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Greying Gene
Greying may refer to: * Greying of hair Greying of hair, also known as greying, canities, or achromotrichia, is the progressive loss of pigmentation in the hair, eventually turning the hair grey or white which typically occurs naturally as people Ageing, age. Terminology Greying of ..., an effect of aging on hair color * ''Greying'' (album), a 2014 album by The Banner {{disambiguation ...
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Greying Of Hair
Greying of hair, also known as greying, canities, or achromotrichia, is the progressive loss of pigmentation in the hair, eventually turning the hair grey or white which typically occurs naturally as people Ageing, age. Terminology Greying of hair is the partial or complete process of a hair becoming grey or white. It is also known as ''canities'' or ''achromotrichia''. The word "canities" is derived from the Latin Language, Latin word ''cānitiēs'' for "gray hair, old age". Overview Changes in hair colour typically occur naturally as people age, eventually turning the hair grey and then white. This normally begins in the early to mid-twenties in men and late twenties in women. More than 60 percent of Americans have some grey hair by age 40. The age at which greying begins seems almost entirely due to genetics. Sometimes people are born with grey hair because they inherit the trait. The order in which greying happens is usually: nose hair, hair on the head, beard, body ha ...
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