I’m 24 and I have gray hair! What’s going on?

omg…

Im 19, took a good look at my hair then BAM!
a strand of my first gray hair… god no…

I was very unhappy, and whats worse is that my hair is dark brown. wonderful.

so far thats the only one I had spotted… thats good I guess…

but yes, it is definately genetic. My mom was suprised because she couldnt believe that I got my first gray hair at such a young age. My dad, on the other hand, wasnt suprised at all. In fact, he started graying at age 18…

thanks a lot dad

I started going gray at 16! It was not a surprise to me though, on the side of my family that I am biologically linked to all the women started very young. My mother and grandmother have had “salt and pepper” hair for most of thier lives, with gram finally starting to go silver now (she’s in her 60′s). My older sister found her first gray at 15!

Well, we are Irish, and I always wanted to have bright red hair rather than my light brown. On my 18th birthday I was offically given control over my body, I went and got a tattoo, a second piercing in each ear, and a bottle of red hair dye! I have now been dying my hair for 10 years. All my friends know I dye my hair, but they all think it’s to get the red. I have had many compliments on my beautiful hair by strangers and I tell them it’s Feria.

Only my husband and I know the truth…the gray! He will see me at the mirror when it’s time to do a new dye job with tweezers – plucking out all the new gray hairs I can find. I like my look, especially when I get carded, bet that wouldn’t happen if I let my grays show.

I spotted my first silver when i was 13 (I’m 25 now…and i am 50% grey)I am south asian so have got dark brown hair…and when silver nasty roots start to show only after 2 weeks of coloring man it just drives me crazy…! i started off by using henna…but eventually turned to loreal as applying henna is too much of a hassle…i am seriously thinking of going bald and not coloring my hair again…! any idea how long does it take for a bald woman to grow her hair back?!?!

I’m 36. I’m just about 100 percent gray!

What is the cure for grey hair at young age?

is there any natural cure available

getting gray hair is all part of stress of course its also genetic but alot of it comes from when your over stressed so maybe take a break or something…or u culd use that as an exscuse!!

Yeah i think getting gray hair is a result of genetics and stress. stress just helps to speed up the process.
I just noticed my first silver hair and I’m only 25. I just wonder at what rate I’m going to get more silvery/gray hair.

I’m 19 too, I was 16 when I found my first white hair. All my hair is starting to dull out now and the number of strands is enough that it’s noticeable…I wish it’ll just hurry up and change, it’s a pretty color and it might look good on me, besides I like the color more than I did the brown that came before it.

I spotted my first gray hair when I was still in high school.

I’m 19 now and have quite some gray hairs, but they are not very noticeable since my hair is shiny.

Plus I wouldn’t mind having my hair completely white, my hair is black so dying it is not simple.

I have gray hair when i was 14 years old.
It keeps on increasing every year.
Now im 22 years old.
People that do not have gray hair wont understand how do you feel!

I am 25 and I have grey hair since I was 17. Now I am grey grey grey. It is awful, because I have dark hair–> which I like.
I am not sure that stress could cause so much grey hair, I think genetic is the reason (and the quilty one).

I noticed my first grey at around 14…except it wasn’t just the one >.

ahh thanks for all of the comfort in knowing I am not some stress freak…=) I am 26 now but I started noticing them when I was 23-24 and I do internalize a lot of stress and thought that was causing it…but it makes me feel better to realize it’s pretty normal.. thanks.

I found my first grey hair when i was 10 years old. yes TEN YEARS OLD! But it was just one strand..I’m 15 now and i still have that one strand of hair thats grey – the rest of my hair is perfectly dark brown. I cover that one hair using black mascara! it really works and its not even noticeable.

Hi,

Try to take 8-10 curry leaves,honey,one big gooseberry everyday….This helps to prevent grayhair as well as the hairfall…..Take the food items that are rich in vitamin B12….Try to avoid the food items that cause heat in our body Eg:Dry fruits….

Don’t use shampoo every day even it is a mild one…

I took a good look at my hair and bam I have no grey hair I’m 29 ha ha ha ha ha ha all you old fogies can have some tea to that. cheers

premature gray can be a sign of gluten intolerance (it causes B12 deficiency)

I never feel good with my grey hair. Always feel concious. Worried about my looks. It also effects my performance in office or my profession. I have seen many people who do not have a single grey hair till the age of 35-37. Why i have alot of grey hair at the age of 25.

Well,i spotted my first strands of grey hair when i was 17.Guys! We can not do anything about it.Leave it alone.90% of causes are out of heritage.Sometimes when i want to start a relation(im 26 now)with some girls,they tell me you seem older because of my grey hairs.Dont try to dye your hairs.you have to do it regularly and is costy.Esprcially when you got dark hairs it seems so unnatural.That’s the discretion of god.Thank’s god!

Geez i have had Beautiful Silver Hair since i was about 16, i am now 23 and there are hundreds if not thousands of lovely silver hair upon my head….i think it makes me look enchanting and intriging and i never get carded lol

Silver hair is not all that bad!!

