Grey hairs thicker than pigmented hairs?

[GoldenMane]

Anyone else noticed this? I've started to get a few more greys this past year and it's strange how much thicker they are than pigmented hairs, even in my donor zone. Just me? If this is what I can look forward to, then bring on the grey hair!

 

[Joan]

Anyone else noticed this? I've started to get a few more greys this past year and it's strange how much thicker they are than pigmented hairs, even in my donor zone. Just me? If this is what I can look forward to, then bring on the grey hair!

Unfortunately, I can say that gray hairs are thicker since I have tons of them (which I color, of course). They're also wiry, though, so there is a downside.

 

[GoldenMane]

Ah so it's not just my imagination? Going grey is nothing compared to hair loss... If it will make my hair thick and wiry then hopefully that I'd rather have grey hair now! Hopefully it will offset age related thinning to some degree...

 

[Wolf Pack]

I want a thick head of white hair in my 50s

 

[GoldenMane]

I'd settle for that thick head of white hair now!

 

[christina berg]

always dreamed and hoped to get silver hair.

 

[GoldenMane]

We're all going to have silver hair! Just possibly not on the top of our heads

 

[christina berg]

Hopefully by then there will be grate gene technology and the nano science has evolved...so all of us will have grate thick silver hair....it is the future after all

 

[oye_rg]

My grey hair are much thicker than pigmented hair, more like beard hair.
And much more stiff, i.e. they 'stand up' more.
I wish pigmented hair were like that it would have given me better density.

 

[Armando Jose]

Acording with my theory thicker hair are less prone to balding. (Related with problems with sebum flow)

Then, is this issue (thickness) the reason that grey hair is more resistent to hairloss? Probably yes.

 

[GoldenMane]

I really don't think that's the case. From what I've read, grey hair appears thicker because usually grey hair comes with age, and less sebum production also comes with age. The lower sebum and oil production results in coarser, drier hair texture which results in greater hair volume. This is offset by natural age related thinning however. If sebum and oil was the cause, then people wouldn't suddenly start going bald in their 50s and 60s when their skin has become much drier.

My hair is already fine, even in my donor zone, so I dread to think how much thinner it can become!

 

[Armando Jose]

Gray hair is thicker than normal hairs, ....

http://jacobsphysics.blogspot.com.es/2010/08/thickness-of-gray-vs-brown-hair.html

 

[GoldenMane]

I agree, grey hair is thicker, or at least appears to be! But the question is why? And if grey hair is thicker or resistant to male pattern baldness, then why would a man in his 50s or 60s with grey hair start balding (a common phenomenon. I imagine grey hairs may be thicker due to having a frayed cuticle as a result of lower sebum production (dryness).