# Can Hair Turn Gray Overnight from Fright?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hair-turn-gray-overnight-from-fright/434604>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hair-turn-gray-overnight-from-fright/434604 "2008-01-23T01:13:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![TripleBeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@TripleBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleBeast)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hair-turn-gray-overnight-from-fright/434604/1 "2008-01-23T01:13:21Z")

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I have heard a couple of stories of how some people have actually been frightened so badly… or traumatized to a maximum degree insomuch that it caused theit hair to turn gray very quickly. Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hair-turn-gray-overnight-from-fright/434604/2 "2008-01-23T01:27:03Z")

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