45 and no gray yet. Mom got her first at around 60 so genetics would seem to be the key here. 30 seems awful early for the first gray. 40 -45 would seem more typical for this.

i’m only 16 and have grey hairs on back of my hair which is weird and i usually get to fight cuz of people who keeps saying to me oh ur getting old u have grey hairs and ur only 16 i can’t stand it they keep on saying which is very irritating if they only know how it feels to have grey at young age damn!! i wish they get grey hairs too lol

I can’t wait for my hair to turn gray, silver, or white. I’ve only found maybe ten at the most in the last ten years. I plucked them right out hoping more would grow, but no such luck. I think gray/white/or silver makes a man look distinguished. I told my wife I even thought of trying to dye it gray or white, but she persuaded me not too. My dad didn’t start getting white hair until his late fifties. Still have jet black hair and going on 40. shucks :-(

I’ve just turned 25, my first greys were pointed out to me when I was 13, but there were only a couple, it’s just the last few years that it’s really come on round the temples. I find it’s crippling for self confidence. I know people in the office will take the piss when they see them coming through and I hate seeing my reflection these days. I know it sounds weak, I wish I could just not care, but I do.
Should I try dyeing it? Can anyone offer some advice please.

i don’t know what everybody is complaining about, i got it when i was in 5th grade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg, i dont even know how, but…if i pluck em all out, will even more come out?!!?

AHHHHHHH!!!!!
I am 14 and I have about 30 silver strands!!!!
what do you think people will say next year when my hair is all white? I HATE MY HAIR!!!!! I wanna know why I have this crap?

after reading all these comments i fell a little better.my hair started goin grey at 25 now am 28 am half way there.i have more grey than my dad, but my mom was born with grey hair.

I found my first gray hairs at age 14. We’re Irish & I call it Irish hair. My hair is pure white & has been since I was about 30…I’m 64 now. My cousins & I call ourselves the Q-Tips! The gene was also passed on to my sons. I am tired of it now, but dying just is too overwhelming. I try to keep it in a “current” cut. I do get lots of compliments on it.

im 15 and ive got like 5-10 gray hairs or more!!! what should i do? im dark brown hair aswell and everyone in my school keeps pointing it out to me! any reply send to bestinme@merseymail.com please :[ im really upset

Hi I am in 32yrs old Merchant Navy Captain… Due to sever stress I started developing Grey hair on my head at the age of 24/25yrs. But since last 2 yrs i have grey hair on my beard also and its spreading…i want to control it. If you have any suggestion please let me know.

hey everbody
i have big problem i am worring too much about growing white hair

please send me any good the solution

i would be thankfull to that person

I’m 44 and just turning gray. I think it would have been easier earlier because my eyesight is going also. At least if you are younger to go gray everything at 40 won’t be so depressing.

I really do not fully believe the genetics thing. I have 3 sisters and I am the only one who seems to have picked up this trait. I am 28 and constantly dyes my hair every 4-6 weeks. I have dark brown hair and get annoyed each time I see those new lighter roots coming in. I am with the one commenter and wish I could just shave my hair and start from scratch and not even worry about it.

is it a myth that you get gray hair from to much stress??????

@ jim tucker: sucks to be you! LOL! I’ve got nothing to fear, because I’m albino.

@ the writer of this post: you’re a girl and you’re getting gray hair up there? how’s down there doin? SATC anyone? mmm red

i am thirteen years old and i have gray hair. i first saw my gray hair when i was 12.

Omg-I’m only 12 and I have some grey hairs already. It’s really embarrassing. But in a way I’m not surprised because both sides of my family went grey early. My Grandpa was completely grey by the time he was 18! It’s so depressing.. But it makes me feel better knowing I’m not the only one.

Wow! it’s good to know ‘m par of that elite group

It’s such a relief to know that it’s not only me! I found my first grey when I was about 12, and it’s only got worse! :(

i saw my first when i was in 8th grade. im now 17 and have about 50

Well, I’m 20 years old and have lots of gray hairs. I’ve had it since 17, I think. But, anyway, I’m not too upset about my head turning gray. I just wonder why I grow more white hair on my left side of the head than the right side. My mom totally busted out saying that she didn’t have any when she was my age but her’s is now full of it.

I was fourteen when I first noticed my first grey hair. At first , I thought it was tipex because I remembered it was in my hair.
I washed my hair reguarly thinking ‘Why hasnt it gone yet?!?!’
Then , I thought it must be grey hair. But was thinking ‘ How can i have it at such a young age?!?’
I told my mum & she said she had grey hair at a young age thirty.
Now im trying home remedies to get rid of it.
You should try rubbing your nails together it helps by not growing grey hair.
Thanks guys.

ughh i’ve had gray hair since i was in the sixth grade. i’m in tenth now and the back of my head is 10-15% gray. i’m so embarrassed so i die it often, but sometimes i miss a few spots. i hate that this is happening to me especially as no one else in my family is gray!

I’m 48 with P.D and menieres disease and absolutely no grey hair mother 72 has none my father about 50% It’s just strange.
I’d like to know why some people just don’t grey?

i noticed my first one when i was 16 now im 19 it sucks but oh well what can you do about it…

i am 28, few strands of grey up front that had me feeling super-crappy and sad. seeing here i have less to complain about than some, my sympathies to those more grey and unhappy than i. i think its best to dye and move on. monthly, weekly, whatever, i just dont want to look older than i do. i think smokers may have the chance to at least slow down the greying by quitting smoking, so thats something to think about.

Yeah I’m 21 and I just noticed I have two white hairs, It’s really not that bad. If I do go completely gray early I think I will just leave it alone and not dye it.

Oh guys, reading this post makes me fell so …uh… OK. I’m not the only one with greys at only 25!!! Thanks guys

I am twenty years old now and thinking about how I can possibly be grey at such a young age. I am young and full of life and yet my once nice hair is starting to show very obvious signs of greyness. It’s borderline tragic, I actually think it is. Am I allowing myself to simply wallow in self-pity? Obviously. I love my natural hair colour, this is the problem. My reluctance to dye my ever greying hair is silly, yes, but I simply don’t want to wake up and see hair that isn’t mine, and once it is dyed then it is just an on going process. Twenty years old!

