Going grey?!
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Topic: Going grey?!
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Going grey?!
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:50pm
Please tell me I'm not the only young 'un who is going grey!! I'm not even 25 but I started finding greys pretty regularly over summer so I started plucking them - sure that I was seeing the same 6 over and over (that's how many I counted to at one point). But no, I've now plucked about a hair for every 2-3 days for the last 3 months so now I had better stop plucking if I want to keep hair! 
For those of you who have started going grey, how long does it take between noticing your own and having enough at once that you are definitely "going grey"?? (10 years?  )-------------  |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:52pm
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My mum went grey early, she said us girls (me and my sisters) did it to her. I so don't believe her. She dyed her hair. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:54pm
My dad was 100% grey at 30. I'm probably about 30%, I hadn't colored it for a while before my trip to the hairdresser this week and I was starting to look reaaaaally old 
And I'm only 26! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 9:10pm
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Argggh Emma I didn't want to hear that!!! My dad went grey at 30 too Or is 30 normal and I just didn't realise how "young" 30 was until I left 21 behind??
Becks it may be true - just look at me with three girls LOL ------------- |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 9:19pm
Me...  Everyone thinks I'm being silly, but there is a significant (to me anyway) amount especially noticeable when I tie my hair up. They are noticeable cos I have dark hair. My dad has been "white" for as long as I can remember and mum has been dying her hair for years so I guess its hereditary. Oh and my brother is getting there too! I used to pull them out but when they grow back they stick straight up cos they are thicker, so now I have to keep dying (yay for blond highlights in dark hair ). I'm only just 25. Kinda glad its not just me  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 9:19pm
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Ive got huge patches too, have had for years. am fair haird though, so am hoping it will go white, and I can stop colouring it! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 9:29pm
Dad says the same thing (coincidentally I was born when he was 30 )
Sorry Teresa! But at least we can be young and grey together  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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mummy_becks wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 9:29pm
Same here! I guess dyeing is so common now that it's hard to pick it up... but I like my hair colour. It's a mid-brown with blonde flecks and I know I'll never get it back if I colour... so I procrastinate instead lol ------------- |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 10:40pm
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isnt there some old wives tale about plucking greys? Its meant to make more
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Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 2:03am
hehehe lol at the grey haired comments, I started finding greys at 19 Yes!! far more noticable when I cut my hair short and when tied back. Mum was totally white around 30 also so there maynot be much help for you Teresa, although you could just say that the greys are blond streaks!!
I have given up colouring (& I'm a hairdresser) must be getting old, also havn't been to a hairdresser since moving back to NZ 3 1/2 years ago - hate paying for stuff when you know the price!! Wont be long before I give myself another haircut & I will be completly natural again .... & probably 80-90%grey ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 7:32am
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Ive had the odd grey hair since I was 19, when I was hairdressing I never noticed it cause I was colouring so often but you can really tell now esp on my natural strawberry blonde highlights lol
Im like oyu Kez I hater paying fro stuff when I know the price, I have friends in qtown who always did my hair so Im extremly fussy on who colours or cuts my hair these days. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 8:04am
| I've got the odd one or two, when I do see them they come out! hehe but I'll just hide them with dye later on. At least we have that option! |
Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 8:07am
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Me too! Have been going grey for years now, just bit by bit! Still remember being in Melbourne (at age 22) and finding my first grey eyebrow! That was fun! ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 8:40am
Ohhh me too I started finding them after Ashleigh was born funnily enough!! I'm 27... I used to dye my hair blonde before I got preggers but didn't want to do it during pregnancy so let it grow out (light brown) but now I am dyeing it brown to cover me greys At least hubby is going grey with me  (hes 28)------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 8:42am
| My girlfriend was nearly completely grey at 22! she dyed...orften. it looked really obvious as she naturally had very dark hair and dyed it dark as well - so the roots showed very obviously. I am one of the lucky ones. my grandmother at 70 has only started going grey. will stop bragging now. |
Posted By: Mookey
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 7:52pm
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My DH started going grey at 16. He gets it from his grandmother who started really early too. He has dyed it once but not again. ------------- http://www.cushytush.co.nz - |
Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:05pm
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yup have been colouring my hair for years, both my parents went grey young as well so there is no hope for me!! I love doing zany colours I have black/burgandy in at the mo and it is really dark inside and when you go outside it is a burgandy colour LOVE it!! ------------- 
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