At what age should you go grey gracefully?

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I'm 53 and started going grey in my 20s. I would be pretty much entirely grey now but get my hair coloured regularly. Last week at the hairdresser, she was hinting I should be thinking about starting to lighten the colour with the aim of letting my grey grow out over the next few years. When I was younger I would have thought that 53 was definitely old enough to be grey! However now I'm that age it seems a bit young. What do other people think?

Developed an allergy also, I was going through a traumatic experience at the time which I think kicked it all off. Had to stop, it was difficult to accept and sometimes I look at other ladies with their hair coloured but I wouldn’t/couldnt go back.

im 50, and I’d say 80% grey. I stopped dying 5 years ago

I've been going grey since my 40s and I'm now 66 and its waist length and mostly grey. I've never considered dying it.

I'm early 50s and went very grey quite quickly a few years ago. My natural hair colour is dark brown so it took some getting used to. I dyed it brown for quite a while and then used lighter pastel semipermanent dyes. But eventually it became too much of a hassle to keep up with the colouring so I have left it in its natural grey state for the last year or so. It's more silvery than grey and I have had some nice comments, it has coincided with grey toned hair being more fashionable for younger people. I do try to have very regular haircuts though as I like a shorter style and if it grows out too much I feel that I look a lot older

Whenever you want

Not about age, but about whether you want that colour and if it suits and I went to school with someone whose hair lost its colour at 15 and has never dyed it, but it always looks fabulous. I'm 61, a few white hairs in a red brown natural hair colour, that's never been dyed or highlighted, as it has its own colour variations and I love the streaks that are appearing. My Nan, late 70s had no grey hairs, so it is probably hereditary. My hair condition/ cut is more important that the colour and I think there is nothing worse than hair that looks stressed, badly dyed and fighting with skin tone. This thread reminds me of someone that went bald very early on and said it is not being bald that's the issue, but whether it suits you or not and I think hair colour for many is about what suits them. The market place for hair dyes is huge, just consider the space given to the product in shops, so it is a narrative that marketeers love to link to age, but it isn't really age related for a great many people, but someone somewhere gets very rich by ensuring that this message is pushed far and wide!

I did the gradual get lighter and go grey thing. Went grey for about five minutes, just couldn't get used to it, and went back to blonde after a couple of weeks. I'm 66 and this was a couple of years ago. I suppose I'm saying try it. If you don't like it you can change it

Surely this is style and beauty so if you want to dye forever or go grey as long as you feel great, confident and you feel it’s beautiful thats all that matters?

70's. I'm in my 30s.

I’m heading towards mid fifties (gulp) and don’t intend to go grey yet. I’m feel a lot better when it’s all one colour.

My late mil dyed her hair until the eighties also.

I'm late 50s and still only have about two white hairs. I used to actually bleach my hair silver blonde, but I had to take an immunotherapy drug which made my hair fall out,

It's grown back curly and a really dark brown! So weird. I'm trying to become resigned to not having cool silver hair

never going grey. Never ever! I'm going to dye it until I drop. And if it starts to drop out, i quite fancy a selection of stylish wigs a la Joan Collins

Any age you like
HTH

I'm 62 and just come downstairs from colouring my long hair. It's soft caramel colour. I hate grey hair and will colour until I die.

Never, unless you want to. Lots of older women look amazing with non-grey hair - Monica Belluci, Carine Roitfield, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu off the top of my head. Late 50s to late 60s and all stunning.

When you want someone else's seat on the bus.

I know a few friends and relatives in their early 80s who still colour their hair. They are usually dark/ golden blonde, having been brunette when younger.

Ironically, I think younger women who go grey can look great as they still have good skin and no jowls. But as you get older and everything sags, grey hair can be less attractive IMO.

I dont like a heavy block colour on women who are grey as it looks so false, but there are lots of options using low lights, 3 subtle colours at the same time, which can look natural and softer.

Most people in their 50s have at least some grey hair so it can't be too young. I'm going grey & have never attempted to cover it up. I wish people would just embrace it!

It's suppose to be 50% of people are at least 50% grey at 50. No idea if that phrase is correct or not though. I did sit in a lecture theatre at work once and realise in my late 40s I was the oldest woman there who didn't dye her hair (and yes, it is that obvious).

Im 44 and its true going lighter is better.
I always had dark medium brown hair my natural colour.
I use nice n easy no ammonia in medium golden brown and it looks much nicer than medium or dark brown.

It's up to you. My hair was chestnut brown, but since my fourties I've easied into a blonde as I've been going grey since then. I only get it done every 2 months as you can barely see the regrowth. It's flattering and much less hassle than trying to hang on to my natural colour. But I'm fair with blue eyes, so most pp think I'm a natural blonde! I don't know if it works if you've got a darker skin tone, maybe a caramel would be better? My mum always dyed her hair in her 60s and 70s, so I guess it feels normal to me. But grey hair can look beautiful too!😁

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Maybe 60, 65? Wish it were younger, but it's hard to pull off grey hair and not look old.

When you’re about 75.

Age is just a matter of time.

My hair has been dyed for 40+ years, I am pushing 70. No idea how grey it is but last few years have been getting it done lighter with a plan to transition to natural at some point, even to see what it looks like. Natural colour was very dark but doing it that colour would now look like a hat.