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Losing pigment in remaining hair, anyone else experiencing this?
I have had diffuse alopecia for about ten years. My hair was a very dark brown, and now my hair is losing it's pigment and is sort of reddish. Is this something typical of alopecia? Has this happened to anyone else? I also notice a weird pigment pattern on strands of hair....like dark brown and then almost white and then brown again.
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Permalink Reply by BaldGirlsDoLunch.org on
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Hi Heather,
Yes, it's crazy but it happens. The way we get normal hair pigment is due to the relative percentage of eumelanins and pheomelanins ( proteins) that we have. Any disruption to the normal process in which amino acids are activated in the presence of certain enzymes and a major color change can result. It's all bio- chemistry.
According to a study published in 2001 black hair contains approximately 99% eumelanin and 1% pheomelanin, brown and blond hair contain 95% eumelanin and 5% pheomelanin; and red hair contains 67% eumelanin and 33% pheomelanin (Borges 2001).
The molecular chemistry gets messed up in alopecia areata, so the pigment process can get messed up, too.
When hair regrows it can also grow back in a different texture and color from what it used to be, too.
Thea
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Permalink Reply by lynne on
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hey heather yip pigment is a normal process of regrowth, i have red hair and its bn growin bak in pure white and softer then i shaved it off and have some dark brown strands now to, it can take a while for ur pigment to come bak i have heard of some people gettin a total different colour bck, x
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Permalink Reply by amanda ackroyd on
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hello my hair was straight and dark brown and wen it started to grow back it came white then after a year it turned ginger and really curly,and now it looks different colours in different lights
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I think this is crazy lol ...
I had red hair and now it is coming in white all over and it use to fall out then come in my natural colour but this time it keeps growing white and i have hairs from just out of the scalp up to 2-3 inches long..
I had no idea you could have completely different hair and colour :S
I know my white hairs seem really rough too like straw which worries me!!
but it seems to be coming in curly which i did have curls before.... i dont know this stuff is confusing not to mehntion frustrating
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