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ADDITIONAL SPOILERS
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Additionally, being exposed to the "whitening/erosion" for long period of time was a factor too.
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For those people wondering Why J has a white hair. He originally doesn’t have a white hair. It is clearly stated in the novel that he realized his hair turned white when he and his comrades ate a whitened monster while staying at the rift at a time when they had no longer food to eat.