U-Anna Kremer wayeneminyaka engaba ngu-20 lapho eqala ukubona imicu empunga. Iminyaka engu-20, wafihla lokhu okumpunga ngaphansi kukapende, waze wabuyela ezimpandeni zakhe ezimpunga futhi wathembisa ukuthi ngeke aphinde athinte izinwele zakhe ngopende.
“Siphila ezikhathini ezinzima kakhulu zezomnotho – esikweni elingahambisani neminyaka,” kusho uKremer, umbhali wencwadi ethi Going Grey: What I've Learned About Beauty, Sex, Work, Mother, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters. Wonke umuntu kufanele azenzele esakhe isinqumo ngamaphuzu ahlukene ezimpilweni zakhe. Uma uneminyaka engu-40 ubudala futhi usempunga ngokuphelele futhi ungasebenzi, ungenza isinqumo esihlukile kunalapho uneminyaka engu-25 futhi unemicu embalwa nje empunga noma uma ungumbhali oneminyaka engu-55 ubudala.
Izindaba ezimbi: inkinga yokumpunga ngaphambi kwesikhathi iwufuzo. Izinwele ziqukethe amangqamuzana e-pigment akhiqiza i-melanin, enikeza izinwele umbala wazo. Lapho umzimba uyeka ukukhiqiza i-melanin, izinwele ziba mpunga, zibe mhlophe, noma isiliva (i-melanin nayo inikeza umswakama, ngakho lapho kukhiqizwa kancane, izinwele ziba brittle futhi zilahlekelwe ukugxuma kwazo).
“Uma abazali bakho noma ugogo nomkhulu wakho baba mpunga esemncane, cishe nawe uyokwenza lokho,” kusho umqondisi we-Dermatology Center uDkt. David Bank. “Awukwazi ukwenza okuningi ukumisa izakhi zofuzo.”
Ubuhlanga nobuzwe nakho kunendima enqubweni yokumpunga: abantu abamhlophe ngokuvamile baqala ukuqaphela izinwele ezimpunga lapho sebeneminyaka engama-35 ubudala, kuyilapho abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bevame ukuqala ukuqaphela izinwele ezimpunga lapho sebeneminyaka engama-40.
Nokho, ezinye izici zingase zithinte isikhathi sokumpunga. Isibonelo, ukungondleki kahle kucatshangwa ukuthi kuphazamisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-melanin. Ngokuqondile, lokhu kusho ukuthi umuntu uthola amaprotheni amancane kakhulu, uvithamini B12, kanye ne-amino acid phenylalanine. Ukugcina ukudla okulinganiselayo, okunempilo kungasiza ukugcina umbala wakho wezinwele zemvelo.
Ngezinye izikhathi imbangela ingase ibe isimo sezempilo esicashile. Ezinye izimo ze-autoimmune kanye nezakhi zofuzo ziye zaxhunyaniswa nokuba mpunga ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ngakho-ke kungcono ukuthi uhlole nodokotela wakho ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi awunaso isifo se-thyroid, i-vitiligo (ebangela ukuba amabala esikhumba nezinwele zibe mhlophe), noma i-anemia.
Ezinye izizathu ezingabangela ukumpunga kwezinwele:
Isifo senhliziyo
Ukuba mpunga ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngezinye izikhathi kungabonisa isifo senhliziyo. Emadodeni, ukumpunga ngaphambi kweminyaka engama-40 kungase kubonise ukuthi kukhona isifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi. Ezigabeni zokuqala, azikho izimpawu, kodwa ngeke kube yinto engafanele ukuhlola inhliziyo. Nakuba ukumpunga nokuba khona kwesifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi kuvamile, leli qiniso akufanele lishaywe indiva ukuze liqashelwe futhi lihlolwe.