Sigh, I’m sure I will get over it, in the mean time I’m very sad to realise that if I were to pluck them all out that I would have lost quite a few hairs. Shame.

I’ve had white hair since I can remember. I think since 3rd grade and I’ve gotten used to ppl telling me ‘omg u have white hair!’ some have the audacity to pull it out e,e;;
I’m 18 and at this point in my life I dont care anymore I jst wanted to know why. But I do feel self-coincious so I’m going to dye my hair. Ima get highlights so I dont have to get all my hair done so its all kool. I think that you have to get confortable with yourself.
If you feel uncertain about your hair and feel like ppl talk about you and stuff its best if you dye or highlight your hair.
If you’re proud of your wisdom shinnig through your darker hairs I admire you, takes attitude to love yourself so much.
As for me I just want to know how does it feel to go about without feeling ashamed.

No one in my family started to go grey until their mid-thirties (if not later) and here I am plucking them at 24! There has got to be other factors than just genetics at play here. My boyfriend noticed the first couple on jan 30 ad they keep sprouting up since then. I’m actually starting to believe that “pluci one and five more will grow” theory! Will be making a trip to the salon.

One more 25 year old here turning gray. My mom didn’t gray till her late 30. My dad is 54 and is only 50% gray. I had/have a lot of stress in my life so I’m thinking it might be playing a role. But I found my first grey at 18, which is premature. I’m trying to get comfortable with them and stop plucking them out, to see them as a sign of maturity and wisdom. It is comforting to hear all the other people on this board :] Let’s get together for “gray pride” parade. LOL.

grey pride parade … lol
yes, let’s do it…

Hey, My name is Darcy, im 14 and im starting to spot a little gray hair every now and then through out my head. I really dont want to be gray at such a young age :( , does anyone know anything i can do.
iv had highlight in my hair a few times when i was about 10, does that have an affect on it?

okay wtf??I am 29 young and plucking out grey hairs like I’m gonna go bald in the front.I had a baby 10 months ago.cut my hair short and it turned dark brown cause of hormones I call them my old blonde patchs..LOL…I love the grey pride thou..I laughed..I think its in the air..stress the economy..omg!!we will all be grey soon..LOL..

I Started to get grey hair at age of 19yrs old…but nw i feel they are getting worse and also some are grey strands from the root. for this i have to dye my hair regurlary, as i have dark black hair and the grey really stands out….please can anyone give me some ideas….

I noticed grey hair on my beared at 22 Years old, i grey my beared out for awhile probably an inch because i didnt feal like shaving and i noticed some hair on my chin was “shiny” i plucked it out and a closer examination turned out to be silver/grey in color. My natural hair color is black/brown mix.

I hear that for men grey usually starts on the beard then goes up. Oh well having grey doesnt bother me really. I find it will probably make look more experianced and distinguished. So i wont bother with dye’s even if my whole head turns grey

I’m 28 and last night i found a partial grey hair. My hair is very long and it only greys at the middle section. Is that a real grey hair or is it just bleached out? My mom did not have gray hair until 40, so i should not expect to have it any earlier?

Got my first greys when i was 15 years old. Im 24 now and nearly half my head is grey. Im Syked about it because the whole unusual thing but the grey hairs are not tame at all. They go where they want to. got em on face and other areas:)

i have noticed my first gray hair when i was 17, it was a desaster,,,, i thought i was aging faster than usuall, eventually i saw the same thing happened to my young brother and sister when they were 16 and 17 years, when i asked my mom about it, she told that this very commen in her family, by her age of 40 her hair 100% gray.

im so glad im not the only one! my best friend noticed my first silver hair at 16 and i was like omg! i hope this is the only 1! i couldnt believe it so i asked her to check my head and that was the only one so she plucked it out for me but unfortunatly for me i thought by plucking it out i would say by to that little silver thing for good!…..but oh no! i am now 21 and i can probably count about 30 strands or more! its so depressing!!! i stand in the mirror every morning searching for them. i dont know if its good plucking them out but i think the more you do, hopefully those “silver” roots will get damaged and no grow hair at all? i also have very dark brown hair so its always so easy to notice them.

I am 15 and just found my first gray hair today. its making me go nuts, i have no idea how anyone can stay calm after seeing it.

Im 11 and 40% gray….. I started going gray at age 7

HI, im 34 and geting grey fast, didnt bother me before as i use to keep my hair short, until people started passing comments.All i want to know besides dying my hair is there a cure? Will B12 help?

Hello, I’m 27 and noticed my first grey hair at the age of 20. My hair is now about 30% grey and everyday I look in the mirror and wonder why me? I have two older brothers and none of them have grey hairs. My fiance says she loves it but everywhere I go the only conversation people seem to have is about all the grey hairs on my head. I know it’s natural but I really just want to know how does everybody cope, and should I feel ashamed that I’m not as proud of my grey hairs as I should be? Thanks for all the advice and yes, maybe a “gray pride” parade would help. And is it spelled grey or gray?

