/oss/taxonomy/term/7053/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition-general-science/stress-can-change-shade-your-strands <p>My first gray hair appeared when I was the age of twenty-three, within two months of my mom passing away. Of course, this is anecdotal evidence and should not be taken as proof that stress causes hair to go gray. However, as it turns out, science agrees with my anecdote, and research has repeatedly shown that hair (or fur in non-human animals) can turn gray due to high stress levels.</p> Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:00:52 +0000 Ada McVean M.Sc. 9604 at /oss