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Rapid greying of Obama's hair raises the question: Can stress turn hair grey?
Yahoo! ^ | January 20, 2009 | Helen Branswell/Canadian Press

Posted on 01/20/2009 5:13:56 AM PST by Loyalist

TORONTO - Barack Obama appears to come by his nickname honestly.

Despite stepping into the U.S. presidency at perhaps the most difficult juncture in decades, No Drama Obama seems as unruffled - and as youthful - now as he did nearly two years ago when he announced he was seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

Except, that is, for the small matter of his hair.

Since last summer, Obama's once jet-black hair has gone grey at a startling clip.

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To: Loyalist

I guess the stress of avoiding tough questions and being adored by massive, worshipful crowds can wear a man down. Poor guy /HEAVY sarc


21 posted on 01/20/2009 5:31:11 AM PST by ScottinVA (All I needed to know about islam I learned on 9-11.)
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To: petconservative

Or perhaps this is merely more evidence of a style-over-substance administration: they’re purposely greying his hair to give the impression that he’s working hard.


22 posted on 01/20/2009 5:33:08 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Obamanation: an imploding administration headed by a clueless schmuck)
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To: ilgipper
I am pretty sure he kept it black early on to look young and hip, and then abruptly let it go more gray in the general election when he wanted to appear experienced and wise to get the older voters.

Very Clintonesque. How long before he dons reading glasses, ala Slick Willy?

23 posted on 01/20/2009 5:34:25 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Government is not the solution to the problem. Government IS the problem - Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Blogger

My wife had some gray but after chemo she now has all brown hair. Maybe they ought to find out what exactly caused that and market it.


24 posted on 01/20/2009 5:35:16 AM PST by Radl (rtr)
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To: Loyalist

Naw, it is Gillette’s new “dial some gravitas” hair color for men.


25 posted on 01/20/2009 5:35:33 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Confidential to MSM: "Better Red than Read" is a failed business model.)
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To: Fee

26 posted on 01/20/2009 5:36:11 AM PST by COUNTrecount (http://obamaclock.org/)
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To: Loyalist

Hair dressers magic. He needed o look a little older to assume this lofty job.


27 posted on 01/20/2009 5:37:44 AM PST by chainsaw
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To: Notasoccermom

“I suppose the stress of deciding which puppy to purchase was too much for him.”

Good one.


28 posted on 01/20/2009 5:46:31 AM PST by bricklayer
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To: Loyalist

Yeah his hair did go gray really fast. Kind of reminds me of the black chick in Omega Man. Near the end of the movie, she went shopping in the daylight, and by nighttime her hair went from black to white as the zombie virus overcame her immune system.


29 posted on 01/20/2009 5:52:51 AM PST by Texan Tory
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To: Notasoccermom

I think he has narrowed it down to a choice between a bluetick and a redbone.


30 posted on 01/20/2009 5:56:12 AM PST by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Loyalist

If that clowns hair turns gray, it’s not from stress. He hates the US and couldn’t care less what happens to it or it’s people.


31 posted on 01/20/2009 5:58:39 AM PST by albie
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To: chainsaw

Bingo!!


32 posted on 01/20/2009 6:01:19 AM PST by momincombatboots (The last experience of the sinner is the horrible enslavement of the freedom he desired. -C.S. Lewis)
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To: Loyalist

Dontyaknow that the risen Christ had His hair described as white and woolly? It’s just a natural progression toward messiah-hood. /sarc


33 posted on 01/20/2009 6:02:57 AM PST by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: Loyalist
Rapid greying of Obama's hair raises the question: Can stress turn hair grey?

Probably. But so can make-up, especially when an young actor is being made to look "mature."

Thanks for making sure we all noticed, Yahoo!

34 posted on 01/20/2009 6:04:25 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: Notasoccermom
I suppose the stress of deciding which puppy to purchase was too much for him. By the way...has he reached a decision yet?

LOL...that has to be the toughest decision he's ever made.

35 posted on 01/20/2009 6:04:48 AM PST by Fawn (Do you trust me? -- Jack Bauer)
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To: petconservative

Yeah, he was courting the MTV crowd, needed to be grey-free!


36 posted on 01/20/2009 6:07:55 AM PST by Freedom56v2
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Zinc is extremely important - it plays a role in immune function, muscle gain and retention, male sexual health, clotting, healing functions, etc - it is a critical enzyme cofactor, and also plays a role in cell signaling. A deficiency can manifest itself in so many different ways that diagnosis is often not reached until a wide collection of symptoms develops. Premature graying is one such symptom (but obviously there are numerous other potential causes). Another is hair loss.

Zinc can be the limiting factor in the production of testosterone in your body (and the inhibition of aromatase from converting testosterone into estrogen) - it may be the case that problems associated with low serum testosterone levels can be solved with zinc supplementation. Directly related to testosterone production, zinc is used in the production of luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormones as well.

I take 20 mg per day of zinc monomethionine (high bioavailability - when supplementing, you have to exceed the RDI for most trace minerals because the bioavailability of the naked compounds is much lower compared to the bioavailability of the compounds when contained in foods) PLUS 300 micrograms of copper (reason being that you need to maintain a proper ratio of zinc to copper, or risk developing or exacerbating a host of neurological problems, for starters). Stopped my hairloss in its tracks.


37 posted on 01/20/2009 6:08:46 AM PST by M203M4 (Bill Kristol: Piltdown conservative)
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To: Loyalist

a friend was working at a restaurant that was held up by men with machine guns, the next day his hair had turned grey


38 posted on 01/20/2009 6:09:32 AM PST by edzo4 (NoBama 2012)
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To: Loyalist

Reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon when the boss explains why a person got promoted, “He has executive hair; we think it will turn silver.”


39 posted on 01/20/2009 6:11:17 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Loyalist

I think he was dying it, then let it go. To make a statement that, first, he was young and cool, and second, that he was mature enough to be elected.

Just a thot. Those east coast elites are big on the botox, facials and so forth.


40 posted on 01/20/2009 6:11:19 AM PST by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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