Hey!I start noticing a few grey hairs when i was about 18, and i didnt really take much notice as they werent obvious, but i am now 21 and in the last 2 months or so i can clearly see a large number of greys without looking too hard, i am really concious of it, and i pull them out, but it is impossible to try get rid of them all! i have naturally light brown hair but it is dyed black, so im thinking of just letting it go light again and maybe the grey wont be as noticable! It is def genetic, my dad went grey in his 20′s but none of my siblings have started to go grey yet, and i am the youngest!:-(

I am 19 years old and half my hair is grey, and im hair color is black , so it stands out, but that does not worry me. I am more worried now i might have Werner’s syndrome or Perinicious anemia, althgough both of my parents had grey hair at around the same time.

I’m 14 right now and im spotting grey hair gah! what could this mean and the only person in my family that prematured like in there teens to is my uncle when he was 18 and now he’s in his late 40′s and his hair is grey hair isd like 70% on his head…….

I started to notice this like 2 weeks ago so now i have like 10 grey hair what is this?

I’m 22 years old and I have about a 150 grey hairs, about a year ago I didnt even have half of them and now they doubled. My uncle is 42 years old and he has full gray hair and I just might be like him.. Its a shock to some people when I say im only 22 they dont believe it!

26 and going gray! I hate the idea that stress actually causes this but I have to say that I had a huge fire at 23 and lost almost everything so as much as I hate to admit it genetics might not be the only thing going on here. These hairs are remarkably long so I’m guessing they started growing sometime in April 2006. Sucks to lose all that stuff and my hair color! I feel robbed of everything now!

I’m 24 and started going gray around the age of 16. You couldn’t notice my gray hair until a couple of years ago. Now I have to color my hair every two weeks. It totally sucks because my roots turn auburn and the rest of my hair is dark brown. Any solutions? I hate feeling so old.

I’m 25 & I just found my 1st gray hair today. I’ve colored my hair regularly since I was 14 b/c I don’t like the red tint to my hair. Now I guess I’ll be coloring it to cover up the gray. My fiance is 30 & doesn’t have a single gray hair.

Hey all, i’m sara i’m only 16 nd i’m really really depressed because of my stupid grayed hair.. When i first realized that i have gray hair i freaked out nd every night in my bed i cried nd thought that i’m the only one.. At skul i know that some kids laugh nd always point on my hair.. One day i went home nd cut every white hair i layed my hands on.. But now i color my hair with some blond high lights, but till now i’m sad nd i feel jealus of the kids who have natural hair.. HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

ND THE WOST PART IS THAT NEITHER MY MOM NOR MY DAD HAD WHITE HAIR WHEN THEY WHERE YOUNG ND ALL MY BROTHERS HAVE NO SINGlE WHITE HAIR..
I REALLY REALLY JUST HATE MY LIFE :’(

HI GUYS,I’VE GOOGLED FOR A WHILE AND I VE FOUND THE WAY TO GET RID OF GRAY.I’M 20 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE ABOUT 10 GRAY STRANDS,I PLUCK THEM BUT THEY COME BACK AGAIN,SO I’VE GOOGLED AND FOUND A SOLUTION.IT’S CALLED SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES.I PAYED FOR IT ABOUT 11$..AND YOU HAVE TO DO IS LISTEN TO IT,PUT YOUR MP3 AND GET RID OF GRAY.HONESTLY IT HELPED ME.MY GRAY STRANDS DISSAPEARED,AND ALL OF MY HAIR IS BROWN AGAIN.I TOLD MY MOM TO CHECK MY HAIR AND SHE COULDN’T FIND ANY..

Hey Guys,
I’m a 25 year old male and noticed my first grey on the side of my head a few weeks ago. I couldn’t believe it!

I plucked it out and I have had a few more come since.

I know compared to some of you guys I’m not that young but it is still kind of distressing… I Wasn’t expecting grey at this age.

I have recently been under some extreme stress and I’m thinking it is possible that it may have contributed.

It is starting to become a bit of an obsession now.. every morining I’m looking for grey hair and if I find one I feel crap :(..

I just hope it stays at a few until I’m older but I guess it’s out of my hands… If things get real bad I guess there is always ‘Just for Men’ ;).

Im 14 and I have about 45% of my hair white, I got it at a young age like 7 but I’ve learned to live with it, when people joke about it, it still gets to me and there;s nothin i can do but i know im not tha only one

Hi guys, I am 27 now and found my first Grey at the age of 12. I guess, 40% of my hair is grey now. But No one can make it out as I apply Mahendi(henna) regularly. It gives dark brown color with burgundy tint. I am giving you the recipe for the same.Hope it may be helpful to you.

Take 100 gms Henna powder, add 1 tea spoon Indian gooseberry(aawla) powder, 1 tea spoon coffee and mix up with sufficient water to make paste(use iron utensil). Keep overnight.
Apply it to clean hair and keep it till it dries in your hair. Rinse thoroughly with water. Do not shampoo for 24 hrs. You will get nice dark brown color with 2-3 applications.

I noticed this on the net:
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/graydye.html

check it out. If anybody will try it please leave a respons.

Lili

I’m 15, i shaved my head today(in respect of my late dad, who died of leukemia.) and saw half of my hair was gray! I was kinda freaked out at first, but wouldn’t mind a head of gray hair. people already tell me I look older than I am, so why not top it off?

I started getting gray hair at ten. I am 14 now and I have a lot of gray at the top of my head, but that is about it. Is there any treatment. I’m so young!!!

