Celebrities like Kate Hudson and Sienna Miller have made unconventional colours trend of the season and youngsters are going all out to experiment with their tresses. While your parents may scare you saying that excessive dying will turn your hair grey, it is as good as a classic old wives tale. It is true that colouring your hair makes it dull and more vulnerable to breakage and loss but, it does not cause premature greying. It is also a myth that dyeing your hair will lead to an increase in the number of white hair.
The truth is that many factors such as hereditary and a large amount of stress lead to greying of hair. When you apply hair dye, the follicles where the grey hair originates, remains unaffected. Moreover, the hair colour also do not impact pigment melanin that is responsible for grey hair.
In fact, the only way to cover grey hair is by dyeing them. You might suddenly notice that you are going grey when you stop dyeing your hair.
So, you can breathe a sigh of relief as colouring of hair will not contribute to white hair. Just go for hair dye colours that are ammonia free so that you are less susceptible to hair breakage.
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For more articles on haircare, visit our haircare section. For daily free health tips, sign up for our newsletter. For health related queries, visit our Q & A section. Reference: Aging Hair, Ralph M. Trueb, Desmond Tobin, 2010, 212- Page