Gray hair is a rite of passage that happens to virtually everyone by the age of 50 (and usually starts much sooner). Despite its commonality, why hair grays has remained much of a mystery, until now. STORY AT-A-GLANCE An international team of researchers has discovered the first gene linked to gray hair
The gene has previously been linked to blonde hair in Europeans and is now connected to gray hair as well
The gene accounted for about 30% of hair graying among study participants One you reach the age of 30, you have a 10% to 20% chance of graying hair with each passing decade.1 It’s a fact of life that, eventually, virtually everyone will go gray….