Rachel's first grey hair
Written by Gerard on Friday 27 March 2009
Rachel got her first grey hair the other day, which is bizarre for a 7 year old, isn't it?
Actually, Lisa noticed a few weeks ago while brushing her hair for school, but never got around to blogging about it. That's the thing about this mum/dad blogging malarkey - if you don't write it down, it'll get forgotten about. But enough lamenting the forgotten tales of our parenthood...
She came running over to show me this silver strand of hair in the middle of her head. It was bizarre to look at - really strange to see someone so young sprouting grey hair. I'm thinking of nicknaming her the Silver Surfer or something equally grannytastic. Suggestions for nicknames will be gratefully appreciated!
Now for the scandalous part. A few days after the initial discovery, Rachel came running up to me with the offending hair in her hand! Baffled, I asked her how her hair had come out, and she told me her mum had plucked it out. What? All those old wives tales about plucking a grey hair out and two more taking its place?
So this could be the start of an interesting experiment! Will Rachel develop an epidemic amount of grey hair? Will we have to add extra hair dye to the household budget? Watch this space, my friends!
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Greying of hair is melanin
Greying of hair is melanin production inhibition in the root of the hair. Not only adults, even children of eight years also face this problem of greying of hair. It may be due to genetic predisposition or many are exposed to second hand smoke, low haemoglobin. Children suffering from blood cancer, HIV, thyroid, undergoing chemotherapy, who has vitamin B12 deficiency, experience hair greying. It may also be it due protein-vitamin mineral nutritional supplements or normal ageing process.
avoid hair dye..
I'm guessing your joking, but with the toxic nature of most hair dyes - keep it away from your children as if it were a bottle of Draino!
To dye or not to dye?
You're right, I'm just joking about the hair dye! It's not even an option!