Grey at 32

[PumpkinKlNG]

I feel really upset, Im 32 and have started going grey already ☹️ I have loads of grey hair and I mean loads. Surely this is really early to be going grey? And no I’m not ready to “embrace it” aibu to feel upset.

I'm 27 and have recently started going grey. It doesn't bother me yet but we'll see how things go.

I started going grey at 19 ! I dyed it for years but my hair grows soooo fast I just couldn't keep up, my roots would be really obvious within 10 days. I gave up dying it about 6 years ago, I'm pretty much fully grey now and am 47 with primary age children. I dont like it and sometimes it makes me feel really shit about myself but I've kind of accepted it, it is what I am.. it would help if I wasn't fat too ! (That is my fault..)

Our 15 year old has has a few grey hairs.
I found my 1st at 18 and by 25 had a noticeable amount….

I noticed my first grey at 28 and I’m 32. It’s a small square on my head and really annoying because I’m brunette. Best thing I have found so far is being blonde or having highlights to blend it all in

@PumpkinKlNG

Oh hell no! No way!

I am around 20 years older than you and I am not ready to go grey yet. I don't mind looking my age, but like hell am I prepared to look 10 years older! (And I know this debate has been done to death, and there are opposing views/different opinions, but in my opinion, grey hair on a person is ageing...)

On these threads, you always get people saying they know loads of people who went grey in their 30s, and even their 20s, yet I don't know a single person who did, except 2 men - and even they were mid to late 30s. I guess a few may have gone grey and dye it and never tell anyone, but I don't KNOW anyone who started to go grey before middle age. If they did they kept it quiet.

Also, you seem to get lots of people on these this type of thread who 'embraced the grey' at 35 or so, but in real life, I don't know anyone who did that, certainly not any women anyway.

Gonna be hard to keep grey at bay if you have dark hair, but maybe you could have hi-lites/balayage?

I’ve been going grey since early 20’s. It’s difficult to maintain cover up I’ve found. Tried all different colours and styles and the best camouflage is just blonde highlights (only the grey shoes up after a couple of weeks again).

Not pleased to hear the best thing is going blonde as that wouldn’t suit me, I’m mixed race so it really wouldn’t! Grrr yep was kinda expecting to go grey in my mid 40s now at 32 🙄

My sister started going grey at 19. Both myself and my partner got first greys at about 25. Please don't let it get you down OP.
My mother is mixed race and finally let her hair go completely grey, it's beautiful, she now gets stopped in the street regularly by people complimenting and asking what hair dye she uses to get that colour. They're genuinely astonished when she admits it's just natural grey.

You could look at wigs or weaves. Go to the hairdresser and ask about organic dyes/gentle highlights and do patch tests. You could try home remedies like coffee or tea masks or lightening it with lemon juice.

I get it @PumpkinKlNG as I was 12 when I got my first gray stripe and have been completely white since my early 20s and I can't use hair dye either but I can get a tint, they are only semi perminent and was out after a couple of weeks but it just means that you can change colour with your mood.
If you have dark brown hair a blue, purple or dark red would work well as the tint will only show up on the gray

With the kind of neat irony you wouldn’t get away with in a novel, I noticed my first grey hair on my eighteenth birthday.

In my twenties, I went through black, orange, blue, bleached and a few simultaneous combinations of those. In my thirties I decided on Clairol Nice’n’Easy Natural Dark Brown - not because it looked natural but because I couldn’t bring myself to buy any of those men’s hair dyes that pretend they’re not hair dyes.

In my fifties, I realised that I was starting to look like an Italian politician, so I gave up the Clairol, allowed the snowwhite hair to grow out and now I revel in the Donald Sutherland vibe.

My advice - though coming from a man, it might be dismissable - is, if you’re going to dye it, don’t try to make it look like you don’t dye it.

I am also allergic to chemical dye and use the It's Pure range of henna. It absolutely does cover greys, they look like highlights. It's fabulous for the condition of your hair and I wouldn't go back to chemical dyes now even if I were able to. It is a bit messy but you do get used to that and no more expensive, time-consuming trips to the salon. I've also saved a fortune. I have long hair and do the whole lot about 4 times a year and the roots every 3-4 weeks. I use the Chestnut colour, which is a reddish brown, but there are brown shades and even a black, that contain more indigo, so quite possible to stay a brunette. The mix is already prepared, so it's not unpredictable at all.

I always pop up on these threads. 38 now. Started going grey at 19 and stopped dying it at 36. For me it was worth it. Happy to share pics if you like but I’ve put them on here before.

I found my first grey hairs at 23 - they show up in my hair too but I am letting it happen. A few of my colleagues around 30 with similar hair to me also kept their greys and I always thought it looked nice on them and probably looked quite nice on me too!

Oh god op, i could have posted this, 32 and greys are coming through, my hair too is blacky brown so v. noticeable

I've had a few issues with hair dye and possible allergies, and although I understand henna is a good option, I was always a bit scared as it seemed as if it could be a bit messy? My advice would be to speak to a hairdresser. You may find you can use regular colour, but if not you can probably have highlights (in whatever colour, and will cover the grey- I think they're ok even with allergies). My hairdresser also said if that didn't work, she'd henna it for me which was a huge relief as I didn't feel at all confident. They'll be a solution for you.

Look into organic dyes at salons. Organic Color Systems is a good range. I reacted badly to dye about ten years ago, but have had a lot of success with that range, and also the INOA one by L’Oreal.

I started going grey at that age, too, and am now 44 and religiously have my hair done every three weeks. I easily look early thirties in the face and would like to maintain that illusion 😁 so definitely won’t be embracing the grey.

I had a sudden explosion of white hairs at 32! All around my forehead and above my ears, really noticeable places, plus I'm dark haired too.

I absolutely hate dying it, I normally just do a L'Oréal box dye but I hate the faff, and the chemicals, and it only lasts about a month until the roots start coming through again (my hair grows really fast). I'm now mid 30s and wish it would just all go white/grey. Straggly white threads everywhere just look a mess on me.

I feel your pain, OP! I started to go grey in my early twenties and did use henna for a while. Whichever one I used eventually went a pale red so I started to get dye/highlights at the hairdresser. Now in my fifties I took the plunge and let it all grow out. It has been so liberating -I honestly wish I had done it in my thirties. My hair is now white/platinum and I experiment with streaks of colour or all over tints. Whatever you do, make it fun and not a chore. I finally let mine grow out as a child asked me if I was going bald - I thought I had covered up the regrowth with touch up but doing the parting only doesn't work from all angles.......