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To ask when you got your first grey hair

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Lolabirdy · 10/04/2025 10:01

so I’m 26 and I’ve got a few clusters of grey hairs growing from around my hairline and behind my ears. Theres 3 or 4 that are very visible when I tie my hair up.
I know it’s normal to get grey hairs but I didn’t think I’d get so many so young? My parents didn’t go grey in their 20s. I’m not going to colour them as I think it’d be easier to embrace them but just wondering when you first started going grey?

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Iloveburgerswaymorethanishould · 10/04/2025 14:57

I’m 42 and a red head… I cannot wait to go grey (well we go white not grey). I check almost daily!! Nothing nada!! I do however have one white hair in one of my eyebrows. Even when I have them tinted this one stays white. My lashes and eyebrows are clear…. No pigment at all. Also how lovely you are embracing it!! I love grey/white hair!!

PersonalBest · 10/04/2025 14:40

If I recall correctly I was 19ish. Am 60 now, silver, gets lots of compliments. Never died it, just let it do it's own thing.

TheBlueRobin · 10/04/2025 14:18

I first noticed a couple around my temples when I was 29. I blame a house move, my Mum passing away, stressful job changes and a broken wrist within a three month period!

lunaemma · 10/04/2025 14:14

42 and none. I’m a redhead so not sure if that makes a difference?

LetsWatchTheFlowersGrow · 10/04/2025 13:36

I still don’t have any, and I’m in my 40s. I dye my hair blonde, but get mousy brown roots

Both my mum and sister were fully grey at 30 or so, but their hair is naturally black, so maybe that has something to do with it

ItGhoul · 10/04/2025 13:35

Mamofboys5972 · 10/04/2025 11:05

I was in a coma when I was 24 and since then I grew a grey streak in just one patch on my head (imagine Anna from frozen vibes). Either a coincidence that it happened at the same time as the coma, or I prefer to think of it like something out of a movie haha

I had a teacher at school, probably in his early 30s, who developed a white streak when he had a serious accident and spent weeks in a coma when he was a teenager. His hair was naturally black so the white streak was very obvious.

TheArcher · 10/04/2025 13:32

Late 30’s - I get four or five randomly.

autisticbookworm · 10/04/2025 13:31

I’m 46 nothing yet!

Caroparo52 · 10/04/2025 13:30

Mid 20's

ItGhoul · 10/04/2025 13:28

I was 40 but I didn’t really get any more than two or three until I was about 48. I still have very few though.

By contrast, my DP’s hair was already entirely grey when I met him (it’s one of the things I fancied about him; I love a silver fox) and he was 34 at the time. Apparently he was pretty much grey by 30.

I think it’s genetic, as DP’s dad also went completely grey in his early 30s, whereas my dad still isn’t completely grey even now, and he’s 83.

Londontown12 · 10/04/2025 12:24

I think I’ve only just noticed cus I’m getting long strands of them but I’m 49 !
I don’t have roots of grey just some straggly ones like single ones ! My natural hair still the same when the roots are growing not coloured hair for nearly a year so surprised !
I don’t know why some people get loads and some hardly any it’s so strange ! Call them your sparkles keep sparkling ✨

LavenderBlue19 · 10/04/2025 12:23

First grey at 17, visible grey roots by early 30s. Now 80% grey at 43. It's very annoying, I have dark brown hair and really don't suit blonde so I'm just keeping dying (lighter) until I feel ready to go fully grey.

RealQuail · 10/04/2025 12:21

17

LighterSpring25 · 10/04/2025 11:56

Shodan · 10/04/2025 11:51

I think around 53? I'm 56 now and only have a few around my hairline. DP, on the other hand, has been going grey since his 30s.

I'm 52 and haven't got any but I'm expecting them to appear soon.

My DH was the same as yours.

My DB is younger and has some grey.

CarpetSlipper · 10/04/2025 11:54

Late 20s but only the odd 1 or 2 until mid 30s. Not very many greys in late 30s but definitely becoming more numerous.

TrinityWaves · 10/04/2025 11:54

I got one at 23 which was the only one for 5 years.
After 30 slowly started getting more and more, I think I now have probably 40-50 across my head.

longtompot · 10/04/2025 11:54

I was 15 when I found my first grey. I am 53 now and still not going fully grey under the dye, but when I do, then I'll stop dying my hair

Mistyglade · 10/04/2025 11:52

28, big fat white one on the left side of my head about 3 inches long found whilst backpacking in Laos! 47 now and started doing proper hairdressers tint jobs last year after years of covering strands up with box dyes or root spray.

Shodan · 10/04/2025 11:51

I think around 53? I'm 56 now and only have a few around my hairline. DP, on the other hand, has been going grey since his 30s.

Middleofnowhere8 · 10/04/2025 11:50

I have noticed a few on the sides by my ears and I’m 30. Hoping that is my lot for now!

LindorDoubleChoc · 10/04/2025 11:50

31, just before my wedding day. I'm now 62 and still only about 10% grey.

JHound · 10/04/2025 11:48

Fully grey in late 30s.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 10/04/2025 11:48

About 45. I'm 53 now and still only have a few. My mum went grey pretty late,but she had much darker hair than me, so the early ones were more visible.

Tarkan · 10/04/2025 11:48

I was around 20 or 21 when my friend at uni pulled a full length grey hair from my head.

A friend at school was going proper salt and pepper when he was only 16.

mediummumma · 10/04/2025 11:47

I had a grey eyelash come through when I was 20 but I didn’t need to dye my hair to cover grey until I was 39.