Anybody here go grey?

[XanaDUer2]

I started in my 20s. Colored my hair for yrs. Finally decided I'm done when I stopped working. My hair is pretty much white... i get compliments.

Anyone else just go for it?

[intrepidity]

1. Same story, started in 20s

Tried for awhile then said screw it, but while still working. Certainly much easier! Except now you have to think about purple shampoos....

[cyclonefence]

2. My mother

and her mother went all-white in their fifties, and it was gorgeous on both of them. I inherited my father's brown hair, and only now, at 77, am I getting some white hairs. I wish I had your problem.

[rsdsharp]

3. My beard and mustache are white. My hair is flesh colored.

[XanaDUer2]

4. Lol

[hlthe2b]

5. Many people do look great with white or grey hair--complexion makes a big difference.

(the winter-type undertones, especially)...

I don't think it would do much for me... Time will tell. Hair colorants are a lot less harsh than in my Mom's day, but it is still a nuisance. Those who like it (grey/white hair) on themselves project that, I think, and it comes off as desirable confidence.

[apcalc]

11. In my experience I have found the gray one gets looks perfectly fine.

A person’s gray goes with their complexion and eye color!

[PittBlue]

6. During the pandemic...

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Several of my friends and I took the grey route. I have no regrets!

[XanaDUer2]

16. You can always color again

[PittBlue]

47. I meant to say NO regrets!

[XanaDUer2]

48. Gotcha

[Deep State Witch]

7. I Found My First Gray Hair at 25

I freaked out and called my mom - who told me that she found her first one at 18. The women in my family gray early. The year I turned 50, my mom passed away and I decided that I gave no more fucks. I let my hair go gray, then have consistently gotten colored highlights, mostly purple or pink. I'm fortunate in that I inherited my grandmother's white hair gene.

Some people pay good money to get all white hair.

[Traildogbob]

8. Rather be

Grey haired than a tan bald scalp.glad to have the hair, grey or whatever color.
No offense to bald. Many people look damn good with the scalp. I could not pull it off.

[Itchinjim]

9. Found my 1st grey hair in high school.

My grandmother was totally white at age 35. I think I must inherited her grey hair gene.

[apcalc]

10. Yep, so easy!

[catbyte]

12. I started going gray in my 20s too and colored it for decades.

I've never had really short hair so letting it grow out was awkward. But after I retired and then Covid hit, I said screw it and took the plunge. I haven't even thought about coloring it again.

[XanaDUer2]

13. I have a very short pixie

When i worked, Id spend most of the morning fixing my hair

[Tadpole Raisin]

14. I don't mind the gray or white hairs coming in but I do have a rule.

If they all play nicely they can stay. If they decide they want to stand up and announce their presence, I pluck them with gusto, lol!

[XanaDUer2]

15. Frizzy, dark hairs are removed nt

[maspaha]

17. I did it!

With the help of my hairdresser…

I was diagnosed & treated for Stage 3a HER 2+++/ER+ breast cancer fourteen years ago. My formerly thick, straight, strawberry-blondish, nearly waist length locks grew back curly, baby fine, thinish, and dark with white patches 😳

I tried going red while my hair was still very short and growing out. As it grew, my hairdresser tried to match my new locks to the former strawberry-blonde without success.

So the next logical step for me was to go platinum. We did it slowly and I love it! It’s no longer curly, it’s straight again, but still baby fine and falls about halfway down my back. I am a vintage model woman who wears her wrinkles & scars like the battlefield medals they are. Why not rock the hair too?

Purple is my fav color shampoo and these precious locks are given the hot oil/deep conditioning treatment weekly.

The youngins luv it! And, it’s less harsh and less work to maintain than to go darker

[XanaDUer2]

18. Glad you're feeling better and hooray

[Bmoboy]

19. Beard has been white for years.

Temples followed, creeping up to meet in the middle one day.

Just noticed a gray patch on the front. Like the evangelists.

