I started going gray in my 20s. It's gotta be genetic right? I've always admired people who rock the full gray hair, but mine doesn't look all cool and sophisticated. It's not gray enough to make a fashion statement, it's just gray enough to make me look like I don't care about my hair. So I dye my hair to cover the canas and it is a real pain in the butt. Science has just discovered a cure for gray hair, though, and I'm so excited about it.
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According to an online report published in The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ( FASEB) Journal, hair goes gray because "massive epidermal oxidative stress" through the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide. Oh boy, that's just a lot of words to say that it bleaches itself from the inside out. Okay, so now there is a topical cream called "pseudocatalase" that is activated by the sun and can cure or reverse the whole graying process.
What?! You mean I could actually get my natural hair color without having to unnaturally dye it back to its natural color. Science is amazing.
Not only is this topical cream good for get rid of gray, it's also useful in the treatment of vitiligo which causes de-pigmentation of sections of skin. I have relatives with vitiglio and it's not easy to face the world when patches of you face or body are a different color than the rest of you. Many people are kind, but many are ignorant and cruel. This cream sounds like it would be a wonderful solution.
Unfortunately the cream is not available at a drug store near you or me yet, but one can hope that it is coming soon. Oh how I would love to say goodbye to dying my hair once every six weeks.
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