# Your first gray hair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 29, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833 "2004-10-29T12:51:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Consumer\_Sovereignty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Consumer\_Sovereignty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consumer_Sovereignty)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833/41 "2004-10-30T07:50:59Z")

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I’m nearly 18, and I’ve been told I have several (at any given time). I don’t remember when I started getting gray hairs, probably around 15.

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833/42 "2004-10-30T10:23:48Z")

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I was in my early 40s. I am completely gray now.

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**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833/43 "2004-10-30T12:08:49Z")

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I only have three (that I’ve found) and I will be 50 soon. Very soon. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833/44 "2004-10-30T13:07:27Z")

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Last summer, when I was 39. I was brushing my hair in front of the bathroom mirror, and it just sort of sproiiinng’d out at the top of my head, being not only a different color, but different texture than the rest of my hair. I plucked it out and put it in a folded piece of paper, but have lost it since.

I’ve got about 6 of them now.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833/45 "2004-11-02T00:39:11Z")

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Mid 30’s I think. Grey means they’ve decided to stick around. Woo Hoo.

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-gray-hair/271833/46 "2004-11-02T03:31:50Z")

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mid-teens

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