# Your first grey (or white) hair -- how old? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527 "2000-11-16T23:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/41 "2000-11-20T03:45:25Z")
About 17 (22 now). I’ve always got a few, but you wouldn’t notice unless you’re really examining closely. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Serendipity28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity28)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/42 "2000-11-20T14:38:14Z")
In my early 30’s. About the same time I discovered the receding hairline and unseen (by me) thinning on the top of my head. Not many, just a few that I pulled out, but more appeared. Late 30s after a lengthy and tumultuous love interest with a little lady I found I had major amounts of gray hair. I blame her. ---
**Author:** ![filthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@filthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filthy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/43 "2000-11-20T14:46:32Z")
Late 20’s. My beard went salt and pepper, closely followed by the rest of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/44 "2000-11-20T23:53:06Z")
When I was 17–after baking a batch of cookies and washing my hands up–I noticed in the mirror that my hair had an unexpected–silvery ‘shock’ to it. I was quite taken aback as you can imagine–since I was fairly young to be getting grey hair. Then I realized it was -flour-! ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/45 "2000-11-21T00:16:26Z")
16 or 17. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/46 "2000-11-21T02:00:06Z")
I got a few when I was pregnant, but they fell out afterwards and never came back. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/47 "2000-11-21T02:10:56Z")
1. I pulled it out, it never came back. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527/48 "2000-11-21T12:24:53Z")
I was born with a white/silver streak in my hair and I’ve had it ever since. It’s not that much – maybe about 20-30 strands total – but if I part my hair just right it’s visible. I kinda like it. 🙂 My brother and sister also have small silver streaks in their hair. It must be something in our family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-grey-or-white-hair-how-old/41527.md?page=2)