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A new study that is on the FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) may lead us down a road of ever present young strands of hair.
Hair begins to go gray when there is a dip in levels of an enzyme called catalase. This means that the hydrogen peroxide that naturally occurs in hair can't be broken down. So hydrogen peroxide builds up in the hair, and because other enzymes that would repair hydrogen peroxide's damage are also in short supply, hair turns gray.
Putting the brakes on that chemical chain reaction "could have great implications in the hair graying scenario in humans," write the researchers, who included Karin Schallreuter, a professor clinical and experimental dermatology at England's University of Bradford.
This will be very interesting watch unfold, hopefully it will not involve a ton of other toxic chemicals.
