There are many reasons you might not be ready to embrace the grey. Your first streaks of silver can be quite a shock. Greying can feel like aging, and our youth-obsessed culture hasn’t made you feel too enthusiastic about getting older. I hear these worries from many of my clients – they are looking for a healthy way to slow, delay and even prevent grey hair.
Looking for a Natural, Non-Toxic Grey Hair Solution?
You’re not alone if you’re worried about allergic reactions and other health issues from hair dye use.1 Many common hair color ingredients can damage your hair and scalp health. You could start experiencing skin irritation, weaker strands, and even hair loss.
Your color results may also be a reason to stop dying your grey hair. Grey hair is often resistant to dye products, resulting in uneven and patchy color.
At Arey, we know genetics only account for about 30% of why hair turns grey. So we turned to science to create a haircare system to help you preserve your natural hair color.
The System is a science-based haircare system that is clinically-proven to delay grey hair, prevent new grey hair growth, and even repigment grey hair.
Why Does Your Hair Turn Grey?
As you age, your hair loses melanin – a pigment-producing component that makes up your natural hair and skin color. When your production of pigment slows down, your hair turns grey, and eventually white.
The main causes of non-hereditary hair pigment loss are:
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Stress – your body's fight-or-flight response plays a key role in turning grey. Don’t skip those meditations – good mental health means better hair health.2
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Vitamin & mineral deficiencies – a diet lacking in essential nutrients can turn your hair grey prematurely. A supplement can help your hair health, thickness, and delay grey hair growth.
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Smoking – a major cause of premature greying.3
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UV exposure – UV rays cause oxidative stress resulting in dry and grey hair. 4 Don’t forget your sunhat and UV protection for your hair.
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Oxidative stress is what happens to your scalp and hair follicles when your scalp skin has an overgrowth of free radicals (unstable molecules that cause cellular damage). Oxidative stress causes an accumulation of free radical molecules around your hair follicles which can slow or stop the production of pigment in your hair, turning it grey.5
As you age, the production of free radicals increases, while your body’s defense mechanisms decrease. This imbalance leads to the progressive damage of cellular and molecular structures – resulting in greying and weakening of your hair. That’s why Arey’s proactive approach to preventing grey hair hair means focusing on antioxidants.
How Antioxidants Protect Your Hair from Going Grey
While it’s impossible to avoid free radical exposure and oxidative stress completely, there’s a lot you can do to minimize and even reverse the effects.
Scientists who study scalp and hair health believe that antioxidants are your best weapon against hair damage from oxidative stress.
Antioxidants prevent grey hair by protecting your hair color. They act as a natural “off switch” that neutralizes the free radicals attacking your scalp skin and hair follicles (roots).
Antioxidants are molecules that fight free radicals to prevent oxidative stress and delay cell damage. According to haircare expert Dr. Trüeb, “New insights into the role and prevention of oxidative stress could open new strategies for intervention and reversal of the hair graying process.”5
Meet Our Newest Antioxidant – Citrus Reticulata
At Arey, we’re continually researching new ingredients to optimize the effectiveness of The System. That’s how we discovered the powerful, naturally derived antioxidant, Citrus Reticulata that we use in our serum To The Root™.
Here’s how the antioxidant Citrus Reticulata works to prevent grey hair:
✅ It stimulates pigment production in your hair follicles.
✅ It combats oxidative stress to prevent pigment loss.
Our search for the optimal antioxidant to help prevent grey hair led us to a very special kind of mandarin orange that only grows in the specialized microclimate of Chios – a tiny island in Greece. After we sustainably harvest the organic fruit by hand, we use the island’s traditional method of distillation to extract the active ingredient – Citrus Reticulata.
How Citrus Reticulata Helps Prevent Grey Hair
Laboratory studies show that Citrus Reticulata is effective at stimulating your hair follicles to produce pigment (melanin), and also at combating oxidative stress through powerful antioxidant activity.4
Citrus Reticulata acts in two powerful ways:
✅ STOPS oxidative stress from turning hair grey
✅ PREVENTS loss of pigment in the hair strand by stimulating the production of melanin.
At Arey, we value your hair health, and want you to enjoy the best results from our clinically tested ingredients. Our clean, lightweight serum To The Root™ delivers Citrus Reticulata where you need it the most – your hair roots.
Related: how antioxidants can slow the growth of grey hair.
Reverse Grey Hair from the Inside-Out and the Outside-In
The System’s proactive approach to prevent grey hair means combating oxidative stress in two ways – topically with To The Root™ and systemically with the antioxidant-rich nutrients in Not Today, Grey.
Here’s how The System works to prevent grey hair from the inside-out and the outside-in:
- To The Root™ serum works outside-in with ingredients delivered to your follicles in their most concentrated form. Apply this silky, lightweight, fragrance-free fluid daily to either wet or dry hair.
- Not Today, Grey supplement is an antioxidant, mineral, and vitamin-rich nutritional supplement that works inside-out to deliver targeted nutrition that is proven to boost hair health, growth and thickness.
This powerful combination works to not only slow your grey hair growth but also potentially lead to repigmentation.
How long before you can expect to see results? With consistent use of the System you should see fewer greys, and improved hair thickness and health in only 24 weeks.
The earlier you start working with your body to slow and delay your grey hair, the more effective your efforts will be. So, if you have less than 30% grey hair, you will see the best results from proactive ways to prevent new grey hair.15
What Percentage Grey Are You?
Arey’s grey hair solutions work best on those who have 0-30% grey hair. If you are more than 30% grey or have white hair, you will see less powerful results. If your hair strands are completely white, our products can help improve the texture, smoothness, and elasticity of your grey hair, but you will be less likely to see repigmentation.
Because hair growth cycles take at least 1-4 months, it may take a while before you see results. Your hair health is important to us – that’s why we offer up to 25% off on all subscriptions to help keep you on track with your hair health goals. Because we believe that science + consistency = results.
Discover the Benefits of Clinically-Proven Solutions for Grey Hair
What do you get when you combine a stylist who is passionate about hair health, a visionary CEO, and an MIT-trained chemist?
You don’t get a single product – you get a whole proactive hair care system that prevents and repigments greying hair. Our mission – to bring you the cleanest, most innovative, science-based solutions for aging and greying hair.
The Arey Grey haircare system is a holistic, whole-body approach designed to work naturally with your body over time. Our products are a powerful combination of Eastern and Western traditions that are free from harsh sulfates, parabens, phthalates, artificial color and fragrances, and are always vegan and cruelty-free.
Aging is beautiful – but if your greys are growing faster than you wish, we are here for you with science-based, effective solutions. We want you to feel happy and confident with your hair. That’s why we offer up to 25% off on all subscription orders.
Have questions? Check out our FAQ page or email us at hey@areygrey.com.
Jay Small is a sought-after hair stylist and Trichologist in Los Angeles with over 22 years of experience. His clients consist of h 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.
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- How Stress Causes Gray Hair | NIH News in Health
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- Zhai X, Gong M, Peng Y, Yang D. Effects of UV Induced-Photoaging on the Hair Follicle Cycle of C57BL6/J Mice. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 2021;14:527-539
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