Brief Answer:
Kindly elaborate your query and send pictures

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I can understand your concern for facial gray hairs with white beard.

After reading your query and analyzing the complete situation I can make out that your condition is known as "Premature canities".

In view to help you better I request you to kindly elaborate certain points:

- Since how long you have white hair problem.

- Are there any white hair on scalp too.

- Is there anyone in your family having white hair.

- What is your present occupation and daily routine.

- any illness in before starting of this problem.

- How many of hair are white. Are these all over your bear or diffusely present on the beard with few number of hair being white.

Hope to hear soon from your side.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD- Dermatology

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Brief Answer:
Premature canities: Hair Serum and diet with medications.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

Welcome again and thanks for posting your details. I can understand the concern for grey hairs at the age of 27 years. As I said previously early greying of hair is known as "Premature canities".

Let you understand basic medical facts regarding greying- Our hair roots contains color forming cells known as melanocytes. These continuously secretes color into the hair shaft. During aging process after the age of 30-35 years these stops functioning in a skewed manner and accordingly the hair becomes grey slowly. If at all this process appears early then we call it as Premature canities.

The exact cause has not been identified yet but we implicate genetical factors, nutritional factors and preceding illness to be important causes. Many times stress, dietary imbalance or any log term illness is considered to be an underlying important causes. Many a times the hair color is basically genetically mediated so it depends on family pattern also in some persons.

For the prevention part- I first of all counsel my patient that greying of hair is not a disease entity. There is no pin point treatment for it.

I counsel my patients to take vitamins in the form of biotin, calcium pantothenate and other vitamin B complexes. Multivitamin tablets contains all these essential nutrients and zinc with above mentioned vitamins, so you can take it.

Additionally increase you protein intake on daily basis and eat sprouts. Eat a lot of green leafy vegetables and sprouts which contains vitamins and minerals necessary for normal hair function.

Recently, a gel is now available in the market which contains "melitane" (commercially available as Altris gel) a new compound launched to prevent premature greying. It contains a peptide which stimulates the pigment producing cells of hair.

Additioannly a Hair Serum ( Q-SERA BLACK) is also available. It contains Phytic acid, Amino acids, peptides & Acetyl Hexapeptide-1. This serum protects hair from UV rays causing structural damage i.e. internally & externally along with the prevention of graying.You should consult a dermatologist and take guidance so that long term use can be maintained.

Over all improve your diet with fruits and green leafy vegetables, stop any substance abuse and reduce your stress too!!!

You can take further guidance from a proper dermatologist regarding all the above measures.

I hope the above information will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.

"Wish you good health and early recovery from the problem"

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)

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Brief Answer:
It requires atleast 3-6 months of period to get good recovery.

Detailed Answer:
Hello young fellow,

Thanks a lot for your further follow up.

In my patients I generally prescribe them multivitamin tablet such as H- vit forte or Xtraglo or VB 7 hair for once a day.

I am sorry to say that I am based at XXXXXXX so would not be able to meet you at XXXXXXX You can meet a dermatologist near you and can apprise him/her with my suggestions to get these prescribed.

For sprouts: you can have grams and pulses like Moong and related things to prepare sprouts. For fruits all the red fruits and sour fruits are good for giving adequate nutrition.

Though it is unpredictable to decide teh time period for good results. In my most of the patients it requires atleast 3-6 months of period to get good recovery.

I hope the above information will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.

"Wish you good health and early recovery from the problem"

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)

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