When did you start graying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Usually the lighter your hair complexion/color, the earlier you start.
Usually.
Some very light blonde people start going gray in their mid 20s are completely gray/white by their 40s.
Some dark haired people don't start until their late 50s and don't go gray until their late 60s or 70s.

Interesting. My blonde family is definitely exception to that then. 78 year old mom, 48 year old sister and 45 year old me, none of us have even spotted one yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually the lighter your hair complexion/color, the earlier you start.
Usually.
Some very light blonde people start going gray in their mid 20s are completely gray/white by their 40s.
Some dark haired people don't start until their late 50s and don't go gray until their late 60s or 70s.

Interesting. My blonde family is definitely exception to that then. 78 year old mom, 48 year old sister and 45 year old me, none of us have even spotted one yet.

78y/o and no gray? Me thinks someone is coloring on the sly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question in topic. I mean more when was it noticeable, not when you saw your first strand or two.

I started getting noticeable gray hair around 30, and I was fully gray by my late 30s. I colored it until I was 55, and then I let it go. It was such a relief! My mom & sister have beautiful white hair, while mine is a mix of white and gray, but it's still pretty.

[Anonymous]

About 50. Had a few about 45 ish. Now, I am 59 and I pluck them every month. No, it doesn’t grow more.

I still have natural black hair. When the time comes, I will just go gray and not dye my hair. At least that is what I’m thinking now.

[Anonymous]

My Dad was totally gray by 40, my mom didn't gray much until her 60s, and still has much of her darker hair in her 70s (though it's got more gray now).

I got Dad's hair, really started around 35.

[Anonymous]

24

And it is still a mix and so I have a kind of ugly combo of bright white streaks, brown strips, and salt-and-pepper areas that are very wiry and coarse.

Had to stop dying 18 years in because my scalp couldn’t take it anymore.

[Anonymous]

41 was when I couldn’t deny the grey hairs any longer (I’m a blonde.)

[Anonymous]

I got a noticeable bunch after each kid (29 and 34). I'm turning 40 this year and it's definitely speeding up now, especially at the front. Haven't started dyeing yet but when I've got a good streak, it may be time for neon.

[Anonymous]

47 and nothing yet.

[Anonymous]

I was 45 when I gave in and started coloring my hair. I'm 57 now and, although more grey, still not close to grey enough to just go grey.

[Anonymous]

It’s such a range. 45 and no gray here, dark hair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually the lighter your hair complexion/color, the earlier you start.
Usually.
Some very light blonde people start going gray in their mid 20s are completely gray/white by their 40s.
Some dark haired people don't start until their late 50s and don't go gray until their late 60s or 70s.

Interesting. My blonde family is definitely exception to that then. 78 year old mom, 48 year old sister and 45 year old me, none of us have even spotted one yet.

My grandma was a tow head, but still blonde as an adult (dirty blonde, but never brown) and she is still gray free at 92. It's wild. My cousins and I used to look for her grays and we were convinced she dyed her hair, but she never has. During covid when all her friends couldn't get their hair dyed, they were shocked she still had no grays. Her son has dark brown hair and didn't get any gray until mid 60s.

I don't think hair color and complexion have anything to do with it. I grew up with lots of Asian friends and so many of them already had grays in high school. Maybe because we can see it easier in their dark hair?

[Anonymous]

47 with more and more all of a sudden, but it's mainly underneath my top layer of hair. So if I pull the sides back, it's very noticeable, otherwise not at all.

My mom is 72 and not completely gray yet.

[Anonymous]

I developed a white stripe around 18. Maybe about 20 or so hairs. I’m 52 now and still have the white stripe and a handful more strays, but not many that seem to stand out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually the lighter your hair complexion/color, the earlier you start.
Usually.
Some very light blonde people start going gray in their mid 20s are completely gray/white by their 40s.
Some dark haired people don't start until their late 50s and don't go gray until their late 60s or 70s.

Interesting. My blonde family is definitely exception to that then. 78 year old mom, 48 year old sister and 45 year old me, none of us have even spotted one yet.

78y/o and no gray? Me thinks someone is coloring on the sly.

Her dad died at 99 with little to no gray so its definitely a genetic thing.