[Glamrock]

20. Sorry

I’m 53 and I got like 12 grey hairs…..on my head. If I try to grow facial hair (I end up looking like shaggy from scooby doo) or look down while peeing? Well, that’s another story altogether! LOL! Boys! When did you get so old!?!?


Edit: It’s crazy, I’m being accused of dying my hair because my sandy colored brown hair with natural blonde highlights has been getting darker!

[alittlelark]

21. First grey hair in HS - dyed it a few times (henna)

Let it happen by 25 or so. I was a redhead so it was actually pretty cool - streaks, not all over. It’s been platinum blonde now for 15 years or so.

[LoisB]

22. Absolutely! I love gray/white hair. It never occurred to me to dye it. I earned this crown.

[XanaDUer2]

23. Yes

[Ms. Toad]

83. I'm always amused at how the question is phrased - as if going gray was the decision,

when the decision is to have hair a color different from how it naturally comes in.

Gray just happens. You can choose to do something to change it if you want, but there is no choice involved in what color your hair comes in.

(I've been asked the question a number of times. The first time really threw me for a loop, because the phrasing made it sound like they were asking when I chose to have someone dye it gray.)

[LoisB]

84. You are absolutely correct.

[duncang]

24. Luck of the draw.

In my 70’s and still have some blonde hair left. Maybe half and half. Never thought about doing anything with it. Still have all my hair also.

[soldierant]

25. I'm 79 (just) and wish mine would go grey

It's still mostly the dishwater blonde I have lived with all my life. OK, I used to have some darker hairs in black, which I deteste, and they seem to be gone. So maybe this s as grey as I am going to get. I could live without the golden glints, but at least they are light gold and not the ochre that so many people get. I guess I shouldn't complain. I'll shut up now.

[XanaDUer2]

26. Lol!

[Wicked Blue]

51. Wish I could go gray too

Dark dishwater blonde with a scattering of grey hairs at age 72.

This summer I've occasionally used some spray-on lightener, but it's not doing much.

[soldierant]

63. I did that in my forties and a bit into my fifties - but it was just too much effort.

[Sanity Claws]

27. I ditched the dye at the start of the pandemic

I got my first gray hair when I was 13.
Now I'm about 95% gray/white. Not even dark hair left to be called salt and pepper.

The growing out process was hard. I bought several hats to cover the grow out.

[lapfog_1]

28. my best friend on college went grey at 22, completely bald at 24.

while I am now 68 and almost no grey except at the temples... and slight receding hair line.

If I were to grow a beard, it would be grey.

[mgardener]

29. I did

Had to stop coloring my hair.
Went on disability when I was 45 due to back issues.
That was 25 years ago
I could barely dry my hair, let alone color it.
Had one in college, 2 more to go.
I started cutting my husband hair and mine went grey.

I like it.
And I never looked like a skunk!

[biophile]

30. Love white!

Hate my salt and pepper. 😖

[Deuxcents]

32. I have salt n pepper hair at 77. My mom did not go gray until she was older, too.

Use a purple shampoo and let those silver/grey hairs shine..it makes a difference

[Ocelot II]

31. Same here. I stopped dying it during the pandemic

when I figured nobody was going to see me for a year or two anyhow, and once enough of it was grown out and I could safely leave home I got a good haircut. It grew out literally white, not gray, and I do get a lot of compliments.

[Bev54]

33. Nope, now in my 70's and have very little grey, mostly just on the sides around my face

I wear my hair short so even that is not noticable. My mother went grey in her early 30's but my Dad only had a little grey when he passed at 79

[av8rdave]

34. Been all gray for the last 10 years or so.

It happens.

A couple of years ago, my wife and I were having cocktails with a longtime friend of hers. She asked me, “what color was your hair?”

[biophile]

35. Love white!

Hate my salt and pepper. 😖

[sdfernando]

36. Started getting some white hairs in my 20s, not grey, white which really shows against my black hair.

Single strands here and there....ever increasing over the years along with ever losing....but so far, now in my 60s, I still have a lot on top and still have a lot of black hair....but getting white everywhere....and I do mean EVERYWHERE!

