Sarasota Dermatology Blog

Pluck 1 Gray Hair and 10 will Appear

Posted on 05. May, 2009 by Bradley J. Abrams, D.O. in Skin Care, Skin Conditions

“Don’t pluck your gray hair, because ten more will grow in its place.”  Almost all of us have probably heard that saying before.  For the ones that haven’t heard it, don’t worry, you’ll eventually hear it in the future.

The ability to grow ten hairs due to you plucking one is not true.    It may be easy for some to believe since you can find more gray hair later.  It’s not that more have grown due to you plucking a gray hair, it’s just part of the aging process.  Think about it.  There would be a lot less bald men if all you had to do was pluck one hair to have 10 more grow in its place.

So, feel free to pluck your gray hair if that makes you happy.

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