I found my first gray around around 12, mainly because i’ve always had alot on my mind and been really stressed out, and wasn’t able to find a way to just relax. I’m 14 now so things aren’t as bad, which you would expect them to be worse, but there are ways for me to just do nothing. mainly if you are stressed out it will happen, and there isn’t really a way to stop it after that, but you can slow it down by trying to relax more.

im 19 when i was 17 my hair started to lose its pigmentation, but i didn’t really make a big deal over it because my biological father and othe related family had the same issue just at a younger age then what i started out. but i just dye my hair over the years and don’t make a big fuss over it, i know that im loved for who i am no matter how young i look and for people to say stress is what causes it? r u kidding me? thats a hoax!

Im 40 and 100% grey. Itis annoying as my hair is brittle, coarse and dry. I have to use dye every 2 weeks and the annoying thing is my scalp is itching hard out.
My son was only 10 when his hair was 50% grey. He had to leave school in young age as he could not stand kids tease him grandpa. he shave his hair all the time.
I tried diff shampoos but no luck.
Looks like I have to scratch for the rest of my life.

I am not alone…i have my first grey hair when I was 17. Is people at long ago(maybe 18 century) have gray hair?or just now?maybe it’s the effect of chemical food or drink.

I am 12 and i just discovered a few peices of gray hair i dont want gray hair in middle school going to highschoool is there a cure and i dont want to die my hair it is lite brown and blonde and the hair is white and i dont know what i should do. do i need more vitamin is it the shampoo i am going to words for horse back riding maybe its the stress? I dont know help me out please!! It will be much appreciated!

Worlds**

i am now 17 and have strands of white and silver hair, and this started around 8 this really does suck…

Im forteen and i just found my forth gray hair :(
my mom has had to dye since she was 25 years old… this is depressing!

aww i kno how you guys feel i got my 1st strand of grey hair at the age of 14 and now i have like 10-15strands and their all on my back, but ppl get so annoying sayning ” you have grey hair! ” like 24/7 even when they told me that once aready i wish they get it too so they can stop annoying me… and im asian so black hair and my hair is kinda long too…

I’m 16 and I have several grey hairs……..normal? No.

I was born with blonde hair, and I had a patch of dark black hair at the back of my head. As I grew older, that patch turned white. My mother was the first to notice this, when I was around 8 or 9. More or less two years ago, I noticed 3 or 4 more white hairs at the side of my head, but close to the back (opposite side of the patch) while brushing my hair, and other people have noticed them as well. Now this week, I noticed ANOTHER white hair that is extremely hard to find, and I see it when brushing my hair sometimes. It is one strand that is on the same side as the part with 3 or 4, but this one is closer to my face. I’m 15……WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME????? My parents started graying in their 40′s, and my brother in his 30′s…..

yea i got my first grey hair at eleven and was more grey than brown at 14 and totally grey at 17. But am 24 now and it has only recently started to bother me really! I call it ash blonde :)

I’m only 20 and the other day my mom noticed that i have a grey hair
at least i know I’m no the only one. for a second i was thinking i was too young to get a Grey hair.

I am 14 and i got a few gray hairs and it is really depressing… what it wrong with me? Does anyone know how i can fix it please!!

u guys think u got it bad i got my first white hair when i was only 8 or 9 now im 11 and i have about 10% of my head and everyone bugs me about it but its good to know im not the only one. im a little concious about it so if anyone has an idea about how to fix it without dying it it would really help thx

argh so many people annoy me about my gray hair and it is… well annoying so if someone could help it would… well it would help

i just need to learn how to not care right (please respond by starting with “i have an answer john” plz it would help)

actually i have to revise the 10% statement it is actually about 50-100 hairs

I am 25 and already have a handful of gray hairs, and unfortunately around the same general area so it is even more noticeable. Not to mention that they are near the front of my face, also no good. I noticed a few when I was around 21 and they seem to be multiplying from there. Of course I am told I make it out to be worse than it is but I DO see them when my roots start showing. My parents both started graying in their 20′s so it isn’t a shock that I am too. I have been dying my hair like crazy to cover them up BUT have recently decided to say F*** it. My mom is in her 60′s and has all white silver gray hair and it looks beautiful. I will just start taking vitamins to try and prolong the event of it spreading but wont try to hide the handful I have now. It is REAL. It is life. And it really doesn’t look that bad. It’s funny that the article should mention the b-12 deficiency and anemia thing since I have both. Might be something to it. Not to mention I had my fair share of partying hard, which has subsided the last 2 years thank god. I am sure all the smoking and drinking didn’t help the situation. Anyway, I am happy to say that I will not have to worry about “touch ups” anymore. The older I get (and yes, I know I am not that old) I realize it really isn’t that big a deal. It’s just the way it is and premature graying is more common than you think. Most of my friends have seen some sprouting, so chances are you know someone who is too.

I was 23 and at the gym when my personal trainer suddenly said “Hey, you’re starting to go grey!” I thought wtf are you talking about?? That can’t be, I’m way too young. I couldn’t see them even standing really close by the mirror but now that I’m 24 there is no denying it anymore. I’m really sad about it bc I always dyed my hair and I was proud to finally show off my real hair color, a nice soft light brown. That didn’t last long. Now I’m going to have to dye it with harsh chemicals forever, because I hate those frizzy grandma locks…:(

By the way, I’ve been a vegetarian since 2006, could that have something to do with it? But I do think I get enough B12 because I eat lots of cheese and dairy products.

im only 14 and already got GRREY hair, my friends have noticed this and keep telling me to do sumthing about it, but i got no clue?
is it because i keep using GHD’s alot?
im worried, i hate looking at my hair and doig it up nicee, cuz ino iv’e got Grey hair :(

help me!!

