How old were you when you first noticed gray hairs?

[bcv513]

I admittedly haven't been to the salon in about six months, but I just went in the bathroom and found a whole bunch of grays on the top of my head. I'm going to have to start coloring every six weeks now won't I? Ugh

[Deleted]

17.

But I still have about the same amount 20 years later.

I do not dye my hair.

[sparkythelawyer]

Seven-fucking-teen. Thanks, genetics!

[rodeored]

25 

[amberlyrose]

lol. I was in high school with my first gray hair. Most of mine are nowhere near my part, so I can hide them well. I do have one asshole stupid hair that is right up front and center, though.

[wowhead]

23

[speckledfrog]

21. It really ramped up after I had my first son. I don't dye my hair yet.

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Aug 21, 2014 12:55:56 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

lol. I was in high school with my first gray hair. Most of mine are nowhere near my part, so I can hide them well. I do have one asshole hair that is right up front and center, though.

My asshole has no hair. :Y:

[amberlyrose]

Aug 21, 2014 12:57:12 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Aug 21, 2014 12:55:56 GMT -5 amberlyrose said:

lol. I was in high school with my first gray hair. Most of mine are nowhere near my part, so I can hide them well. I do have one asshole hair that is right up front and center, though.

My asshole has no hair.

lol! I didn't realize how that would read. hahahaha. 

I do not know if I have gray asshole hairs.

[CajunShrimp]

17 or 18. I have to die my hair every 5 weeks. I could actually do it every 3 weeks (it grows that fast) but I can't afford that.

[lightbulbsun]

21

[jennysmitten]

28

[cbwm1]

18?

At almost 34, I'm approximately 45% gray. yay.

[05heel]

Still don't have any. Whoot!

[schitzengiggles]

I was 28. Just a few days after my mom had been teasing me about how it wouldn't be long, and I would be shocked at how fast they pop up/how different they are then the rest of your hair.

SHE JINXED ME.

[Deleted]

23. And now at 32 I am basically 88% grey.

[fluffydamn]

I was five. My mom said she freaked out and yanked it out so fast. I started noticing when I was 20. I would dye my hair all the time in high school. Never saw any then.

[sandyapples]

None yet at 32. My mom is super grey but my grandma was more black than grey until about 80.

[Jermys]

I had one when I was an infant. I really noticed them when I was around 10. Fucking Irish hair.

[rex]

10 i have white hairs that grow in the front mostly. i think it's pretty cool now. i also regularly have found long white hairs since high school.

[sapphireblue]

Others noticed a couple when I was about 16 and I steadily went grayer. I started coloring to cover the gray by about age 27. I am now 48 and when my roots are bad, it looks like I am basically all gray.

I have many friends my age who still have NO gray hairs, or just a few.

ETA: My hair appears to be pure white and it is long and thick. I think it would look really great if I grew it out and let it be all white but I don't quite have the guts to do that yet.

[bittybomb]

I skipped right over gray and have gone straight to white. 

I noticed my first wiry white son of a bitch hair when I was 30.  I was pregnant with my first, and I am *positive* the pregnancy hormones starting that bullshit.

[sapphireblue]

Aug 21, 2014 13:09:15 GMT -5 Jermys said:

I had one when I was an infant. I really noticed them when I was around 10. Fucking Irish hair.

Interesting, is this true? I am Irish genetically but was adopted at birth so I have no bio relatives to compare myself to. I started going gray very early.

I also read somewhere that redheads tend to go gray more quickly/earlier.

[Deleted]

I was about 28. Now I'm almost 40 and it is very obvious when I need to color my hair.

[Norticprincess]

My dad claimed I had a pure white one at 18 and yanked it out. That was the same time my BFF decided that it would be fun to change hair colors up so I think it was just an over highlighted one. At 32 I haven't seen another one.

[Jalapeñomel]

Don't hate me, but I have yet to see one. But I do have a streak of hair that has no pigment.

[circa1978]

Aug 21, 2014 13:07:00 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I still don't have any.

*munches on Ritz*

Don't get cocky. I thought I didn't either and made a passing comment as such to my stylist a few weeks ago. She promptly informed me that I sure as hell do. :-( 

[nahoku]

31. I'll be 36 this fall and I've never counted more than 2 or 3 at one time. I'm too lazy and cheap (but mostly lazy) to dye my hair.

[lpcats]

I think the first time I noticed them was last year, at 26. I have 3 or 4 that I try to pull out when I come across them.

[Deleted]

17 but they were not gray, they were white.

I definitely dye my hair now.