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> "We now know for sure that stress is responsible for this specific change to your skin and hair, and how it works," says Prof Ya-Cieh Hsu, research author fro
by therealdrag0 7y ago
> "We now know for sure that stress is responsible for this specific change to your skin and hair, and how it works," says Prof Ya-Cieh Hsu, research author from Harvard University.
Interesting! I would have guessed stress's involvement was mostly myth and actually just natural aging based on genes.
- toyg 7y ago> I would have guessed stress's involvement was mostly myth Looking at Barack Obama's hair before and after his first term, I would have said the opposite...
- backupcavalry 7y agoI suspect just about every president's before-and-after is less than flattering. Wonder if anyone made a compilation?
- therealdrag0 7y agoSure I've seen the meme, but it's not enough on its own. You also have to compare that to other people at a similar age over the course of 8 years... Many people turn gray in middle age, not just presidents under stress!
- pochamago 7y agoI got more than a few gray hairs during the most stressful time of my life, and then they stopped popping up once I was out. It's always been anecdotal, but very well supported by the number and reliability of them