Brief Answer:
Kindly elaborate your query

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I can understand your concern for grey hairs.

After reading your query and analyzing the complete situation I can make out that your condition is known as "Canities".

In view to help you better I request you to kindly elaborate certain points:

- Since how long you have grey hair problem.

- Are there any grey hair on beard area too.

- Is there anyone in your family having early greying of hair.

- any illness in before starting of this problem.

- What is your present occupation and daily routine.

Hope to hear soon from your side.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD- Dermatology

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Brief Answer:
"Canities": Diet improvisation and medications.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

Welcome again and thanks for posting your details. I can understand the concern for grey hairs at the age of 34 years. As I said previously early greying of hair at this age is known as "Canities".

Let you understand basic medical facts regarding greying- Our hair roots contains color producing cells known as mealnocytes. These cells continuously secrete color into the hair shaft. During aging process after the age of 30-35 years these stops functioning in a skewed manner and accordingly the hair becomes grey slowly. If at all this process appears earlier than 30s then we call it as Premature canities.

As I can get from your history that it stared around 5 years back so was bit earlier but not unusual.

The exact cause has not been identified yet but we implicate genetical factors, nutritional factor and preceding illness to be important causes. Many times stress, dietary imbalance or any log term illness is considered to be an underlying important cause. Many a times the scalp hair color is basically genetically mediated so it depends on family pattern also in some persons. I can make out that your job profile is bit stressful where you have to work for 24 hours sometimes

For the prevention part- I first of all counsel my patient that greying of hair is not a disease entity. Additionally there is no pin point or to the point treatment for it.

I counsel my patients to take vitamins in the form of biotin, calicium pantothenate and other vitamin B complexes. Multivitamin tablets contains all these essential nutrients and zinc with above mentioned vitamins.

Additionally I suggest my patients to increase the protein intake on daily basis and eat sprouts. Eat a lot of green leafy vegetables and sprouts which contains vitamins and minerals necessary for normal hair function.

Recently a new compound in gel form is now available in the market which contains "melitane" (commercially available as Altris gel) a new compound launched to prevent premature greying. It contains a peptide which stimulates the pigment producing cells of hair.

Additionally a Hair Serum ( Q-SERA BLACK) is also available. It contains Phytic acid, Amino acids, peptides & Acetyl Hexapeptide-1. This serum protects hair from UV rays causing structural damage i.e. internally & externally along with the prevention of greying. You should consult a dermatologist and take guidance so that long term use can be maintained.

Over all improve your diet with fruits and green leafy vegetables and reduce your stress too!!!

I hope this information will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.

"Wish you good health"

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)

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