What Age Did You Start To Grow Gray Hair?

[Bunnyhaslonghair]

Hairs you had as a child don't count. When did you first start to gray during adulthood?

I found my first gray the other day. I'm weirdly excited about it. I don't plan on dying it. As of right now I want to keep it and go gray.

 

[Miss617]

I've had gray hair since I was 12 or 13, so I can't say when I got my first as an adult. I have quite a few now. I'm almost 28.

 

[bajandoc86]

19 or so...

 

[Goombay_Summer]

I was 18, surprisingly I'm holding steady at 10% grey but I think the most surprising place thus far to have discovered grey hair is my eyelashes.

 

[Rozlewis]

I was 49.

 

[Bunnyhaslonghair]

I was 49.

Woah that's late.

 

[rileypak]

Around 25 or 26 I think...

 

[Beany]

Early 20's. I don't like my grays at all.

 

[Prettymetty]

I'm 33 and I have 1 random gray strand in the back

 

[LdyKamz]

I noticed the first one at maybe 27/28 and now I have several in the same area at 32. Hardly noticeable but I notice them.

 

[Coilystep]

14 or 15 I had several then and throughout my twenties. About 35 my front and sides started to fill in. I'm 41 now and my greys are definitely make themselves known. I have always been a dyer. I did my first henna last month with pretty good results I will be doing again shortly.

 

[jennifer30]

I thought I saw one. I'm 33.

 

[ms.blue]

On my head, right before turning 33. Other place 27

 

[ChristmasCarol]

Around 44 or 45 I noticed the first. I've acquired quite a few more at my temples the past couple years, though. They aren't noticeable unless my hair's in a bun. I hope I'll have skunk stripes and not random grays. That's sooo sexy.

 

[InsertCleverNameHere]

I found my first at 30. It seemed fitting. I've gained about 1 per year since.

Neither of my parents are particularly gray at nearly 60. I mean they definitely have them, but they're not near a total head of it yet- especially my mom who is maybe 10-15% gray (mainly at the temples). I also know people in their 30s nearly half and half. There seems to be a really big range when it comes to graying.

 

[curlicarib]

Last year.....48. I got about 8 and there has been no changes yet.

 

[NowIAmNappy]

I found one last year at age 30

 

[CeeLex33]

I started seeing them at 38- I have about 10 of them now, 2 years later at 40.

 

[KidneyBean86]

29

 

[Coilystep]

On my head, right before turning 33. Other place 27

Yup started getting grey there too about five years ago. My late grandmother told me it would go grey then fall out when I was a teenager and I asked her why she didn't have any hair there. Which blew my little teenage mind. I didn't think about that conversation again until I stared to go grey there.

 

[FlowerHair]

Around 19. I'm ca 50% gray now at 45.

 

[Sharpened]

A few years ago at age 42. I found one and pulled it, thinking it was a piece of carpet. It had the nerve to be all thick, silver and extra sparkly. I showed it to DS1; he thought it was carpet lint, too. He found another that was sputtering color and plucked it for me. DH had been notified by us he failed in his duty of helping me spot these things. He sighed in annoyance since he is 30% silver right now.

I have five now and I don't like them. Yeah, I'm a plucker. Yeah, I know it could wreck the follicles. I just got my hair right and want to enjoy for a few years without worrying about a texture change these things can cause.

 

[Evolving78]

I'm 33 and I have 1 random gray strand in the back

I have one gray strand and I got it a couple of years ago. I'm in my late 30's.

 

[MilkChocolateOne]

30 years old

 

[ChristmasCarol]

FYI:
If you don't like or want a head full of gray hair, the best way to slow their progress is to be sure to take Vitamin C, Bs, and Folic Acid supplements daily. I believe I inadvertantly prevented graying by taking these supplements (and others) for many years. Both my parents grayed early, so I should have been genetically predisposed to graying.

 

[ChristmasCarol]

My late grandmother told me it would go grey then fall out when I was a teenager and I asked her why she didn't have any hair there. Which blew my little teenage mind.

I don't think it's the norm to lose all your pubic hair as you age. I have elderly (80+ years old) parents, aunts, uncles, and other acquaintances I've seen in the buff, and none are bald down there. Maybe not as bushy, but certainly not bald.
Wouldn't bother me if it happened to me, though!

 

[caliscurls]

Late 20s

 

[Tyra]

My sister said she saw some in the back of my hair maybe two years ago. I didn't. I was 32.
Every now and then I'll see a very fine silver string on my fingers when I detangle.
I'm gonna continue to believe it's just lint or something else from the elements.

 

[LdyKamz]

So what causes graying?

 

[Sharpened]

So what causes graying?