# Change in hair colour

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class SS11.00 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care · Piebaldism - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK544238) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK544238/
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Recognition & Referral)

## Complete treatment card

```text
CHANGE IN HAIR COLOUR
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class SS11.00 -
         condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary
         care · Piebaldism - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK544238) -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK544238/
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (RECOGNITION & REFERRAL)[1st line]
   Adult    Usually reflects normal ageing (greying) but occasionally signals a nutritional
            deficiency or underlying disease; primary care recognises and investigates if premature
            or associated with other findings. - Refer
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      Usually reflects normal ageing (greying) but occasionally signals a nutritional
            deficiency or underlying disease; primary care recognises and investigates if premature
            or associated with other findings.
   Caution  Premature greying with other features (fatigue, pallor) may point to an underlying
            nutritional deficiency or autoimmune condition.
            No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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