[Golden Raisin]

37. Almost 75 male and almost bald. What hair is left

is a beautiful silver (not grey). Color just like my mom's who was totally silver in her mid-30's. It is what it is and I don't stress over it.

[AllaN01Bear]

38. i just went for it.went from black to salt and peper to white .

beard had many colours on it, now all white .

[OldBaldy1701E]

39. That is when I started showing bald.

When I was 19, I did a children's touring show with two plays for elementary and middle school aged kids. They always thought I was lying when I said I was 19. They all thought I was a 'grandpa'!

(Of course, there was an upside to this. I was able to purchase certain things from a young age.

[Upthevibe]

40. XanaDUer2 .......

I've been coloring my hair since my 20's (highlights and other coloring). I think I'll color it until I'm no longer able to (due to health or other reasons). I just like it. I color it myself and it usually turns out well. It's just a personal choice.

I'll be 67 in 23 days.

[XanaDUer2]

41. Early happy bday!

My grandmother said she'd color her hair until she couldn't lift her arms

[Upthevibe]

72. XanaDUer2.........

Thank you!

My grandmother colored her hair until she passed away. She was 87 years old (and in good shape). She lived with me and my son (I had leased a house for us when she had to move from her upstairs apt. because of the stairs).

When she could no longer go to the beauty parlor, we had someone come over to do the coloring and styling.

[Marthe48]

42. I haven't colored my hair since I was in my 20s

My natural haor color is dark ash blond, getting lots of silver streaks in the last few years. Going to be 72 in a couple weeks

[Floyd R. Turbo]

43. Didn't go grey until my early 70s. I did dye my beard until I retired.

[NNadir]

44. Oh yeah, years ago. Of course, I don't have much hair left.

[Skittles]

45. I saw a few gray hairs starting a few years ago

but here is the bizarre thing - they don't stay - later I will see a few other gray hairs, but they are NOT the same ones.....my hair is not thinning so how is that possible? In other words, I'm not "going grey" - I only ever have a few grey stands that I have to look really closely to see - they don't increase in amount

[Figarosmom]

46. Yeah ,

Became allergic to the dye so just let it go. The lower part is still black but top is mostly white. It's longer then I usually wear it but put it in a braid or French twist most of the time. I get complements on it too. I even have had younger women ask if it's natural. Only thing I don't like about the lack of melatonin is the weight of the hair I'd different, more flyaway.

[Different Drummer]

49. I started going grey in my 20s.

My paternal grandmother always said that neither of her children ever saw her when she wasn't grey, so I just figured it was hereditary. I've never tried to bother with the hassle of coloring it, so I've been grey for about two-thirds of my life.

[Fla Dem]

50. Mid 20's started going gray, dyed for a while, then wanted tp see how gray I had become.

So stopped dying in my early 30's. Found out I had gone completely gray. Kept it that way for a while. But really didn't like it. Was working professionally so went back to dying and kept it that way until I retired. Was fine with the gray hair then and still am.

[Fla Dem]

52. FYI. I looked up whether it was Gray or Grey just because I wasn't sure.

Grey is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English; however, gray remained in common use in the UK until the second half of the 20th Century. “Gray has been the preferred American spelling since about 1825, although grey is an accepted variant.”Apr 9, 2021

Ernie Mazzatenta: Is your hair turning 'gray' or 'grey'?
BlueRidgeNow.com
https://www.blueridgenow.com › news › 2021/04/09

Gray' vs. 'Grey': What is the difference?
When it comes to spelling, it’s not all black and white
Gray and grey are both common spellings for the various neutral shades of color between black and white. Gray is more frequent in American English, and grey more common in Canada, the UK, and elsewhere. This pattern extends to specialized terms such as animal species (gray/grey whale) and scientific designations (gray/grey matter). Greyhound, however, is an exception; its grey shares a lineage with an Old Norse word for a female

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/gray-vs-grey-usage-difference#:~:text='Grey'%3A%20What%20is%20the%20difference%3F&text=Gray%20and%20grey%20are%20both,%2C%20the%20UK%2C%20and%20elsewhere.

