Can you be so scared that you're hair turns white?

My dad said he saw that happen during combat in Vietnam.

Can you be so scared that you're hair turns white?

No, hair grows slowly so it would take time for it to be white. Tremendous stress such as being very scared for a long time will cause changes in your health. This could lead to the hair becoming white but not over night.

Can you be so scared that you're hair turns white?

well, i have always had an emtreme phobia of my hair turning white. aaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! im getting so scared. when i was little my moms hair turned white on my 5th birthday. just randomly. and i started crying. i ran away to illinois and thats where i am now. so i really dont know, because i have the same problem as you. bie!! thnx for my input!!1

Can you be so scared that you're hair turns white?

I am just 22 and 15% of my hair has turned to white already and i am not scared , there is nothing to be scared about it

Can you be so scared that you're hair turns white?

Someone's hair turning white or grey overnight from a sudden shock or fear is always somebody else, not the person telling the story! Anyway hair is dead and can only change color by external events like a session at the hair salon. It can't change color any faster than a person's natural color coming in at the roots, which takes months depending on how long the hair is.

Grey or white hair is from genetics, but also from aging. And aging is accelerated by stress, and fear is very stressful.

A person's dark hair might fall out under stress, leaving behind the white or grey ones. Why the selectivity? Don't know. This is the best explanation for why this hair-turning-white legend persists.