A 32-year-old member asked:
why do i have gray hair growing only around the moles on my head?
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Dr. Brian Maloney answered
Plastic Surgery 35 years experience
Gray Hair: The graying of the hair is more of a genetic issue and not related to the moles. That is the hair in that region may be predisposed to gray in your case. For most of us the process is more diffuse. The gray hair is not a sign of the mole changing to a skin cancer.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Why do I have gray hair around the moles on my head?
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
The hairs may be: Depigmented.
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