How old are you and what % gray?

[Anonymous]

I’m 57 and only have a few scattered strands. Have never colored my hair and hope to avoid it. People in my family gray very slowly. I think I’ll skip color altogether if I’m 65-70 by the time I look “salt and pepper.”

[Anonymous]

My husband, his mom, and her dad never went gray.

[Anonymous]

How on earth can you tell the %?!

I’m mid 30s and know I have grey, but I get highlights/balayage so it sort of blends in. I noticed a big ‘streak’ recently and had to show my husband 😂 my ‘natural highlights’ are getting pretty pronounced! I never do any root coloring, but might have to start

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How on earth can you tell the %?!

I’m mid 30s and know I have grey, but I get highlights/balayage so it sort of blends in. I noticed a big ‘streak’ recently and had to show my husband 😂 my ‘natural highlights’ are getting pretty pronounced! I never do any root coloring, but might have to start

The percentage is estimated.

[Anonymous]

47 and my hairstylist says I'm 5-10% gray and mostly in the lower layers so you can only see a handful of gray hairs when I wear it down. She says "don't even think about coloring until you hit 20%".

[Anonymous]

38 and none, husband is the same age and 75% gray! He was graying when I met him at 25.

[Anonymous]

51, just noticed 1 or 2 small greys at my temple. My mother’s side of the family goes grey very late.

[Anonymous]

57 and maybe 5-10%? The most gray is around my temples.

[Anonymous]

48, no grey, but maybe 2-3% white around my temples.

[Anonymous]

This hasn't even been predictable across my siblings, it's all over the place

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find the range of ages of people going gray on the on the other thread to be fascinating. I am curious as to what the typical age and pace for going gray is.
I’m 51 and only have a few silver strands. If you are over 40, what your age and how gray are you?

55, and I found a gray hair the other day. One. Naturally brown, have never used any hair coloring products

[Anonymous]

50 and probably at least 90% but not sure because I’ve been coloring since my early 30s.
I go back and forth with stopping coloring but don’t want to deal with the transition phase. Will probably wait 5 years until my youngest is out of high school, unless I’m job searching.

[Anonymous]

46 and at least 50%

[Anonymous]

44 and only a few gray strands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would you know this if you color your hair on a regular basis?
I'm 58, get my roots touched up every 4 weeks, my colorist uses demi-permanent color on my hair as supposedly I'm not gray enough yet to use permanent. That's the most I know about my grays!

If you have to dye roots every 4 weeks you are probably over 20 percent gray but under 50 percent