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Black pepper ( Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn ), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter (fresh and fully mature), dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed.
Premature greying of hair (PGH), also known as canities, is the process of greying of hair occurring at an unusually early age. It can have negative effects on self-confidence, self-esteem, and social acceptance of the affected individual. Hair is said to have greyed prematurely if it occurs before the age of 20 years in Europeans, before 25 ...
Changes in hair colour typically occur naturally as people age, eventually turning the hair grey and then white. This normally begins in the early to mid-twenties in men and late twenties in women. More than 60 percent of Americans have some grey hair by age 40. The age at which greying begins seems almost entirely due to genetics.
Biotin and collagen are popular hair, skin and nail supplements, but they can come with risk and there’s limited evidence to show they work, dermatologists say.
Black beans contain a class of antioxidants called anthocyanins that give them their dark color and can help support brain health and lower the risk for heart disease and diabetes, Moore says.
A variety of human hair colors; from top left, clockwise: black, brown, blonde, white, red. Human hair color is the pigmentation of human hair follicles and shafts due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, the more melanin present, the darker the hair. Its tone depends on the ratio of black or brown eumelanin to yellow ...
The idea is that the constant "pulling" shocks the hair follicle, causing breakage and damage, which can permanently prevent the hair follicle from completing its regular growth cycle. And as ...
Schamberg's disease, or progressive pigmented purpuric dermatosis, is a chronic discoloration of the skin which usually affects the legs and often spreads slowly. This disease is more common in males and may occur at any age from childhood onward. This condition is observed worldwide and has nothing to do with race or ethnic background.