I’m 24 years old and beginning to notice more and more.

Even worse, everyone i know seems to love commenting on it. Talk to my best friend “hey, is your hair going grey?”, talk to my boss “don’t you look distinguished”, talk to my mum “i’m sure it’s just a trick of the light”, talk to my sister “bloody hell it caught you early”.

I’ve got so many other crushing self-confidence problems, i really don’t need a new one. I’d consider dying it, but i don’t think i can afford it with any great regularity. My genetics suck on both sides of the family to the point whereby i think it’d be merciful if i agreed never to procreate.

Who knew you could be your own worst enemy.

I started having gray hair when I was 13 years old and now I’m 24. I have about 40% gray and 60% dark hair. My older brother and sister don’t even have gray hair. It’s so embarrassing, so i color my hair every 4-6 weeks.

Does anyone knows how to prevent this thing from getting worse? any recommendation? I’m sick of coloring my hair anymore!

I am 48 and have no gray hairs is this normal or is there something wrong here.

I’m 17 and have had a couple of grey hairs at the back of my head for a couple of years now. It makes me incredibly self concious, I wear my hair in a side parting and I never go to the hairdressers until I absolutely have to, and it is a mortifying experience. I put highlights in my hair now, which is annoying s now it gets really dry easily. No one else in my immediate family is like this, although my uncle and aunt were completely grey by 30. It’s great to know that there’s people the same age out there who are going through the same problem and I hope one day I can get over it, I mean it’s only hair, right?

Still, anyone have any quick and easy solutions?

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I am starting to go grey, and I’m only 17! I think I’m going to commit suicide if this doesn’t stop. And I really mean this.

My gray hair started out in my early 20′s, but my body is the one who took the toll on it, it started on my chest, face and now I am getting it on my arms I am now 32 going on 33. Half of my body is now covered with silver hair, except my hair on my heard. My friends make fun of me and refer to me sometimes as a werewolf. I have learned to live and cope with it, I don’t cover it up or dye it. The good thing about the gray on my face I can use it to my advantage, I hardly got carded in my college years, and my favorite costume for halloween is a werewolf, all I had to do it grow my beard a la-wolverine style, fake blood and fangs, etc. Anyway so when someone makes fun of your gray hair, mess with their minds a lil, say that you have silverback gorilla genes and that you are a alpha or you can say you’re related to werewolves and you love to hunt and absolutely love meat! happy hunting. lol

I’m 28, and have been dyeing my hair since I was 13, because the color didn’t suit me (a truly horrid ash blonde that looked silvery green most often, and no, I am not a swimming pool addict). I noticed that my roots were showing, and thought to take a closer look today. They’re all gray or silver. I’m having such a hard time coming to terms with this. I suspect my father’s genetics – he was wholly gray at my age. I’m still very unhappy about it, and will continue to dye my hair until I’m comfortable with it.

I’m 25 and got about a 100 grays! First, I have to say thank god for the internet and a site like this to make me feel like one in the crowd suffering with gray hair. It has really stopped me in my tracks and made me depressed a lot. I hate dying my hair, but I’m not ready to go white…I don’t think. I have many food problems, but nothing I can really get treated. For example, I have gluten allergies, but not celiac disease (got tested). I heard gluten problems can have an influence…does anyone know if that is true?

Hi,m at the age of 29.My hair is turning grey.any solution for it ?

is there a way of stoping it and can’t you dye your hair to stop it looking gray
or white

I am a 35yr Native American woman and have had SILVER (shiny) hair since I was 18. I am now 35 and have only last year decided not to dye my hair anymore. My natural color is jet black and since I have stopped dying it, I have noticed that my hair is getting much lighter. Not just the silver. right now it looks as though it is a brown with red highlights. I’m keeping an eye on it. I think it is actually going to slowly lose all color until it is silver. Dyes are very harsh and damaging. I am actually looking forward to healthy silver as opposed to unhealthy black.

Im 20, I found my grey hair this morning and freaked out but I’m kinda worried because my hair used to be really thick and bouncy, its seems like its thinning and deffo not as healthy. This grey hair made me more concerned it was grey from the root and half way down it was my normal brown!!

I think i noticed my first grey hair when i was 21, now i am 26 and i;ve got quite a few but its still not too noticibale unless u look closely
i hope i can get to my 30′s before it becomes really noticable

Im 23 and have noticed gray hairs here & there for the past few years, but it has yet to get any worse. I usually just pull them out.

Hi all…interesting postings, I ‘Googled’ vitamin b12 deficiency and grey hair because I am a vegetarian and have thought that my lack of the b12 vitamin might be cause of my greying at 17, that and my mum and gran went grey around 17/18. I am now 25 and last coloured my hair 4weeks ago. I know have half an inch of re-growth and 80% of that is grey, it’s mostly on my crown and right side, but they are there, long, thick, thin, wirey, spirely…whilst I have been various shades of brown i am now considering lots of blond highlights to disguise the grays…c’est la vie!

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This is embarressing.I got white hair at the age of…eerrrr between or somewherre 10-12 DX GOD,HOW DO U STOP THIS?!This the mnost worst ME TO GET THIS …

you guys are 19-20 and have grays, well HA im 13 and I have quite a few!i noticed my first white hair at the age of 10. I straighten my hair everymorning.. i wondered if that was it. A few kids in my grade 8 class noticed a had grey hair. so now i dye my hair so that my shiney silver hair strands are gone. I have been stressed alot with girlfriend problems and school work, so i guess stress could be a factor. Like..there has never been a strand of grey hair with my black hair on it ! they are all solid silver. if im 13 now and have alot of greys and noticing more everyday.. i will probably have a total head of silver when im in my late 30′s to my early 40′s !! any way i can stop getting greys??

