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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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Gundogday · 10/04/2025 11:45

40s? Mid 50s now and only recently gone seriously grey (underneath the hair dye!).

RubyOrca · 10/04/2025 11:42

I think around 30 (little before? Maybe little after?).

Becs258 · 10/04/2025 11:42

18, my Mum was 14. Annoys me greatly that my husband is 41 and has no obvious ones.

randomchap · 10/04/2025 11:42

Early 30s, now almost fully grey. I like to think of myself as a silver fox, but I know I'm in denial.

JasonTindallsTan · 10/04/2025 11:39

About 17/18. Fully white by early 30’s.

Dotjones · 10/04/2025 11:39

Late teens, can't remember exactly.

lovemycbf · 10/04/2025 11:38

This I’m nearly 50 and have just found a couple

BigDahliaFan · 10/04/2025 11:36

I've just got a tiny tuft of sandy grey next to my forehead (I'm a redhead) - I'm 56. I appreciate I'm very lucky! Never dyed my hair. But my hair has got sandier as I've got older.

HeyThereDelila · 10/04/2025 11:27

27, I had one and it was wiry - it fell out in the hairdressers and so far I haven’t found anymore! I’m 39.

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

DuckieDodgyHedgyPiggy · 10/04/2025 11:02

I was 18. Same as my Gran, apparently.

beguilingeyes · 10/04/2025 11:01

I'll be 64 in June, naturally blonde and I haven't got any yet. My mum went straight to white.

welshcakesandtea · 10/04/2025 10:55

27! Im 30 now and have a few around my temple/ear area, only on the right side though 🧐

cramptramp · 10/04/2025 10:49

In my 20’s. It’s hereditary.

LittleLabrador · 10/04/2025 10:47

Probably about 33 and I would pluck them out. Now I’m 38 and I only pluck the ones out that you can see when my hair is down- I can’t pluck every single grey hair out as there are loads. My hair is still mostly brown so you can’t really tell I have greys but I doubt it’ll be long before I have to start dying it which is annoying

Ineffable23 · 10/04/2025 10:47

31 here and no greys yet. But similarly to a previous poster, I have golden brown/dark blonde hair so it's possible I've missed them.

Somethingthecatdraggedin7 · 10/04/2025 10:46

About 50

cleanasawhistle · 10/04/2025 10:45

41
Late 50's now and still hardly any

BellaBlister · 10/04/2025 10:45

17

HueyLouisAndDewey · 10/04/2025 10:43

a few weeks ago just before I turned 43. Just one or two.

Magpiecomplex · 10/04/2025 10:40

Early 40s. Ten years later, my hairdresser estimates I'm about 5-10% grey.

Terrythefish · 10/04/2025 10:40

Late 40s

Yuasa · 10/04/2025 10:40

A couple in my early thirties, not really noticeable. Very slow, slow progress for about a decade. Now - 44 - I seem to have more by the day.

ackarackaru · 10/04/2025 10:39

Well I thought fairly recently tbh, like the last couple of years so mid 30’s? But my hair is long and I found a full length grey hair a few days ago that I pulled out, so I reckon a lot longer than I thought!

my mum started going grey early 20’s, as did my DH. I think that’s probably fairly normal these days.

SnacksToTheMax · 10/04/2025 10:37

First ones around 20, more than 70% grey by 35…