You may have wondered, at least once in your life, why your pubic area is darker than the hair on your head.
Sure, it’s never been something people really worry about – pubes are pubes, right?
But it turns out, there’s actually a reason why they’re so much darker than the rest of your body hair. And it’s information you need to know. Don’t even deny it.
Basically, the colour of of hair is determined by the amount of melanin (a protein that has colour) in the outer layer of each hair.
For instance, black hair has the greatest amount of melanin – whereas white hair has none at all.
But, there are two types of melanin that compose the variety of hair colours we see – one being eumelanin, which is the darkest type, and the other being phaeomelanin, the lighter of the two.
So, a person’s hair colour is generally a ratio of the two. A high count of eumelanin and lower phaemolanin results in darker hair, and vice versa results in lighter hair.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you like the multi-coloured look), melanin varies in the hair across the body. So while there may be a higher count of eumelanin when it comes to your pubes, there may be a lower count for your head.
But, don’t worry, the rug will match the drapes some day – but it’s likely it’ll be a nice matching grey – because as you get older, the melanin weakens, making the the hair lighten as it goes.
Yep, that’s why we all end up with white or grey hair.