[XanaDUer2]

54. I was taught how to read before starting

School by my British grandmothr. I'll also sometimes spell it colour. I run a line through sevens. I don't say hach for H or zed.

In school, we were taught by many South American clergy

I also say Happy Christmas

[Fla Dem]

56. Quite a diverse upbringing.

[XanaDUer2]

57. I had an extremely diverse upbringing

At all my schools, there were families from all walks of life, countries, socioeconomic classes, multilingual.. I grew up in S florida

[woodsprite]

53. I fought it for over 15 years (from 42 to 58)

but after my recent cancer recurrence, I decided I really hated taking the time dying my hair - whether I did it myself or went to a shop - so I let it stay natural after it grew back. During treatment, I had 2 wigs - one of my 'dyed' color, and the other a transition dyed color with gray mixed in - that I wore for work meetings on Zoom. It was during Covid so there were very few in person meetings. Nobody at work knew that I was going through treatment other than my immediate boss and my husband's boss. Now that it's all grown back in, I have salt/pepper with white in the front. Thankfully it came back the same texture. I do get compliments on the coloring and I changed my hairstyle. I saw a picture of me with my short style in grey standing next to my MIL and I looked older than her, and she's 87! The hairstyle change helps

What bugs me - one eyebrow came back in dark, and the other one came back in white and very fine. Cool medium grey eyebrow pencil is kind of hard to find!

[XanaDUer2]

55. Good

[bif]

58. Started going grey in high school!

But it didn't really take over until my 40s. My dad suggested I color my hair, I was unemployed and he thought people weren't hiring me because I looked old. So I dyed my har for at least a dozen years. I finally gave up and let it go natural. I also let my beard and mustache grow out--both grey/white! No more chemicals!

[lark]

59. No, I like my red hair.

My natural hair color was getting mousey and grey and I didn't like the way it looked. I tried many colors, but the red with a cherry glaze to make it shiny works great for me and I'm not switching. I like going to my hairdresser, she knows both my sister and me. I've thought about going back au naturel, but not ready yet. Still loving the red too much to switch. Maybe when I'm 80, or my hairdresser moves, I'll see what my natural hair looks like, maybe not? It's only about 50% grey. If I had beautiful sparkly white hair like my grandmother, I'd definitely show it, but not.

[XanaDUer2]

60. I think I got lucky

Its pretty white.

[lark]

61. Definitely, you got lucky!

Moms' hair went grey late, lke mine. After she was 80, it was pretty, with white on top and darker underneath, looked like lowlights. Hope mine does that by the time I'm 80.

[sinkingfeeling]

62. I've been gray for 20 years now.

[LuckyCharms]

64. Salt and pepper hair, snow white beard. n/t

[Bucky]

65. I'm 60 yrs old and still waiting for the gray

[Hekate]

66. During the Covid shutdown I just let it all grow out from auburn-brown to white. No Regrets.

I was 72 and had been ready for years. The funny thing was that as the months went by all of my dyed hair just faded and faded as well.

My only regret is the loss of my hairdresser of 35 years because of moving 50 miles to another county. Susie was a gem — my hair is wavy and looks best at a medium length. In order to manage the length now I pull it back into a ponytail after shampooing so it dries straight. The color is okay, but I’m in desperate need of a good cut.

[Hekate]

67. Having shared my hair story, I have a question of my own: has anyone tried "permanent makeup" ?

My face is very pale, and now that my eyebrows and eyelashes have thinned and whitened, I feel virtually erased. At least my eyes are a dark green and not a pale blue, or I’d just disappear entirely in photos.

[XanaDUer2]

69. I thought about it

My left brow is mutant. I don't use cosmetics anymore. My brow hair is going white. I thought about microblading, but I'm a bit scared

[Fla Dem]

70. I always had nice full brown eyebrows. I'd pluck to keep them somewhat styled.

In my later years, the last 10, even though my hair was all gray, the eyebrows remained all brown.
The last few years, gray has begun to grow in and losing some fullness. So I use over the counter Brow dye. It works pretty well and I shape a little with a brow pencil. Several of my friends have gotten the tattooed eyebrows, which if they like them, more power to them. It's just not for me.

