Being proactive about your hair health means stopping problems before they start. Whether your goal is to slow grey hair or avoid future hair health issues, proactive haircare gives you more control over your hair health, and your grey hair journey.
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What to Do if You’re Looking to Proactively Delay Grey Hair
If you’re like most of my clients, seeing your first grey hairs can be alarming. For many of us, those first silvery strands are a wake-up call to the aging process. The good news is that there is a lot you can do to slow hair aging and greying.
If you’re looking to avoid greying, slow, delay or repigment your grey hair, it’s time to start thinking about proactive haircare. And that doesn’t just mean calling up your colorist. There’s a lot you can do proactively to boost your hair follicles (roots) ability to produce melanin (the pigment that gives your hair its color).
What is Proactive Haircare?
As a Trichologist (hair and scalp expert) I believe in the power of proactive haircare to achieve and maintain your healthiest hair at every life stage. Your grey hairs don’t appear from nowhere, beyond genetics they can be a product of nutrient deficiencies and long-term oxidative stress (stress on your hair follicles from everyday pollution, stress and certain lifestyle habits).
Being proactive about your hair health might sound like hard work, but it’s a lot easier to prevent hair damage than to fix it after it’s happened. Arey’s philosophy is to proactively address your grey hairs at a cellular level so you can stop the melanin loss before it starts.
Can Proactive Haircare Stop Grey Hair?
Yes. Studies have shown that Arey’s core product The System reduces new grey hair growth in men, women and on all hair types and colors.
It’s easier to prevent grey hair than to reverse it, so the sooner you get proactive about your greys, the better your results will be. It's all about your percentage of grey – the less grey hair you begin with, the faster you will see noticeable results. Less than 30% of grey? You should see visible reductions in new grey hair growth within a few months of using Arey’s proactive haircare.
While repigmentation is possible for grey hairs, your white hairs can no longer produce pigment and are not likely to regain color.
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How to Use Proactive Haircare
Here’s how you can use proactive haircare to slow, delay, and even repigment your grey hair:
1 - The Best Ingredients to Stop Grey Hair:
Between travel, family time, and work, it can be hard to always eat right. And you’re not alone – almost 80% of Americans don’t get enough vitamins and minerals from their diet.1
When you’re not getting all the vitamins you need, your body prioritizes your vital organs and your hair health starts to suffer. That’s why Arey’s core haircare product is our nutritional supplement Not Today, Grey – a daily dose designed specifically to make up for whatever your diet leaves out.
Not Today, Grey is packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that boost your hair health and reduce grey hair growth:
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Vitamin B6: (as pyridoxine HCI). B6 supports your hair follicle’s ability to produce melanin – the pigment that gives your hair its color.
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Folic acid: (also known as Folate) boosts hair growth and volume. It also slows new grey hair growth.2
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Vitamin B10: (PABA). Studies show that PABA can help grey hair return to its original color.3
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Fo-Ti: a widely-used Asian herb that’s known for its ability to boost pigment levels in your hair.4
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Black sesame: full of antioxidants and vitamins E, A, and B, this oilseed promotes pigment production.5
The sooner you start to proactively nourish your hair, the sooner you will see results. For extra support, we combined Not Today, Grey with our lightweight serum To The Root™. We call this combination The System.
To The Root™ is formulated with our Mela-9 Complex™ – a powerful cocktail of antioxidants and a peptide (Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide 20 Amide) that is clinically-proven6 to preserve pigment-production.
2 – Proactive Haircare for Your Healthiest Hair:
There’s no better time than now to say hello to healthier hair and combat greying in the early stages. Your first step is to only use products designed to nourish and protect your hair against future damage and greying.
Here are some proactive haircare tips to protect all hair types:
✅ Avoid hair heat damage: always use a heat protectant before heat-styling. Repeatedly using heat tools on your hair without heat protectant can leave you with dry, brittle hair and split ends. Using a heat protectant like Mend keeps your hair safe up to 450°.
✅ Stop damage from harsh chemicals: always pick a shampoo without sulfates. Sulfates are harsh cleansers that will dry and weaken your tresses over time. Look for a balanced shampoo like Wash that cleans without stripping your hair.
Just a few simple changes to your haircare routine can prevent hair damage, promote growth, strength, shine, and even delay new grey hair growth.
✅ Give your scalp health a boost: healthy hair starts with a healthy scalp. Treat yourself to a detox scalp massage with our gentle scalp exfoliator Scrub. Scrub gently cleanses your scalp while also delivering pigment-boosting peptides to your roots.
Arey, Proactive Haircare That Works
Whatever stage you are at in your haircare journey, it always pays to use clean, balanced products that are designed to take proactive care of your hair health. That’s why all Arey products are formulated without harsh, damaging ingredients like phthalates, parabens, sulfates, gluten and artificial fragrances.
We care about your hair health, that’s why we offer up to 25% off on all subscription orders to help keep you on track with your hair health goals.
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Jay Small is a sought-after hair stylist and Trichologist in Los Angeles with over 22 years of experience. His clients consist of high-profile business and creative leaders. He trained as an apprentice to the owner of Paul Mitchell and worked in education and product development for Paul Mitchell Systems. Jay is incredibly passionate about the creative process both in terms of styling hair and developing effective products.
REFERENCES:
- https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/micronutrient-inadequacies/overview
- https://www.vogue.in/wellness/content/benefits
- Medication-Induced Repigmentation of Gray Hair: A Systematic Review - PMC
- Fo-Ti Benefits | Natural Health Guide
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30222197/
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