News India Live, Digital Desk: When you look at yourself in the mirror and suddenly see a shiny white hair, your heart skips a beat for a moment. In earlier times, gray hair was considered a sign of old age and experience, but today’s reality is different. Now, silver has started shining on the heads of 25-30 year old youth and even teenagers.

We often ignore it or hide it with chemical hair colors. But have you ever wondered why our hair is losing its color in our youth? The reason for this is not only increasing age, but also some of our own habits and lifestyle.

Let us know today about those 5 big reasons which are causing your hair to turn gray at an early age.

How does hair color become white?

Let us understand it in simple language. Our skin and hair get their color from a pigment called ‘Melanin’. Our hair roots contain cells called ‘melanocytes’, which produce this melanin. When these cells reduce or stop producing melanin, the hair starts growing without any color, appearing white to us.

5 real culprits of gray hair in youth

1. Tension, tension and just tension (tension)
This is the biggest and most common cause of gray hair in today’s generation. Office pressure, tension in relationships, worries about studies – all these together increase the stress hormone ‘cortisol’ in our body. Science also believes that prolonged stress can damage the melanin-producing cells present in our hair roots, causing hair to turn gray prematurely.

2. Lack of nutrition in the plate
What we eat has a direct impact on our hair. In today’s hustle and bustle, we have often become dependent on junk food, packaged items and fast food. Due to this, our body does not get the essential nutrients which are necessary for the health of hair. Due to deficiency of minerals like Vitamin B12, Iron, Copper and Zinc, melanin production reduces and hair starts turning grey.

3. It may be in your genes (heredity)
This is a reason over which we have no control. If hair in your family, i.e. your parents or grandparents, turned gray at an early age, then there is a high possibility that your hair will also turn gray early. This is called genetic predisposition.

4. Indiscriminate use of chemical hair products
To look beautiful and stylish, we use different types of shampoos, conditioners, hair gels and colors on our hair. Most of these products contain harmful chemicals like sulphate, ammonia and peroxide. These chemicals gradually take away the natural moisture of our hair and also damage the melanin producing cells.

5. Deteriorating lifestyle (smoking and lack of sleep)
Research has revealed that the hair of smokers turns gray sooner than that of non-smokers. The toxins present in cigarettes increase oxidative stress in the body, due to which melanin cells start aging quickly. Apart from this, not getting 7-8 hours of deep sleep every day also hinders the repairing process of the body, which also affects our hair.

The appearance of gray hair is no longer just a sign of old age, but a signal from our body that we need to pay attention to our lifestyle. By eating right, reducing stress and taking proper care of our hair, we can slow down this process and keep our hair black and thick for a long time.