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16 Year Old, Grey Hair. Have Vitamin Deficiency. Given Vitamin B12 Injection, Put Altris Get On Hair. Right Medication?
My son is 16 years old. Almost 75% of his hair is grey. We consulted skin specialist. She advice us to do Iron & Vitamin B12 test. From the result we know that he is havind Vitamin B 12 deficiency and out doctor give us Vitamin B 12 injection and put altris get on hair instead of oil. She advice us eat non veg items also. Is his hair will become black after some period.
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Tue, 12 Nov 2013
Hi i think there is no treament for converting grey hair to black hair.but early treament preventa progression of the disease..yes b12 and iron tablets are treatment of choice but it should be combined with biotin and calcium panthotenate supplementation to rget better response and use biotin rich hair oil daily once at night time
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