Hi, a few days ago I noticed that I have gray hair. I have two problems, first problem is that my hair is BLACK!! so it’s pretty obvious…
second is that it’s not only my hair roots that are white, even the middle of it is white. what I mean is that the root is black the middle is white the end is black… and it’s freaking me out!!
I have Anemia and two months ago I started taking medication for it then I stopped . so I’m guessing that’s the reason behind it.

lol 124 comments. Im 24 and have had WHITE hairs (my hair is jet black so they really stand out) they are everyhwere!! :-( i like to think its because im wise for my age :D …yeah.. that must be what it is…

just yesterday at sunday church my sister saw something glistening in my hair thinking it was the sun reflecting off my hair, but to realize after moving to a different view to see it still glistening. yes. a silver hair strand just relaxing there. i dont know if its genetics but i do know that i do stress ALOT. soo. yeah.

Haha just got sent a link from a mate to this page, he has jet black hair still the bastard!

I’m 24 and used to have greys when I was still in school. At least we aren’t going bald like some guys are in their 20s, so don’t start plucking them out, because then your going to just end up grey AND balding by your own doing!

Come on guys, man up, grey hair is pretty cool, yeah you might get a bit of banter from the lads but don’t be so sensitive! If you’re striking out with the ladies I imagine it might have something to do with your lack of confidence due to the white hairs on your head! In my experience girls actually don’t care about it at all, in fact some really like it.

Oh, and ‘Grey Pride’! hahaha I’m stealing that line for sure!

If you want to treat / reverse / avoid grey hair, you may like to consider the following facts & ideas gained from my few hours of research:

FACTS:

- Typical gray hair first develops at age 34.2 +/- 9.6 years in Caucasians, while for Black people the average age of onset is 43.9 +/-10.3 years [Keogh 1965].

- For some people this can happen at a very young age (for example, at the age of 8-10).

- Gray hair is caused by the gradual reduction of melanin production over time within the affected hair follicle.

- The age at which graying begins is almost entirely due to genetics.

- A British Medical Journal study found that smokers were four times more likely to begin graying prematurely, compared to nonsmokers. 2nd hand smoke should also be avoided.

- There are no special diets, nutritional supplements, vitamins, nor proteins that have been proven to slow, stop, or in any way affect the graying process, although many have been marketed over the years. (Be highly skeptical of any so called cures).

- One cause of gray hair may be vitamin B12 deficiency. However, this is unlikely unless a person is eating a strict
vegan diet. A blood test can diagnose B12 deficiency.

TREATMENTS:

- Males: you may like to cut your hair short, e.g. buy a buzz cutter and give yourself a #1 or #2 cut once every 2 weeks. This will make grey hair less noticeable.

- If you just have a few grey hairs, you can pluck them individually, or snip them short with scissors.

- Hair dye is an option, but consider using a natural product like Henna, as chemical preparations may not be so great for your health.

- Quit smoking and avoid smokers.

- Maximize other areas of your appearance, e.g. exercise and stay fit and healthy. Focus on your best points – not your worst.

- Figure out how to either ignore or respond to people who may comment or tease you. Usually they don’t understand that it’s hurtful, and they’re doing it carelessly. Nobody’s perfect and you shouldn’t let others make you feel that you have to be. One good response may be: “I know my appearance isn’t perfect, but neither is yours … nobody’s is”.

- Take a vitamin B12 supplement if you’re a vegan.

- Keep things in perspective. As you can see from other commenters, lots of people have grey hair, and some at a very young age. Eventually everyone will. If you have your health you’re still doing well. George Clooney wins sexiest man alive awards consistently and he has grey hair. Anderson Cooper looks great with a head full of white hair. There can be some advantages such as looking distinguished, (or not getting carded as others have said here).

- Accept what you have and make the most out of it.

That’s it guys. I hope this is helpful to you. I wish you all the best!

haha kinda sucks but i’ve had gray hair since i was in 5th grade. and i’m 20 now kinda sucks because my hair stylist always misses the silver ones in my really dark hair. when i get it cut short some one will be looking at me a pull out a silver hair thats easily 3x as long as the rest of my hair. it sucks and dont even get me started on my hair line and already thinning hair. :|

i HAVE 35% GREY HAIR AT THE AGE OF 25 WITH A TREMENDOUS HAIR FALL, WHAT HOME REMEDY MAY I FOLLOW?

i HAVE 35% GREY HAIR AT HE AGE OF 25 WITH A TREMENDOUUS HAIR FALL due to week hair, WHAT HOME REMEDY MAY I FOLLOW

i HAVE 35% GREY HAIR AT THE AGE OF 25 WITH A TREMENDOUS HAIR FALL, WHAT HOME REMEDY MAY I FOLLOW?
Is hair coloring a good option?? I apply hena alternate weekends but it it is a temporary solution.
My hair type is: wavy

I HAVE GOOD NEW FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE GREY HAIR EARLY, YOU SOON GONNA LOSE ALL YOUR TEETH AND DIE AT THE AGE OF 30. GOOD LUCK.

