian lilac) seeds grinded and applied on the scalp and boiled neem leaves used for washing hair helps grey hair to turn black slowly.
- Drinking Carrot juice everyday helps to keep hair black and helps to overcome grey hair problem.
We trust that these remedies solve your problem and will give your black lustrous hair back!
Because of lose or lack of vitamins & minerals which required for hair care is the reason , hormonal changes is another reason.
Rub Indian gooseberry (amla) mixed in coconut oil (boil some dried amla pieces in coconut oil till it turns black) into the scalp regularly. It can show wonderful results.
Use almond oil to hair, use mild shampoo, use herbal shampoo, Eating Sesame (Til) seeds daily and applying its oil regularly helps grey hair to turn black.
Eating Fenugreek (methi) sprouts regularly and applying Fenugreek paste on the scalp an hour before taking bath once in a week helps to overcome grey hair problem.
Eat protein rich foods as well .
Hope this will help you.
Don't do dye, This is not a solution for that. Dye has many side effects. So better do some natural treatments.
Try to include vitamins & minerals rich foods. (Eg: Eat foods rich in Protein, iron, minerals, iodine and vitamin A and B.)
Vitamin A Sources: dark green vegetables & yellow fruits such as broccoli, spinach, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, pumpkin and apricots.
Vitamin B Sources: fresh green leafy vegetables, bananas, tomatoes, cauliflower, cereals, liver, kidney, yogurt, yeast, eggs and wheat germ.
Proteins Sources: sprouted whole grains, cereals, lean meat, egg white, fish , chicken and soy in your diet.
Minerals like zinc, iron, biotin and copper.
Zinc Sources: red meat, chicken & green vegetables.
Iron Sources: beef, dried apricots, red meat, parsley, eggs, wheat, sesame seeds & sunflower seeds.
Copper Sources: sunflower seeds, cashews, almonds, crabs and oysters, egg yolk & whole grains.
Iodine sources: banana, carrots and fish.
Biotin rich foods : liver, cauliflower, salmon, bananas, carrots, egg yolks, sardines, legumes and mushrooms.
Use almond oil to hair.
Eating Sesame (Til) seeds daily and applying its oil regularly helps grey hair to turn black.
Eating Fenugreek (methi) sprouts or methi leafy regularly and applying Fenugreek paste on the scalp an hour before taking bath once in a week helps to overcome grey hair problem.
Drinking Carrot juice everyday helps to keep hair black and helps to overcome grey hair problem.
going to start including vitamins and mineralls in my diet... in a balanced manner
also the methi paste is a good idea... (makes the hair really soft)
want to try the dried amla in coconut oil.
should I use til oil or amond oil?
will do either carrot juice or til.
what about drinking amla juice? heard is good.
thanks :)
bttw, I applied a 1st layer of mehendi this morning, wil do a few more layer till the colours even out. hair is actually feeling healthier!!!
Almond oil is very good for hair grow, hair fall so better try use almond oil.
Carrot juice is beneficial for skin, eye, hair & over all health so you can drink 3 times or 2 times in a week.
Amla juice, ya you can but raw whole one is still more beneficial for health , hair as well. Apply to hair also.