Does plucking gray hair cause more to grow back?

"False," "It is a myth. It probably comes from people's natural increase in the number of gray hairs as they age,"

As we age, our hair follicles produce less melanin, the pigment-producing cells in each follicle. If you pull a gray hair, a new gray hair will grow in its place. It has no effect on surrounding hair, because each follicle has its own set of genetics.

"If you're a real serious plucker, you may damage the follicle to the point where it will no longer grow any hair at all," said Schueller. "In that case, you won't have a gray hair in that spot but you also won't have any hair at all there!