I Got White Hairs And It's Been 5 Years And

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020

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Question : I got white hairs and it's been 5 years and since then I'm using hair color, reason are might be not taking care of it, now it's almost 80% of white hairs and now I feel I'm loosing hairs slowly, please suggest me on this to take care of it further. thank you

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Please send details

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor service.

I have reviewed your query.

I need more details like your age, gender, any other symptoms, any past medical history, any digestion issue, how much hair you are losing, any medicine intake, what all have you tried for it, etc.

Kindly send me details so that I am better able to help.

Meanwhile you can take precautionary measures lie using hair care products that have minimal chemicals, drink cleaner water, take becosule or any other B- complex multivitamin preparation.

Waiting for your reply.
Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vaishalee Punj (4 hours later)

Gender: M, Age: 28, not any symptoms and medical history also not anything serious. not much hair fall, but got almost 80% of white hairs

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Try serum for grey hair

Detailed Answer:
Hi again

There are many causes of white hair including genetic, hereditary and nutritional deficiencies.
I would recommend you to get your complete blood count, thyroid function tests, serum vitamin D levels and serum vitamin B 12 levels, liver function tests, kidney function tests.
Meanwhile you can take tablet calcium pantothenate 200 mg once daily and apply serum for grey hair like Q sera or Altris 5 on the scalp at night followed by sun exposure in the morning. It may take a few weeks for results. Avoid applying hair colour with ammonia as chemicals can damage hair follicles. Natural hair colour is better.
Drink cleaner water so that indigestion is not there.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar