What makes your hair turn white faster

Our hair tends to slowly turn white as we grow older, but the process can be accelerated by severe trauma or continuous stress. — Photos: AFP

People usually start gradually greying in their thirties. Once across the age of 50, one will be hard-pressed to successfully disguise one’s white hair without paying monthly visits to a hairdresser.

However, medical reports suggest the process of hair colour loss, which scientists call canities or achromotrichia, can be greatly accelerated by persistent acute stress or severe trauma.