I am 24 and I get my hair cut every two weeks (to keep a style). Four weeks ago, I had it cut and there was nothing out of the ordinary, all the same as it always has been, two weeks ago I got my hair cut again and out of nowhere, I had three white hairs on the left side of my head above my ear! My hairdresser pointed this out to me and I was/am mortified! I got home and plucked those 3 suckers right out, hoping thay they’d just be freak hairs and not come back but today (nearly two weeks on), I found them grown through again. Premature greyness doesn’t run in my family, nor does baldness at any age so why the heck do I have these? I feel so bummed out about it and I want them gone, I guess it could be stress related if that’s true, I’ve had one messy breakup this year and another try relationship with someone else ended pretty badly recently too (good old 2010!), both of which have driven me to my wits end.

I can’t have a vitamin B12 deficiency, I eat healthily and lots of meat but there is something else that worries me. I enjoy going to the gym and in an attempt to bulk up a little, I have been using a Whey Protein Supplement which apparently is a mix of whey protein concentrate and whey protein isolate. Come to think of it, I’ve only been using it a month so could this be the cause?

Please help!

hei……..i am 24 yrs old and i have 20% of gray hair. I m now using natural henna colour to cover my gray hair. My girl freind is only 15 and i can’t propose her becasue of my hair. i feel uncomfortable in front her because of my gray hair if she will notive my gray hair. i love her very much and dont want ot loose her only for my hair. i need a suggestion regarding this.

I’m 21 I’ll be 22 in August and I noticed a strand of grey hair but I think that strand has been there since I was in my teens, it just got whiter it’s the same strand that’s been there since I can remember. Thankfully there’s been no widespread of grey hairs all over my head, I’m already going through enough issues so hopefully it stays this way until I get in my 40′s and then I won’t mind greying away. I just don’t want it to multiply, the human body is so weird and annoying. Greying or any kind of condition at a young age is a punch to your self esteem, and even worse when doctors keep telling you there’s nothing they can do.

I got my first gray hair at 8! I am 19 now and have quite a few swarming about! I don’t want to be gray so early, my mum was fully gray by the time she hit 25 so not looking promising for me.

Looks like everyone is tryin to find out how to cure white hair. I bet if you find out the solution, you will be rich!

I’m 44 and discovered my first grey hairs at 22. So, I’ve been grey for half my life. I used to use henna but had to leave it on for HOURS to cover the grey. By my early 30s I had to switch to hair dye. Now I colour my hair at least every three weeks. I don’t think I’ll ever be brave enough to stop dyeing it. I inherited it from my dad. (The grey, not the hair dye.)

The good news is that people always compliment me on my hair colour (red) and are ALWAYS surprised when I say I have grey hair. (Why do I tell them? you may well ask!) Actually at this point it must be at least 80% grey. At LEAST. I never really wait long enough to find out.

Just wanted to reassure those of you who are just embarking on the journey that there is life after white. :)

Im 25 male and always made girls break necks when I walked past. I had all JET BLACK hair and now very recently noticed my first grey hairs around the side burns. Right now I have only spotted 4 maybe 5 between both sides but I’m still in shock. Really hoped I would be at least 40 till I saw my first.
My dad got his first when he was 30, so that combined with being an ex-smoker is what did it for me I’m sure.
Hopefully scientists think a cure could be less than 10years away? Maybe a simple tablet/pill to reverse grey hair. So possibly we can all have less grey in 10years times….somewhat naturally. :)

White hairs can turn back to their original color: I noticed my first white hair around high school. But it wasn’t completely white…the bottom half was white, but the top half (the part from the root) was my original hair color…it was really weird, but ever since, I occasionally notice hairs like that. Sometimes, they’re only white in the middle of the hair. I think stress is probably a huge factor (I think the white happened when I was in school). I think it’s rather fun to find such hairs…

SIX YEARS OLD! I started graying when I was six years old. My hair was around 40% gray when I turned 10. Now im 21 and I have about 75% gray hair. I color the roots every 2 months. It doesn’t bother me at all. It actually makes me feel special. I always have an interesting story to tell, about how I got gray hair at such an early age. HAHA. and it also gives me an excuse to experiment with different hair colors/dyes. When I color my hair and the gray hairs go lighter, it looks like I have highlights. People tell me that my highlights look really good. :D

I’m 23 and seriously freaking out. I keep finding grey hairs on my temples, and worse, I’ll occasionally find one that’s brown at the end and grey at the root: proof that it was once normal and healthy. I look at it think about how it will never grow in brown again. It makes me feel like an old lady on her deathbed. I know grey hairs don’t necessarily imply poor health but I really don’t need a symbol of decay growing out of my head.

Hi, im 15 and i started having grey hair since i was about 10 – 12. I got addicted of pulling grey hair but they keep growing back. Now they are all over the place. My twin brother pulled 70 grey hair. 70!!!!! And at school people keep regonizing my hair saying “OMG you have grey hair,” It makes me feel alone. Good thing is that my twin also has grey hair (not as much as me though), so it must be genetics. Its also good to see that im not alone with this situation seeing how a lot of you have the same problem.

Sir,
I am 28 years of old and I have both the problems that is 1. half of my hair are gray(white)now and at the same time 2. I am having hair loss too. I am really worried about my future because of that. For your information, I am also a chain smoker.
I have have two questions as well:
1. Avoiding smock could at least decrease the rate of graying and loss of hair or not?

2. If masturbation is also the reason of hair graying and hair loss? if Yes, avoiding it could help to some extend or not?

3. Is taking Drug(Cought syrup)increase the rate of hair graying and hair loss?

Please help me sir, thank you.

got my first when i was 11. it sucked.