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Old 09-13-2019, 04:34 PM   #41
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I am 61 and only a few gray hairs. My mother and her mother were both dark until 85, and which point they were about half gray. What nationality are you? Many of my Portuguese relatives/friends stay dark so probably there’s a gene for it (which means someday nobody will go gray, I bet).
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Old 09-13-2019, 04:56 PM   #42
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OP here, my father had no gray hair and his ancestors were from Ireland. I have done some research and it appears that many Irish do not go gray so I think there is a genetic component.
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Old 09-13-2019, 05:48 PM   #43
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I found my first grey hairs at age 30. Started getting highlights to blend them in to my light brown hair in my late 30's. Started doing all over color age 46. Last year I stopped dying my hair to see what color it is. At age 50 I have lots of white hair in the front. Not sure if I will dye it again. I think white hair can look striking on some women, this in between stage is rather dull.
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Old 09-13-2019, 06:08 PM   #44
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I started to go gray at 21.

My Da was Irish - and he went white. But with his bright blue eyes it was striking. Me - not so much.

(DM turned gray very young, so I got it on both sides.)

My DFIL is Greek and has had a full head of white hair for as long as I can remember. My DMIL started getting gray late, and DH took mostly after her.
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Old 09-13-2019, 08:46 PM   #46
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I’m 71 with very little grey in my dark brown hair. There’s a bit around the sides of my face and I think an occasional one elsewhere. I’ve been this way for years. My parents were only partly grey at 85 and 95 when they died, and my younger brother has less grey than I do, at 64. It’s genetic.
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I am 63 with no grey hair, as a matter of fact I have no hair period.
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At 60 I’ve had snow on the mountain for years. It gets more pervasive with each passing year. Some have expressed surprise that I don’t use some product to correct it. Why would I? They have all been hard earned...
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At 60 I’ve had snow on the mountain for years. It gets more pervasive with each passing year. Some have expressed surprise that I don’t use some product to correct it. Why would I? They have all been hard earned...
Right? I don't want to look 25, I'm not 25, and I couldn't keep up with a very fit 25-year old, so there's no point in pretending. I want to look like a really healthy 48, because I am 48. Pretending I'm not is a good way to get hurt, physically and mentally. Besides, when I was 25 I was relatively poor and I actually gave a crap what other people thought about me. There are things to like about getting older and crotchety!

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Too lazy to color my hair even I wanted to. I'm also allergic to most cosmetics, so i do not use that stuff either. So rather glad to have so little grey at 58.

Agree there must be a genetic component of some kind, or perhaps a number of genetic influencers. My mother did have the same light brown hair I started with (mine got darker brown over the years), but she stayed light brown until she got grey early and was all grey by early fifties.
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I am all gray at 61, but is all there and thick, so I am happy with that.

DW has almost no gray hair - you have to get up close and personal to see them. She is also fortunate to have no wrinkles, and has for a long time been mistaken to be 10-20 years younger.

One of my older brothers up to age 68 had gray hair. My siblings and I always accuse him of using hair color, but he insists he is not. He is 70now, and just has a slight touch of gray close to his neck.
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Thinking about this, I don't know what DW's hair color really is (or was). She's been dying her hair since I met her in 1992. Yesterday, she had her hair "done" and came home and asked me if I noticed her hair was "lighter".

To which I replied, "Why yes, just a shade, correct?" (that was the correct answer.

It's all too complicated for me.
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Thinking about this, I don't know what DW's hair color really is (or was). She's been dying her hair since I met her in 1992. Yesterday, she had her hair "done" and came home and asked me if I noticed her hair was "lighter".

To which I replied, "Why yes, just a shade, correct?" (that was the correct answer.

It's all too complicated for me.
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Some brown, some gray, some bald...
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Wait, you have hair? Oh, not male.
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Male here, fyi.
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