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How fast can hair go grey?

Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:49 am
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18511 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:49 am
My glorious brown hair has turned about 20% grey since Christmas. What the frick is happening?
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
22165 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:51 am to
Best to just confidently embrace it unless you're willing to dye your hair.
Posted by ReedRothchild
South MS
Member since Jul 2019
1228 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:51 am to
Add "Don't Die" to your five year plan.

Good luck
Posted by Ten Bears
Florida
Member since Oct 2018
3336 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:52 am to
Fast. Very fast
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83653 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:54 am to
5 years ago I was about 10% grey (beard and hair)

now I'm 90% gray

It happens fast
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51448 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:55 am to
Steve Martin looked like he was 55 for like 30 straight years because of how quickly his hair went grey
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99421 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:55 am to
Just wait until the Netherlands start turning grey.
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16491 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:57 am to
Man, the OT is getting old.
Posted by Jon A thon
Member since May 2019
1690 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 7:57 am to
Did you get struck by lightning or something?
Posted by Rick9Plus
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2020
1740 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:05 am to
How old are you? How old were your parents when theirs went gray? If you are much younger than they were, what has happened that is stressful recently?
Posted by rd280z
Richmond
Member since Jan 2007
2315 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:08 am to
It's a fight you cannot win. Eventually, you will be OK with it. Hang in there.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36195 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:08 am to
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
6111 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:10 am to
I’ll never dye my hair.

But I also have just clipped my own bald head for about 15 years now
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32842 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:12 am to
I’m 36, going grey wouldn’t bother me. Going bald, I’d have to rectify that
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
9839 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:16 am to
Overnight...

Canities subita, also called Marie Antoinette syndrome or Thomas More syndrome, is an alleged condition of hair turning white overnight due to stress or trauma.[1] The trivial names come from specific cases in history including that of Queen Marie Antoinette of France whose hair was noted as having turned stark white overnight after her capture following the ill-fated flight to Varennes during the French Revolution. An older case of Sir Thomas More's hair turning white the night before his beheading has also been recorded. Although a number of cases of rapid hair greying have been documented, the underlying patho-physiological changes have not been sufficiently studied.
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
8900 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:19 am to
I’m 58 so well past the age when it can start. If I grow facial hair it’s been grey for 10 years plus. On my head though I have a grey streak on the left side that has been there for probably 15 years. The rest still looks like it always has. Finally starting to get a few greys sprinkled in here and there.

My eyes are quite blue so I’m ready to just go grey. The ladies will love it.
Posted by mcpotiger
Missouri
Member since Mar 2005
6959 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:39 am to
Dad always said . Rather it turn grey than turn loose.. Embrace it. Chicks dig a silver fox...
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
11289 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:52 am to
I'm starting to get grey in my eyebrows...shite...
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56573 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 8:55 am to
It comes in waves. 20% then it stops. Then a while later another 30%.


I’m in the third wave now. So about 70% gray. I figure I have three years before it finishes me off

The later phases you see em pop up in your pubes. That is really depressing
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
350,000 Post Karma
Member since Aug 2013
7724 posts
Posted on 4/29/24 at 9:00 am to
Had a cousins start going gray at 19. Was almost 100% gray by his late 20s.

Luckily I missed that gene. My sideburns and temples started graying around 45. Hasn't spread too much since.
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