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Does stress really make your hair go gray faster?

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Relax! We've all been told to take a deep breath on occasion when things got too stressful. Everyone know stressing out does no good for you, either mentally or physically. Too much stress has been linked to a variety of health problems including heart disease, headaches, stomach problems, and sleep disorders, just to name a few.

But can stress turn hair gray faster, as an old wives' tale would have you believe? When Marie Antoinette showed up for her date with the guillotine with gray hair, it was believed that her hair color changed overnight as she stressed about her fate. When you uncover the science of it, does this old wives' tale hold truth?

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