• female
• 50 Years
• 31/03/2021

Why do white hair come?

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Dr Ranjith Darla

General Practitioner

• MBBS
• 3+ Yrs

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As we get older, the pigment (melanin) in our hair die and with loss of that hair turns transparent ie white

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