照镜子时，突然发现了一根白发，你会怎么反应？或许不少人都会说，“这有什么大不了的，我16岁就有白头发了。”是啊，年纪尚轻的我们从几时开始习惯了有白发陪伴呢？

GHOSTS is abbreviation for the term “Grey Haired Over Stressed Twenty Somethings”. Japanese research suggests that hair follicles are susceptible to the same sort of stresses that damage DNA.

GHOSTS是Grey Haired Over Stressed Twenty Somethings（二十几岁重压白发族）这一称呼的缩写形式，简称GHOSTS一族。日本有研究显示，对DNA有破坏作用的外力来源对毛囊也会产生不良影响。

This type of stress, known as oxidative stress, is caused by exposure to cigarette smoke, UV light and pollution. There is also an association between emotional stress and oxidative stress, which means that the GHOSTS blaming their grey hairs on stress might have a point.

这种外力来源叫做氧化应激，主要是因暴露于香烟、UV光线以及污染等引起的。另外，情绪压力与氧化应激之间也有一定的关联。因此，GHOSTS一族将他们头上早生的白发归结为压力导致是有一定道理的。

According to a research by a haircare brand, increasing numbers of women under 30 are starting to grey. Twenty years ago, 18 percent of women under 30 were greying, that figure is now 32 percent.

据某护发品牌的研究显示，越来越多30岁以下的女性开始早生华发。20年前，30岁以下女性中只有18％的人长白发，而现在，这个比例达到了32％。

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（中国日报网英语点津 Helen 编辑）

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