[Dulcinea]

77. I get my brows waxed a couple of times a year.

I have neither the patience nor the eyesight for plucking. I've been nearsighted since 3rd grade & I developed presbyopia in my early 40s. I can't even wear contacts anymore; my eyes only correct to 20/20 with no-line bifocals. But I digress.

My eyebrows bleach in the summer to almost white. My eyebrow tech always asks me if I want to dye them, but I don't mind looking like an old sailor in the summer. If I want to darken them, that's what eyebrow pencils are for. My hair is naturally dishwater blonde, but I cover my grays. It's more golden blonde now. Maybe one day I'll stop coloring it, but I haven't reached that point yet. My mom only stopped coloring her hair when she turned 80!

[Fla Dem]

80. Yup, I have to use a magnifying hand mirror to pluck the grays.

[raccoon]

68. A better question would be who didn't. I used to color my

Hair, but after the lockdown gave it up

[Luciferous]

71. I'm a redhead so mine isn't turning

gray, but I am noticing a lot of white hairs coming in. I'm in my 40s and don't mind, they're kind of cool.

[yellowdogintexas]

73. in my 40s my hair started fading from original dark brown to a very mousy color

I decided to color it and did so for years. I had some sort of a weird irritation on my scalp and decided to rest it for a few months. The woman who was cutting my hair at the time suggested I grow out the color, because she thought I would like it.

Well, I did like it! I still have a little dark here and there but since I wear a short pixie cut it blends right in.
I have had no interest in going back to hair color, although I do miss my dark hair.

[TexasBushwhacker]

74. I started coloring my hair in college

Not because I had grays, but because my hair was mousy brown. I colored it reddish brown for decades, then when I turned 60 I quit. Fortunately my hair is only 30% gray, so I never really had a skunk stripe to deal with. That was 7 years ago. Life's too short for high maintenance hair!

[ProfessorGAC]

75. Oddly, Yes Then No

I started going gray in the temple area in my late 30s. Then, after a couple years it stopped.
My hair, at almost 68, is still 90% black. I've got more gray in my goatee than I have in my head hair.
My dad went gray pretty early, so I thought I'd be nearly all gray by the time I was 50. But, that didn't happen.

[Joinfortmill]

76. Yup. The year I retired. Mine is S&P. Love it.

[arlyellowdog]

78. Do you guys use purple shampoo

My natural gray grew out after I lost my hair to chemo. I love it and never dyed again.

[XanaDUer2]

79. I don't

My hair is pretty much, white. I couldn't find one on the shelves. Maybe i should

[GreenWave]

81. Unfortunately not.

Many moons ago I noticed the occasional hair in the shower floor, so I started using magnesium (magnesium flakes plus boiled distilled water) and it stopped. Unfortunately magnesium can turn hair dark. But avoid eyes! Do not use if the temperature is above 60. Do you hear me Rudy?

[OldBaldy1701E]

82. Nope. I was balding when I was 19. (n/t)

[LLC]

85. Don't know if this counts......

…….I’m a redhead and about 20 years ago or so, I noticed a silver strand. I didn’t pull it out, but I was a little surprised by it! I was only in my mid-forties then and I wasn’t quite ready to think of losing any of my color.

As narcissistic as it sounds, I have always loved the color of my hair and really didn’t want it to change. But time indeed marches on.

I still have my auburn locks, but because of all the silver, it’s a bit lighter. I’ll never color it, but I do understand why some folks would.

Thank you for reading my lil post!

LLC

[Aristus]

86. I started going bald at age twenty-four. But my bald-fringe is still brown in my '50's.

But I wear a very short, scrubby beard that is nice and gray. It’s my way of being a silver fox.

[XanaDUer2]

87. Lol

[XanaDUer2]

88. I also cut most of it off