• Question: why do peeps hair go grey

    Asked by wivocricket to Betul, Bridget, Ceri-Wyn, Maria on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by davbash.
    • Photo: Bridget Waller

      Bridget Waller answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Not sure really…I think that the hair cells stop producing pigment. So the new hair grows but it doesn’t have any colour from the pigment. So that explains how it happens…but not necessarily why! Lots of things change with age, and some body processes just get a bit tired!

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