Why is my child's hair turning yellow?

Many people think that since they are Chinese, their hair should be black. However, it is not difficult to find in our daily life that many Chinese people still have yellow hair. Of course, there are many possibilities. Some are congenital, and some are acquired due to hair dyeing. So why do children's hair turn yellow? There are many explanations. Let us take a look together and give parents some pointers.

There are many reasons for yellow hair, including different races, genetics, the content of trace elements such as iron, lead, zinc, cobalt, copper, platinum, nickel in the hair, the amount of melanin in hair cells, and diseases (phenylketonuria, kidney disease). Therefore, yellowing of hair is related to nutrition and disease. Disease has been ruled out. Eating too much sugar and fat in the diet, too much acidic substances will cause the hair to turn yellow, and there is a lack of certain trace elements (iron, copper, zinc, etc.). Copper deficiency can reduce the function of tyrosinase, thus affecting the metabolism of melanin, and iron and zinc deficiency can affect the development and growth of hair cells, causing hair to turn yellow. It is recommended to go to the hospital for testing and treatment. Paying attention to adding complementary foods at 6 months old will also make your child's hair healthier.

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First of all, everyone knows that the medulla and cortex cells of normal hair contain melanin granules, which determine the color of the hair. The keratin cells in the hair obtain nutrition from the hair papilla. Any factors that affect the nutrition supply of the hair papilla will affect the growth of melanin, and thus affect the hair color.

In addition, the level of human nutrition affects the division of hair matrix cells. Therefore, the speed of hair matrix cell division directly affects the density, growth rate and quality of hair. People with low nutrition levels or even severe malnutrition will suffer from hair withering or even hair loss over time.

From this we can see that thin and yellow hair in young children is not a disease. The quality of the hair has a lot to do with the baby's nutritional level. If you want your baby to have thick, black hair, you must first ensure that the child has enough nutrition and add some foods rich in iron, zinc and calcium to the diet, such as milk and dairy products, beans, vegetables, and dried shrimps, which are high in calcium. Liver, meat, fish, rapeseed, amaranth, spinach, leek, etc. contain high levels of iron. In addition, the use of iron tableware can help supplement iron. If you have a picky eating habit, you should try to correct it.

It is also worth mentioning that some parents shave their children's hair when they are infants in order to make their baby's hair grow thicker. This practice is extremely harmful because shaving a baby's head can easily cause trauma. When a baby's scalp is injured, due to its low resistance to disease, bacteria can easily invade the scalp, causing scalp inflammation or folliculitis, thus affecting hair growth.

Why does my child’s hair turn yellow? First of all, parents should pay attention to their children's diet, because many foods cannot supplement the trace elements needed by children themselves, so parents should first figure out what their babies need most. Secondly, it is best to go to the hospital for examination, because many diseases start with yellowing hair. So parents should pay great attention to it and prescribe the right medicine.