There are more reasons for excessive gray hair, such as normal physiological phenomenon, albinism, vitiligo, etc., which need to be dealt with according to different reasons such as hair coloring and medication.
1. Normal physiological phenomenon: with age, the body of the melanocytes in the tyrosinase activity can be a progressive loss, resulting in the disappearance of the hair shaft pigmentation, the formation of white hair. This is a normal physiological phenomenon, no special treatment is needed, and black hair can be maintained through hair coloring and so on.
2. Albinism: It is a congenital autosomal recessive leukoplakia, which can lead to the loss of pigment in the eyes, skin and hair of the patient, and with the development of the disease, it can also affect the eyesight.
Patients with albinism first need to do a good job of sunscreen, you can use broad-spectrum shading agent, while wearing appropriate clothing to protect the skin, to prevent ultraviolet damage to the skin; in addition to the local can be coated with 5% p-aminobenzoic acid alcohol solution, when there is no better treatment.
3. Vitiligo: an acquired pigment loss disease, can lead to hands, feet and back of the skin white spots, which scalp white spots on the hair can also become white. For patients with limited lesions, you can use steroids or choose 8-methyl psoralen or compound azelaic acid tincture external coating in the lesion area, can also play a role in the treatment of lesions; for patients with extensive lesions, you can use prednisone for treatment.
Once the phenomenon of excessive gray hair, we should pay attention to timely visit the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for reasonable treatment.