How old were you when you found your first grey hair? Did you leave it or pluck

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   AHintzposted 12 years ago

   How old were you when you found your first grey hair? Did you leave it or pluck it?
   
   I know that some people wear their greys proudly, and some people hide them or pluck them out. I'm curious as to the ratio of men to women, and age.

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   GusTheRedneckposted 12 years ago

   If memory serves me correctly, I was about 5-1/2 months old. (an early worrier, right?)

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   Arlene V. Pomaposted 12 years ago

   I was 39 or 40.  I was in shock when I found I had gray, so I went to the store, bought a box of Miss Clairol in soft black, then learned how to drown those grays.  Sad to say, I am vain and have supported the cosmetic industry for about 10 years before getting tired of making that dye mess in my bathroom.  Dye everywhere once every six to eight weeks--floor, tub, ceiling.  You name it.  It's dyed in soft black or blue black.

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   Maralexaposted 12 years ago

   I am 'North of 55" and mercifully, my red (strawberry blonde) hair has not turned grey yet   The blonde streaks are really taupe, not grey.

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   Charlene Marianoposted 12 years ago

   I was only 12 when  I found my first grey hair. I don't usually pluck it but whenever someone is bothered by it and wants to pluck it, I just allow them. No big deal whatsoever, having a grey hair is a sign of wisdom.

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   seichepreyposted 12 years ago

   I was 37, and it was actually white, and I've left it.  I have a fine crop of about twenty now, and I enjoy each and every one where it is.

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   Jonesy0311posted 12 years ago

   I started getting grey hairs at 18 when I was in high school. It started in my facial hair and worked its way up. That is also about the time that my hair started thinning. Therefore, I don't pluck the greys because I'm happy to have any hair at all.

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   Vanessa Andersonposted 12 years ago

   I've had some gray since I was a teen.  I color it now to attempt to look my age (I'm only 31).  My daughter is only 5 and I actually found a gray hair the other day while I was playing with her hair.  It runs on my mom's side...lucky us  :-)

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   carolpposted 12 years ago

   I was about 40 years old. I was frustrated and started to pluck them, but they came more in a period of time. I hate my grey hair so i decided to get a permanent regular dye.

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    AHintzposted 12 years ago

    Interesting. I have had an occasional grey hair since I was a teenager, but they are coming more regularly since I hit my mid-twenties. Now that I am approaching 30 I even have them in my eyebrows!  Sparsely, but they are there. I leave them, because if I plucked them eventually I'd have no eyebrows.

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    jacqui2011posted 12 years ago

    When I was around 30 years old, I had a lot of grey hairs appearing. I decided then that it was time for me to find a permanent dye and have been dying my hair ever since. I am 46 now.

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