Comments on: Is radiation causing prematurely gray hair? http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/15/is-radiation-causing-prematurely-gray-hair/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nancy Rawson http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/15/is-radiation-causing-prematurely-gray-hair/#comment-12652 Nancy Rawson Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:40:21 +0000 http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/?p=1243#comment-12652 If this hypothesis were true, all airline personnel would be gray early - which does not seem to be the case at least based on my personal knowledge (small n), and not based on in-air observations but on people I know in the industry personally, so I know they aren't dying their hair! If this hypothesis were true, all airline personnel would be gray early – which does not seem to be the case at least based on my personal knowledge (small n), and not based on in-air observations but on people I know in the industry personally, so I know they aren't dying their hair!

]]> By: Mary Calif http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/15/is-radiation-causing-prematurely-gray-hair/#comment-12647 Mary Calif Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:20:13 +0000 http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/?p=1243#comment-12647 I have two brothers and one sister. My brothers and I, all born during the early 1950's, were x-rayed "in utero". This was before ultrasonography, and our mother's physician, suspecting some problem with her pregnancies, took the extreme step of using x-rays to verify they were normal. My mother was under the care of another physician when she was pregnant with my sister, and no x-rays were performed. My brothers and I produce minimal melanin and have had platinum hair since birth, although with hazel or blue eyes and without some symptoms that one associates with true albinism. My sister has auburn hair and more normal skin coloring. I suspect that multiple factors may influence loss of hair color. Radiation is perhaps one of these and genetics another -- and some of us may have been affected by both! I have two brothers and one sister. My brothers and I, all born during the early 1950's, were x-rayed "in utero". This was before ultrasonography, and our mother's physician, suspecting some problem with her pregnancies, took the extreme step of using x-rays to verify they were normal. My mother was under the care of another physician when she was pregnant with my sister, and no x-rays were performed. My brothers and I produce minimal melanin and have had platinum hair since birth, although with hazel or blue eyes and without some symptoms that one associates with true albinism. My sister has auburn hair and more normal skin coloring. I suspect that multiple factors may influence loss of hair color. Radiation is perhaps one of these and genetics another - and some of us may have been affected by both!

]]> By: Donna Wood Lil' Tennessee http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/15/is-radiation-causing-prematurely-gray-hair/#comment-12620 Donna Wood Lil' Tennessee Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:49:10 +0000 http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/?p=1243#comment-12620 I started going grey at 16 years of age. My Grandmother on my Mom's side of the family had completely white hair by the time she was 20 years of age. I worked for three years taking dental x-rays for an oral surgeon I worked with and was going grey long before that. I believe it's genetic. I am basing this on my own personal experience. Donna Wood Lil' Tennessee I started going grey at 16 years of age. My Grandmother on my Mom's side of the family had completely white hair by the time she was 20 years of age. I worked for three years taking dental x-rays for an oral surgeon I worked with and was going grey long before that. I believe it's genetic. I am basing this on my own personal experience.

Donna Wood
Lil' Tennessee

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