Ukubhema
Imiphumela eyingozi yokubhema ayimisha. Umonakalo engawenza emaphashini nasesikhumbeni waziwa kahle. Nokho, iqiniso lokuthi ukubhema kungenza izinwele zakho zibe mpunga usemncane alaziwa abaningi. Nakuba ungase ungaboni imibimbi ekhanda lakho, ukubhema kungase kuthinte izinwele zakho ngokunciphisa izinwele zakho.
Ukucindezeleka
Ukucindezeleka akukaze kube nomphumela omuhle emzimbeni. Kungaba nomthelela enhlalakahleni engokwengqondo, engokomzwelo nasemzimbeni jikelele. Abantu abaziwa ngokuba nokucindezeleka okukhulu kunabanye basengozini enkulu yokuba nezinwele ezimpunga besebancane.
Ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwamajeli ezinwele, izifutho zezinwele neminye imikhiqizo
Uma udalula izinwele zakho kumakhemikhali amaningi kakhulu ngezikhathi ezithile ngesimo sezifutho zezinwele, ama-hair gels, ama-blow dryers, ama-ayina ayisicaba nama-curling irons, ungandisa amathuba akho okuthuthukisa izinwele ezimpunga ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Nakuba kukuncane ongakwenza ukuze umise noma unciphise inqubo yokumpunga, unganquma ukuthi uzobhekana kanjani nakho: kugcine, ukususe, noma ukukulungisa.
“Ubudala abunandaba ukuthi uqala nini ukubona leyo micu empunga,” kusho umdwebi wemibala waseNew York u-Ann Marie Barros. Kodwa ngokungafani nezinketho ezilinganiselwe, eziphazamisayo zesikhathi esidlule, izindlela zokwelapha zesimanje zisukela kokuncane kuye kokumangalisayo nakho konke okuphakathi. Amakhasimende amaningi asemasha aqala ukujabulela ukukhetha okuqeda ukwesaba kwawo kokuqala.”
UMaura Kelly wayeneminyaka engu-10 ubudala lapho ebona izinwele zakhe zokuqala ezimpunga. Ngesikhathi efunda esikoleni samabanga aphezulu, wayesenemicu yezinwele ezinde ezifika emathangeni.
“Ngangimncane ngokwanele ukuba ngingabukeki ngimdala—kwakunjalo,” kusho uKelly. “Ngingajabula kakhulu ukuyigcina unomphela uma ihlale ingumugqa. Kodwa eminyakeni engu-20, yasuka emgqeni owodwa yaya kwemithathu futhi yaba usawoti kanye nopelepele. Abantu baqala ukucabanga ukuthi ngimdala kunami ngeminyaka engu-10, okwangiphatha kabi.”
Waqala kanjalo-ke ubuhlobo bakhe nedayi yezinwele, eyakhula yaba yisikhathi eside.
Kodwa esikhundleni sokuyifihla, bayanda abesifazane abavakashela le salon ukuze bathuthukise umbala wabo ompunga. Bengeza imicu yesiliva neplatinamu ekhanda lonke, ikakhulukazi ebusweni, okubenza bathandeke nakakhulu. Kodwa uma unquma ukuba grey ngokuphelele, udinga ukunakekela kahle izinwele zakho futhi ube nesitayela ukuze umbala wezinwele ungagugi.
Ungase umangale ukusabela kokukhiya kwakho okumpunga. UKremer, eshadile, wenza ucwaningo endaweni yokuphola. Wafaka isithombe sakhe enezinwele ezimpunga, kwathi ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, isithombe esifanayo nezinwele ezimnyama. Umphumela wammangaza: amadoda aphindwe kathathu aseNew York, Chicago naseLos Angeles ayenesithakazelo sokuhlangana nowesifazane onezinwele ezimpunga kunowapende.
"Uyakhumbula ngenkathi uMeryl Streep edlala owesifazane onezinwele ezisiliva ku-Devil Wears Prada? Ezindaweni zokugunda kulo lonke izwe, abantu bathi bazidinga lezi zinwele, kusho uKremer. "Kusinikeze amandla nokuzethemba - zonke izinto esivame ukucabanga ukuthi izinwele ezimpunga ziyasiphuca."