# Found a gray hair.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-gray-hair/174591>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-gray-hair/174591 "2003-05-12T01:35:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-gray-hair/174591/21 "2003-05-13T04:04:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by nealla \*  
> \*\*I don’t know if it’s true or not, but she was right about always wearing clean underwear in case you have an accident.
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> Um, never mind about that. \*\*

Yeah, but were they clean \* after \* the accident? 😃

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**Author:** ![kirk280980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@kirk280980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk280980)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-gray-hair/174591/22 "2003-05-13T06:21:37Z")

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I’m 22, and the grey hairs are just starting to appear above my left temple. There are about half a dozen now, with more appearing all the time. Usually I crop my hair down to stubble, and sometimes I shave it off completely, so unless you were specifically looking you wouldn’t know.

My father started going grey at around the same age, as have previous generations. Therefore, it hasn’t come as a major surprise, and I can honestly say it doesn’t bother me. Ditto if I ever went bald, it just isn’t something I could get myself worked up over.

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**Author:** ![lurker\_anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@lurker\_anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurker_anonymous)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-gray-hair/174591/23 "2003-05-13T12:50:11Z")

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wait until you get a grey eyebrow…what a downer!☹

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**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-gray-hair/174591/24 "2003-05-13T22:24:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by xvxdarkknightxvx \*  
> **Wow…I guess I’m premature, but I’ve noticed grey hairs starting since I was in 7th grade.**

You too, huh? I got my first few greys when I was twelve. They’re very rare on my rather rakish red hair, but every now and then, the person cutting my hair points out the occassional grey strand or three. These phantom grey hairs only appear under times of long-term stress for me–like a few months ago, when I was severely depressed. I never get these hairs when life’s not kicking me in the shins.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-gray-hair/174591/25 "2003-05-13T22:38:41Z")

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Yeah, don’t you love that? They _have_ to point out any gray hairs. It’s in their contract.

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