Do you worry about grey hair?
By sarinahahmad
@sarinahahmad (119)
Singapore
December 5, 2009 7:01pm CST
Usually the age most people start noticing grey hair is in their early 40s, although this can happen much earlier. I notice that my side of the family, my mom, sisters, aunt and as well as my late grandpa, they all started to have grey hair in their early 30s. At the age of 40, they are 90% grey hair. I am not sure if this is hereditary. Luckily, my grey hair is still countable. So, my personal strategy is this, don't worry, don't pluck the grey hair (if you do, this will result more grey hair, I think) and lastly, I tell myself, well actually tell my hair (you must think I'm weird), don't have any more grey hair until I am 55. Funny? So, what do you do? Do you go to the extend of paying expensive stuff to treat your hair or just be like me, don't worry just be happy and crazy? Hehe. Have fun!
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15 responses
@blackflorinel (475)
• Romania
6 Dec 09
as a man i dont worry that much but as long as paint for hair exists its nothing to worry about , now my girlfriend is worryd she can stand gray hair it is the firs step to eldernes :)) but that is here i'm diferent it dosent mather that much in the end how beutiful your hair is in the end is you personality that mathers the most! ;)
@scottishmummy (4)
•
6 Dec 09
NOOOOO I do not worry about grey hair - there are so many ways of covering it up there is no need to worry. Iwould have no idea if my hair was grey or not underneath all the bleach and other colourant I have been putting on my hair for the last 16 years and I certainly do not intend to find out what is lurking beneath! I will keep on with the hair dye and regular visits to the hairdressers in the vain hope that I convince myself I am still in my teens (i might get a fringe cut in though the hide the wrinkles - cheaper than botox!)
@sarinahahmad (119)
• Singapore
8 Dec 09
Everybody is entitle to their own decisions. If your actions satisfy and makes you happy, then by all means go ahead with it. Even spending a little or too much to look beautiful is OKAY. My advice, always be happy, happy, happy, all that matters.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
6 Dec 09
Hi, sarinah. Well I don't want to have a head full of grey hair. I would settle with some here and there. I am 31 and I have a few strands of grey hair in my head. I started getting one strand when I was in my early 20s. And I had a strand when I was in high school too. I have heard that it can mean good luck or having an extreme kind of wisdom. Grey hair can look nice and sometimes it can look dull and dried out. I really don't want to have a lot of grey hair as I get older. My dad's mom had jet black hair, and she was in her 70s. Her grey hair was inside of her scalp. You could hardly see it. That is how I want my hair to be when I get older. They always say how I have hair like my grandmother's and that I take after her type of hair. I just hope that this follows me as I get older too.
@sarinahahmad (119)
• Singapore
8 Dec 09
I wish the same for you too. The best thing to do is not freak about it. Enjoy life and be merry.
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
6 Dec 09
Int have any grey's yet and frankly I dont want any however we all know that I wont have as say in the matter.I find that its a case of genetics adn level of stress ,of greying early runs in your family then there is a high possibilty that you will grey and similarly high stress situations increase greying .
I would relish some forms of greying because they say sometimes it makes on look sophisticated but apart from that I dont want any lol
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
7 Dec 09
Of course as greying hairs is a signs of aging, although i have seen young people with grey hair then are all excuses and need to be check your hair specialist as having grey hair may also be a sign of other underlying documents.
@borg246 (539)
• Malta
6 Dec 09
I can speak for both men and woman. I'm a male and having a grey hair/white hair is the least of my worried. I'm exactly like my father, he doesn't even know that he has grey hair. My mother, she is 50, she takes a trip to the hairdresser every week, she worries a lot about grey hair. So I can say, that women worry a lot more then men overy their hair, and the problem with my mother is that even if she has just 1 grey hair, she gets so worried that she goes to the hairdresser there and then and she also tells the hairdresser to tell no one that she has grey hairs.
@sarinahahmad (119)
• Singapore
8 Dec 09
Hey, it's okay. If that makes your mother happy, then let her be. Just not be too stressful about it though. It's no good for her health. Just be supportive and I'm sure she will be grateful and confident.
@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
6 Dec 09
No, hair color was created for a reason. I color my hair almost all of the time, so I do not worry about gray hair.
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
6 Dec 09
Some people say grey hair is the symbol of wisdom. As the age progresses, naturally some maturity and wisdom should be gained by every one. I do not feel bad for the grey hair. Indian former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi had a patch of lovely grey hair and it was adding beauty to her face. I never apply any hair dye and just leave it as it is. However I have very few grey hairs till now.
@MrKennedy (1978)
•
6 Dec 09
Thankfully, I am at an age where grey hair and other such age-related issues aren't really a problem (just yet).
Personally, I would rather see somebody age gracefully and embrace (or at least come to terms with) their new hair colour than somebody who hopelessly clings onto their youth and tries to deny the inevitable and completely natural process of aging.
Why should anybody feel ashamed of having grey hair, and attempt to hide it by purchasing all these ridiculously expensive products for something that isn't their fault?
@jaunty_mellifluous (31)
• Pakistan
6 Dec 09
I have a few grey/white hair that stick out sometimes. But I'm not worried about them. They're part of the aging process. I suppose it's a little worse for women.
You could use a good hair dying/colour product that can help you. No harm in that.
@bettydeng5 (1822)
• China
6 Dec 09
When I saw my mother's grey hair, I feel very sad, she spent more effort for our families, she worked hard and took care of my two younger nieces, her hair got grey and more and more, I knew she was so tired and spent much, which caused her grey hair. For me, I don't worry my hair get grey, life is a progressing, everyone will be old, we can't stop the proceeding of life, so the most important was we need to keep the good feeling, emotion, confidence to resist the life, happy is crucial for everyone. Happy day!
@madhur777 (47)
• India
6 Dec 09
yes i worry about the grey hair because black hair is the sign of young age
@madhur777 (47)
• India
6 Dec 09
yes ,i like black hair so i wud be definitely worried about grey hair
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Dec 09
Hi Sarina,
I am 40 and i only have two strands of grey hair. i am happy for having at least two. if ever i will have grey hair, i will not worry. i will even welcome grey hair. according to my grandparents, grey hair symbolizes wisdom. i will not consider using hair color, it's part of aging and i'll just enjoy it!
