The Shocking White Hair
Curious Cases
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Did Mary Antoinette's Hair Go White Because She Was Superstressed?
There is an auto imin condition of hairloss called alapetia ariata, which is a condition where the body sort of attacks its own hair follicles. And it preferentially will launch an attack against pigmented hair follicle. So in an individual who had, say, salt and pepper type hair, and developed lapita ariata,. then the pepper would preferentially be shed, leaving you with the white appearance. But again, it's taking a slight assumption that that individual had that salt and pepper hair in the beginning.
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