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Why doesn't leg hair turn grey?

Question

Why do you go grey on the top half of your body, but your leg hair remains brown?
Martin, Feltham

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Anna, Chelsea
Qualification: Experience of my husband
Answer: My husband was a brunette, but went grey quite early. However his legs stayed brown. But when one day, he decided to shave his legs (don’t ask me why!), his leg hair grew back grey. So the reason is that the leg hair is not replacement hair, unless it is forced to grow back.

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