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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isnt it pretty rare for someone to be fully grey until the are fairly elderly?  I know there are exceptions, but my 90 year old grandmother is only about 50 percent grey, and my late 60’s mother probably less than a quarter.  I’m 40 and only see a very few grey hairs, but am a natural blonde so it probably blends in. [/quote]

I was wondering the same thing too. I'm 42 and brunette and I've only seen a few grays. My mom is 73 and about 1/3 gray, the rest is light brown.[/quote]

I’m 42 and probably 70-80% gray. People who judge women with gray hair tend to be women who don’t have to color their hair! It’s easy to see gray hair as a moral failing of some sort or an easily corrected cosmetic flaw when you’re not experiencing it yourself.

It’s genetic and I agree that it is pretty rare and I’m pretty young for this. I’ve been going gray gradually since 20 or so and new growth became more gray than not when I was  37 or 38. I’ve received all sorts of nasty comments about it, the worst from a female boss just a bit older than me when I was in my early 30s. Men don’t seem to care. Most women I know have a few grays that are easily masked with high or lowlights, but my situation as a reddish brunette going gray young seems to befuddle hair colorists. After years of them trying to take me blond, making me a very dark brown with horribly obvious roots in 2 weeks, or trying to maintain my former color but turning orange despite every possible toner and fancy shampoo, I gave up. I was paying a lot and wasting a ton of money to look “acceptable” but the results were never objectively attractive past week 1.

My gray ages me but so did my attempts to correct it, and I have moved on. My coloring and my current hair color are very similar to Sarah Harris so I find her look helpful for choosing clothing and makeup. (Sadly, my bone structure does not resemble hers!) [/quote]

I'm the PP. No I don't see gray as a moral failure! [/quote]

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