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Your Gray Hair is Special
you know this, right?
diagram of gray hair

Your gray hair is special.  There is no melanin in the middle of gray hair!

Why does your hair go gray?  Go here for answers!

When your hair no longer produces melanins,  only the keratin hair shaft remains.  Since keratin is ths same stuff your fingernails are made of, your gray hair is the same color as your fingernails. Your gray hair may be slightly yellowish or grayish, or pure white.  These variations are from the structure of the keratins scales, and whether they reflect more or less light, and from minerals in the water you drink and bathe with.

Click on these images for bigger pictures and more information on how to dye your gray hair with henna, indigo, and other plant dyes:
henna gray hair  henna gray hair  indigo and gray hair  plant dyes and gray hair
  
 Henna for Hair
Henna For Hair is devoted to the art and science
of dying hair with natural dyes. 
Natural hair dyes are good for your health,
and good for your planet!

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