I have heard that native americans never get gray hair when they get old, as well as baldness either, true?
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Of course they get gray hair! I don't know about baldness, but most have, thick coarse hair, which to me would be less likely to have baldness. My great grandfather was (part) Cherokee, lived to be 93, and did have some balding.
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The only remedy is to colour it and disguise the grey! Suggest highlights n lowlights to keep it looking natural and to avoid very obvious re-growth at the roots...I got my first grey hair at 18..its all down to genetics but can look fantastic too!
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There are many different factors to consider.\n\n#1. When most Native Americans were registered with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, many non-pure blood people were admitted as 4/4 blood quantum.  This is particularly true of many Eastern tribes, who look nothing like the Native Americans in the Southwest.\n\n#2. It is possible that he inherited a less dominant gene from his mother which would result in his white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes.\n\n#3. There are several post-secondary schools which a registered member of a federally-recognized tribe can attend tuition-free.  He would still have to pay for room and board though.  Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO is one example of a post-secondary school that offers a tuition-free education for registered members of a federally-recognized tribe.\n\n#4. Several states have agreements with tribes whose reservation resides within their state.  Montana offers free tuition to any in-state school for registered members of tribes who graduate on their respective reservations that are located within Montana.\n\n#5. Most smaller tribes have a scholarship program to pay for some, if not all, college expenses.  Larger tribes, such as the Navajo tribe, will typically pay for part of a student's college expenses.\n\nI am full-blooded Dinè, aka Navajo.  To give you some perspective on how widely financial aid varies for Native Americans, I had my first two years off college paid through scholarships and grants.  Approximately 1/5 of my college costs were paid for by my tribe.  The rest was paid for by scholarships and grants that any person can get.  For the last two years of college, I had to take out a student loan.  I do know several Native American college graduates who had their costs completely paid for by their tribe.  Those tribes tend to have an enrollment of less than a 1000 members though so they don't have to split the funds they set aside for scholarships with a lot of people whereas the Navajo tribe does.
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Only if you have thinning hair. If you hair is full and bushy, no baldness is in your future.
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That was very well written.  You sound like you are wise beyond your years and I appreciate your candidness here.  Thank you!  We are all Native Americans if we were born here, I agree with you!
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From what I've heard, yes, too much stress can lead to your hair turning gray.
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Remember that originally there were more Native Americans than Caucasians.  The country is just restoring its natural balance.
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I am .8 percent Native American. I just missed the amount you need to be to get all education free. My grandpa got college completely free though! I think the tribe was not well known so I can't tell you w/o lying.
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Typically it is just genetics. Did others in your family (parents, grandparents) have early greying? \n\nUnfortuntately, the genetics of gray hair are not well understood. Hair coloring is due to the production of melanin by melanocytes in hair follicles.  For reasons that are not yet entirely clear, as we age the amount of melanin producted by these cells decreases and hair turns gray \nand then white.  While the age of onset of gray hair varies tremendously most people start to show some gray hair in their 30s.\n\nTiming and rate of graying do appear to have a genetic component but most likly involve muliple genes on different chromosomes rather tan a single gene.\n\nThe evidence for a genetic component is also found in families in which multiple members have premature graying (teens or early 20s) and in specific genetic syndromes such as progeria or Brooks syndrome which characteristically include premature gray hair.\n\nhttp://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/Sep2003/1064505603.Ge.r.html\n\nThere has been some association with early grey and smoking. Do you smoke? If so, stop. Will make your skin less wrinkled, as well!\n\nI think that Grecian Formula works very well at returning your hair color. Have to keep using it, but it works well.\n\nhttp://www.grecian-formula.com/\n\nHope this helps.
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Yes it is true.  Melanin is a wonderful thing when it comes to aging.  That an the fact that black people don't subject their skin to the harshness of the sunlight in the way that some do.
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why does your hair look gray?
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Hair color is caused by a pigment (melanin) produced by hair follicles. With aging, the follicle produces less melanin.\n\nGraying often begins in the 30s, although this varies widely. Graying usually begins at the temples and extends to the top of the scalp. Hair becomes progressively lighter, eventually turning white.\n\nMany people have some gray scalp hair by the time they are in their 40s. Body and facial hair also turn gray, but usually later than scalp hair. The hair in the armpit, chest, and pubic area may gray less or not at all.\n\nGraying is genetically determined. Gray hair tends to occur earlier in Caucasians and later in Asian races. Nutritional supplements, vitamins, and other products will not stop or decrease the rate of graying.
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I'm glad somebody asked this question. I'm 36, and to a lot of people on here that probably seems old. The avitars all look 18 and skinny. What about us old people that have a bald spot and a spare tire?
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I am 37 and have alot of grey hair ...so what....if it bothers you get rid of it...i think personally it is a sign of wisdom
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I point out that "God made them" fails entirely to explain the situation.  Adam and Eve cannot contribute enough different versions of genes (four total, assuming no duplicates) to account for the modern diversity of hair color, much less the really complicated traits (over 100 different versions in some cases).\n\nAncestral humans were dark haired.  Mutant genes for different hair colors have occured at various times in history.  Caucasians seem to have several.  It's not clear why.  It's suspected that it may have to do with general color reduction to allow us to produce more vitamin D (I think that's the one we produce with sunlight).  Dark hair on the body would absorb light and keep it off the skin, just like melanin in the skin would absorb it and keep it from being used.\n\nThe people who lived in Japan before it's current ethnic group moved in had a red hair gene that was fairly common and still crops up on occasion in Japan to this day, though not at all often.
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From your avatar I'm guessing that you are a woman.\nSee a doctor to be sure no medical or nutritional problems are the cause of the thinning. This can also be caused by overprocessing the hair with colors, perms etc... as far as the greying you can always color your hair. If you are truly losing your hair (some women do) get a wig.\n\nIf you asking for a man, it is a normal thing after a certain age. Just cut it short and live with it.
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Male pattern baldness is actually carried on the female gene.  Look at your mother's family for who to blame.\n\nJust do us all a favor.  When you get that little ring around your head, going from ear to ear around back, dont' grow that long just to proveyou can grow hair.  We can still see you have a bald spot and are not impressed.  In fact, I think long hair there emphasizes how little there is on top.