[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Going Gray (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/21/2013 5:59:56 PM EDT
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My mom was almost totally gray by her mid-thirties and so my younger brother has followed, too. He's 40 and mostly gray. I'm forty-one and have a head full of black hair, and only the same three or four white hairs growing in the back that have been there since I was a teenager.
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I started getting grey hairs in high school. Im 41 now and almost totally grey. Chicks dig it man. Yup. 56 here, I'm salt and pepper - I agree the chicks dig it! +1. I'm 30, salt and pepper, can't get a haircut without the hair dresser commenting. One said "I wish my lover had hair like this" 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yup.I started getting grey hairs in high school. Im 41 now and almost totally grey. Chicks dig it man. 56 here, I'm salt and pepper - I agree the chicks dig it! +1. I'm 30, salt and pepper, can't get a haircut without the hair dresser commenting. One said "I wish my lover had hair like this" He was definitely flirting  |
I'm 31 and I'm turning a pretty decent shade of salt and pepper already.  Had white/gray hairs since I was a teenager.Most of my hair is still brownish. My beard has started to go more gray now though with more white and gray hairs popping up. My facial hair is brown and red otherwise. |
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"The first onset of gray hair and the speed at which people go gray varies considerably from person to person. Most people actually start going gray in their late 20s but they don't notice it immediately. Premature graying is defined as gray hair onset before late teens for Caucasians and before age 30 in Africans and Asians, or alternatively 50% or more gray scalp hair before age 50. The time and speed of gray hair onset is due in part to genetics, and early onset gray hair development can run in families. Incidence; Causes & Development Very occasionally, a few gray hairs can develop in children as young as 8 years and yet it indicates nothing other than an early onset of the gray hair that we all develop with increasing age. 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]. As a rough guide, 50% of the population in the US and Europe have 50% gray hair by age 50. Gray hair is caused by the gradual reduction of melanin production over time within the affected hair follicle. The melanocytes in the hair follicles produce less and less melanin, and the result is a loss of hair fiber color strength. What we call gray hair is not gray at all if you look at the individual hair fibers. Some hair fibers will contain some color while others are virtually white. What we describe as gray comes about from our perception of the overall scalp hair color. Blondes are most likely to develop a completely white head of hair in old age because their hair fiber has a very low density of pigment in it to start with. Signs & Symptoms The most common areas on the scalp in which to first see gray hair development are above the ears and/or at the temples. This first gray hair may spread around the sides and to the crown with time. Gray hair development in the beard and mustache may also start quite early, while gray hair on the chest and pubic region generally only occurs some years after onset of gray hair on the scalp." |