Gray, shorter terminal?

**lapushka** · May 31st, 2014, 07:43 AM

I've noticed my gray (well, white) hairs are way shorter throughout my hair. There's none that I encountered that are as long as the rest of my hair. I wonder why. Do they have a shorter terminal, could that possibly be it.

What's your experience?

**Madora** · May 31st, 2014, 07:54 AM

My sparklies keep growing.

**ashke50** · May 31st, 2014, 08:02 AM

Could be that they have a shorter terminal, or could be that you only started getting silver hair recently, so they are all younger hairs, and so not as long. The silver hairs I got when I was at school are as long as the rest of my hairs, but they were caused by a scalp infection so I don't know if they act exactly the same as "normal" silver hairs.

**lapushka** · May 31st, 2014, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by ashke50

Could be that they have a shorter terminal, or could be that you only started getting silver hair recently, so they are all younger hairs, and so not as long. The silver hairs I got when I was at school are as long as the rest of my hairs, but they were caused by a scalp infection so I don't know if they act exactly the same as "normal" silver hairs.

I've got gray hair sprinkled throughout. Got the first in my early twenties, and it's been sprinkling its merry way tighter and tighter into my hair. I haven't got much, though. But they are there, definitely. This is 2 decades worth of graying. I'd say I have 2% gray in my hair. So they're not new, but that could've been it!

**Silverbrumby** · May 31st, 2014, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by lapushka

I've got gray hair sprinkled throughout. Got the first in my early twenties, and it's been sprinkling its merry way tighter and tighter into my hair. I haven't got much, though. But they are there, definitely. This is 2 decades worth of graying. I'd say I have 2% gray in my hair. So they're not new, but that could've been it!

My grays go right through to the longest part of my hair but I'm older and also have a bsl terminal (a few brave strands attempt waist(. I do recall that it wasn't until I git more gray that this happened.

**roseomalley** · May 31st, 2014, 03:45 PM

Oh, I hope not!

**Teazel** · May 31st, 2014, 04:56 PM

Some of my longest hairs are silver.

**lapushka** · May 31st, 2014, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Teazel

Some of my longest hairs are silver.

That's very comforting to know, thank you!

**lunalocks** · May 31st, 2014, 06:33 PM

I found my first gray hair 20 years ago. Granted I am going silver VERY slowly, but I have only noticed one so far that is at my current longest length - 41 inches.