Due to the decreasing number of pigmented cells in the hair follicles, the hair tends to discolor from back or your natural hair color to white, silver, and even to grey. Though this usually happens during late adulthood, people of any age are still prone to experience it.
What most people do to combat this discoloration is to simply dye their hair with chemicals, which features colors of ash brown, mahogany, ultraviolet, blonde, pink, or even chocolate. Unfortunately, using these dyes to cover up this change turns out to be not a good idea after all, especially for people suffering from psoriasis and eczema.
These effects are all due to paraphenylenediamine, which is a chemical that often causes allergy to people. Typical allergic reaction includes redness, skin irritation, and swelling on the face, scalp, and neck, Style Craze reports.
Though there are some cases that changes are irreversible, others still have a solution. Given this reason, experts' advice is to stick to natural remedies first as it could also slow down or even reverse the changing of hair color without posing too much danger.
BLACK TEA
More than its relaxing taste, black tea can boost your scalps' keratin and melanin production, which could help restore your natural hair color. Furthermore, this tea also has tannin, which helps manage the production of the DTH hormone, a chemical that can cause hair loss.
To make this dye, leave three bags of black tea in a cup of boiling water. Add some elderberry, dried sage, nettle, or rosemary after. The amount depends on how dark you want your natural dye to be, as explained by Leaf TV.
COCONUT OIL AND LEMON
Perfect for young people suffering from premature greying, the mixture of coconut oil, and lemon can also help boost keratin and melanin levels. This is all because of how the coconut oil can bind proteins in the hair as it gets absorbed by the scalp. Also, it can help prevent dandruff and keep the hair healthy too.
In creating the mixture, you just simply have to mix lemon juice and coconut oil in a bowl. Once well blended, you can apply it to your hair and leave it for an hour. Just make sure every part is covered, especially your scalp.
Aside from black tea, lemon, and coconut oil, there are still a lot of natural remedies for hair discoloration that won't cost you much. These include sage, the mixture of coconut oil and ribbed gourd, the mixture of coconut oil and curry leaves, sesame seeds, bahera, and the combination of mango kernel oil and Indian gooseberry.
