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When did you start finding greys?

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Borntohula · 25/02/2021 11:46

I'm early 30s and starting to notice the odd grey strand, luckily mostly not obvious yet because it's underneath my still dark hair but I feel like I shouldn't be going grey yet! Tbh I feel like I've aged fifty years over the past one. I just want to go to the hairdresser's. :(

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CatherinedeBourgh · 25/02/2021 11:48

At 17.

Chasingsquirrels · 25/02/2021 11:49

26/27

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 25/02/2021 11:50

When I had Dc1 at 30. It’s built up slowly through.

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notangelinajolie · 25/02/2021 11:50

At 14. I was twiddling my hair in a boring French lesson.

Borntohula · 25/02/2021 11:50

Hmm must say when I described it as 'prematurely greying' to my friend, I was swiftly corrected.

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Egghead68 · 25/02/2021 11:51

Late 30s I think

DinosaurDiana · 25/02/2021 11:51
JemimaTiggywinkle · 25/02/2021 11:51

I’m 30 and I now have two grey hairs. My friends tell me they have a lot more.
My DM is 60 and she’s still not fully grey.

DinosaurDiana · 25/02/2021 11:52

I find the greys in my fru-fru more depressing 🤣

Borntohula · 25/02/2021 11:52

@DinosaurDiana

49.
See, that's when I expected to start greying, even late 30s. It's all the more noticeable in dark hair too. 😬
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lurker101 · 25/02/2021 11:53

21 when I was applying for grad jobs, I think the two were related 😂

PivotPivotPivottt · 25/02/2021 11:53

One single grey hair when I was pregnant aged 20. Nothing again until me second pregnancy when I was 25 and now I have loads at almost 30. I have black hair so they are really noticeable especially when my hair is up as they are worse around my hairline. My dad was fully grey by 20 so I guessed I would start young.

Mayvis · 25/02/2021 11:53

As a teen. I’d guess nearly a quarter of my hair is now grey - late 30’s.

noname55 · 25/02/2021 11:54

Now - 28. Might have had 1 or 2 just before I turned 28.

Douchebaggette · 25/02/2021 11:55

40 but I am blonde so they are harder to spot.

My best friend (dark hair) was about 30.

DramaAlpaca · 25/02/2021 11:56

I'm still looking for my first one and I'm 56 Grin

Unless they're blending in so well that I can't see them, I'm dark blonde.

It's genetic, my DM still has her natural hair colour and she's 84, and my grandmother only had a sprinkling of grey when she died aged 98.

notacooldad · 25/02/2021 11:56

I've got a few on my eyebrows. I usually get them tinted.
I don't have any on my head.
My hair is usually highlighted but my roots and underneath is now black. No grey yet although I keep expecting to find some. I got my husband to check last week.
I'm 56.

LouNatics · 25/02/2021 11:58

I’m nearly 40 and no greys yet. My DH is 42 and has dark reddish hair but a grey beard! My older female relatives tell me they started to see greys in their 60s but none have gone more than a bit salt and pepper even into 80s/90s.

I’d quite like a grey streak.

Justlovedogs · 25/02/2021 11:58

Started noticing at 21. A good friend of mine took me aside in my mid-20s and suggested it was time to either start colouring my hair or accept I'd be grey early. I've been self colouring ever since! Grin

Sceptre86 · 25/02/2021 12:02

One at 16, a few more in patches in late twenties. In my 30s (34) I would have a full head of white not grey if I didn't dye it which I do every 6 weeks. In between I sometimes have to touch them up.

PurpleFadesToGreen · 25/02/2021 12:07

Well I'm 41 and this is my natural colour...grey, grey and a more grey...

When did you start finding greys?
Sunshineonarainydayy · 25/02/2021 12:15

24

LadyCatStark · 25/02/2021 12:18

34; the first week that lockdown hit. I think it was the stress that triggered it.

hugocat · 25/02/2021 12:22

Oh dear, about 23, I'm 40 now and have loads ( dark brown hair )

crystalcherry87 · 25/02/2021 12:24

25 but was the odd one. Now 33 and got loads throughout my head but not really noticeable unless you look closely.