How old were you when you started graying?

**SaraJayne** · January 30th, 2016, 09:38 AM

Spotted my first grey at 16 and was horrified, but I'm 40 now and still only have a sprinkling of them, so I needn't have panicked.

**Garnetgem** · March 27th, 2016, 11:17 PM

I have not spotted any as yet and i have just turned 44 i am still very dark brown,my mum is 73 and has just stared to show a few so i am assuming its down to genes..

Cg · March 28th, 2016, 10:05 AM

Mid-forties.

**Magalo** · March 28th, 2016, 10:23 AM

19, I'm now 22 going on 23.

Went from very damaged and heavily layeres BSL to past hips with a full hemline.

**Hailwidis** · March 28th, 2016, 02:14 PM

I noticed my first two white hairs a few months ago and I'm 22. They're short (3 to 4 cm) so they can't be much older than 5 months.

I wonder if it's because of stress - around that time I was worrying about my thesis.

**Ondina** · March 28th, 2016, 03:22 PM

The age I saw my first white hair was the only one missing from the poll

I'm 23 now and still the grays (well, more like snow whites) I've seen can be counted on one hand.

**MlleMC** · March 29th, 2016, 09:04 AM

I found my first white hair at 16 I think, but I only had one at a time for years after that. I plucked them when I saw them until I noticed that I had a full strand striped with white last year (at 23). I figured I prefered white hair to a bald spot. I recently noticed a few white hairs that are longer than waist, so I obviously wasn't very good at finding them!

***Stella*** · March 30th, 2016, 12:21 PM

Had a sprinkling at 17, they started getting much more numerous in my late thirties, and now at 45 I am about 75% grey. I have stupid clumps of solid coloured dark brown still, which means I can't grow out and enjoy my silver.

**pinutzz** · March 30th, 2016, 12:37 PM

I am really surprised how many people were quite young when they got gray hair. I always thought that I am one of the few under 30 with the first gray hairs - but I guess it is much easier to spot them on yourself than on others.

**MlleMC** · March 31st, 2016, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by pinutzz

I am really surprised how many people were quite young when they got gray hair. I always thought that I am one of the few under 30 with the first gray hairs - but I guess it is much easier to spot them on yourself than on others.

Yup, and I guess many people just hide them. My white hairs mostly grow in a spot where they are usually covered, so no one sees them unless I want to show them. But I think most young people just dye their white hairs.