Why Chinese culture fears plucking white hair and traditional remedies
A common Chinese superstition claims that plucking a white hair will cause three more to grow in its place. However, medical experts state this is untrue, explaining that hair color is determined by melanin production in follicles. Plucking a single hair typically results in only one new hair growing back, and since melanin production is unaffected, the new hair will likely also be white. AI
