At 55, what percent of your hair is gray? Just curious

[Anonymous]

I'm 50, light brown, dark blond hair. Less than 1%, but they are there!!

[Anonymous]

I’m 55 and probably 90% grey. I’ve been having it colored blond (I was once a natural blond, then light brownish) for the past 10 years. Let the roots grow out during the pandemic just to see how grey I really am and indeed I am! I’ve decided to go with just highlighting to blend with the grey. This will be gentler on my scalp and won’t be necessary every month. So far, I like it! DH says he can still see grey hair here and there. Oh well. He has no grey and is the same age as me. WTH.

[Anonymous]

.05 maybe? My mom is almost 80 and only her bangs have gray hair.

[Anonymous]

Turning 55 later this year and I could count the number of gray hairs on both hands in the beginning of the pandemic. They seem to be increasing now. Both of my parents went gray very late in life. My college roommate started going gray in college and has been dying her hair ever since.

[Anonymous]

There seems to be a very wide range.

[Anonymous]

Salt and pepper, maybe 10% gray.

[Anonymous]

I am 54 and am probably 90-95 percent gray. Found my first gray hairs while in college, maybe age 20. My mother was pretty much 100 percent gray by age 45 or so. But my sister is 53 and is less than 50 percent. Damn her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I’m amazed at how little gray everyone has. Do you all still color or highlight your hair? You’re very lucky.

I’m 50 and my two best girlfriends from college and I probably have 95% gray. So do my brothers. I thought most people had significant gray in their 50s, but I guess not!

I have been coloring for almost 25 years, and just let the gray grow in during the pandemic. It’s definitely a “journey.”

I would say that I have 70% gray hair and my brothers have 100% gray hair. It satrted prematurely. It is a good indicator of heart disease in the family. Early graying tracks with cardiac issues.

[Anonymous]

51 and maybe 5-10% gray - mainly on the crown of my head where I have a cowlick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I’m amazed at how little gray everyone has. Do you all still color or highlight your hair? You’re very lucky.

I’m 50 and my two best girlfriends from college and I probably have 95% gray. So do my brothers. I thought most people had significant gray in their 50s, but I guess not!

I have been coloring for almost 25 years, and just let the gray grow in during the pandemic. It’s definitely a “journey.”

I would say that I have 70% gray hair and my brothers have 100% gray hair. It satrted prematurely. It is a good indicator of heart disease in the family. Early graying tracks with cardiac issues.

I’ve never heard this. OP here - we gray prematurely on both sides of my family of origin and no cardiac issues (except me - I’m an outlier with hypertension).

[Anonymous]

I am 55 and have a streak of grey on one side of my head. I don't hate it.

[Anonymous]

57. A few grays around my hairline and here and there - perhaps 5% overall.

[Anonymous]

If one of you parent is blonde or dark blonde and one even raven balck hair..

You still won't get lots of grays for a very long time.

Also if you nurse that somehow is said to even slow or almost completly eliminate gray hair till way over 60..70

[Anonymous]

I'm 55 and I'm uniformly salt and pepper (still brown below the ears, like the hair you cannot see)

[Anonymous]

54, dark brown, almost black
Under 5%
Never colored my hair