Learn more about A.D.A.M.'s editorial policy editorial process and privacy policy. is among the first to achieve this important distinction for online health information and services. follows rigorous standards of quality and accountability. is accredited by URAC, for Health Content Provider (URAC's accreditation program is an independent audit to verify that A.D.A.M. These can be related to iron deficiency, kidney disease, and nutritional deficiencies.Īs you grow older, you will have other changes, including:Ī.D.A.M., Inc. Lengthwise ridges may develop in the fingernails and toenails.Ĭheck with your provider if your nails develop pits, ridges, lines, changes in shape, or other changes. Nails, particularly toenails, may become hard and thick. They may also become yellowed and opaque. They grow more slowly and may become dull and brittle. This can be a symptom of a health problem. Men may grow longer and coarser eyebrow, ear, and nose hair.Ĭontact your health care provider if you have sudden hair loss. Women's remaining facial hair may get coarser, most often on the chin and around the lips. Hair becomes less dense and the scalp may become visible.Īs you age, your body and face also lose hair.
Women can develop a similar type of baldness as they age. Hair loss may be at the temples or at the top of the head. A type of baldness related to the normal function of the male hormone testosterone is called male-pattern baldness. Men may start showing signs of baldness by the time they are 30 years old. Many hair follicles stop producing new hairs. So the thick, coarse hair of a young adult eventually becomes thin, fine, light-colored hair. Hair strands become smaller and have less pigment. Nearly everyone has some hair loss with aging. How much hair you have on your body and head is also determined by your genes. That hair then falls out and is replaced with a new hair. A single hair has a normal life between 2 and 7 years. Nutritional supplements, vitamins, and other products will not stop or decrease the rate of graying. Gray hair tends to occur earlier in white people and later in Asians. Graying is largely determined by your genes. Hair in the armpit, chest, and pubic area may gray less or not at all. Hair color becomes lighter, eventually turning white.īody and facial hair also turn gray, but most often, this happens later than scalp hair. Scalp hair often starts graying at the temples and extends to the top of the scalp. With aging, the follicles make less melanin, and this causes gray hair. Hair follicles are structures in the skin that make and grow hair.
Hair color is due to a pigment called melanin, which hair follicles produce. This is one of the clearest signs of aging. As you age, your hair and nails begin to change. They also keep the temperature of your body steady. Your hair and nails help protect your body.
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