Going gray

[sfer]

I'm Asian, so my hair is naturally jet black. Consequently, gray hair sticks out like nobody's business. I got my first gray hair 15 months ago; I was 28. I got my third one today. I don't like this. When did people start going gray?

[cnfuzzd]

roughly at the age of 14, though its getting to be a bit more serious lately.

peace

john nickle

[jakethebake]

I would kind of like to get a little gray. But I'm cursed with think dark hair that will never thin or turn gray. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[LALDAAS]

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I got my third one today.

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Are you f'ing kidding me! I turn 27 in 2 weeks, My buddies call me the Silver Fox.

I started to turn grey at 17 its getting bad now.

Slat n' pepper

[istewart]

It was my tenth birthday, and it wasn't even close.

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[Jakesta]

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I would kind of like to get a little gray. But I'm cursed with think dark hair that will never thin or turn gray. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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How old are you? Give it 5 more years.

[hoopsie44]

If it's any consolation : "snow on the roof, fire in the furnace."

[Pocket Trips]

I started going gray at about 23 and it has really gotten bad the past few years to the point where i would say i am 1/3 grey but there was a major upside to it.

MANY women find salt and pepper hair attractive. /images/graemlins/confused.gif I have hooked up with at leat 4 women in their early 20's that I never would've had a shot with when I was in my 20's myself and a large part of what they said initiially attracted them to me was my hair.

I absolutely refuse to dye my hair. I wouild rather be 35 with salt and peper hair than look like someone with those unnaturally dark hair colors you see on men trying to look younger.

[Jakesta]

It could be worse. You could be going bald.

[jason_t]

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If it's any consolation : "snow on the roof, fire in the furnace."

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Add this one to the "Phrases that bother you/don't make any sense" thread.

[jakethebake]

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I would kind of like to get a little gray. But I'm cursed with think dark hair that will never thin or turn gray. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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How old are you? Give it 5 more years.

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36..and nah I have hair like my grandad's. everyone in my family that went bald started doing so long before this.

[Jakesta]

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I would kind of like to get a little gray. But I'm cursed with think dark hair that will never thin or turn gray. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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How old are you? Give it 5 more years.

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36..and nah I have hair like my grandad's. everyone in my family that went bald started doing so long before this.

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I'm not saying you'll be bald. I'm saying that your hair is likely going to gray when you hit 40.

[jakethebake]

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I'm not saying you'll be bald. I'm saying that your hair is likely going to gray when you hit 40.

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maybe some but i don't think so. my gandad never grayed. my dad has a completely gray beard but only like a few stray gray hairs.

[sublime]

i started at like 18. slow, but got more now. still a stud.

[Jakesta]

You cannot escape your destiny:

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[Soul Daddy]

My hair fell out before I noticed gray. At the time, I'd have killed for the silver.

[shant]

I wish I could go gray today. When I was 20 I went to a salon and asked if they'd dye my hair gray and the lady looked at me like I was a moron, so there went that idea. I think gray hair is rad.

[DMBFan23]

gray >>>> bald

[chaas4747]

I'm american indian so I have the same problem with the black hair. I started to turn grey at about 22. Now at 30 I am probably 30%. I like it though and would never color it.

[tbach24]

I don't have any gray and am not balding, but both sides of my family are bald. And gray. My dad's started going at my age he says, and my brother isn't receding and doesnt have gray hair, so I don't know.

[asofel]

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I'm Asian, so my hair is naturally jet black. Consequently, gray hair sticks out like nobody's business. I got my first gray hair 15 months ago; I was 28. I got my third one today. I don't like this. When did people start going gray?

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I'm almost 25 and have noticed a frustratingly more frequent amount over the last 6 months. For the last two years I've been in a stressul job and keep telling myself that this had something to do with it. Does this have any basis in reality? (yes i could google but i'd rather here from personal experience)

[TimM]

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When did people start going gray?

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Just about when I started playing poker.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

I've been going gray since I was 16 or so, maybe earlier. I don't really mind it, though everyone comments. I'm probably 20% gray.

[DBowling]

i have one gray hair in one of my sideburns and it bugs the hell out of me. thats the only one though.

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I'm Asian, so my hair is naturally jet black. Consequently, gray hair sticks out like nobody's business. I got my first gray hair 15 months ago; I was 28. I got my third one today. I don't like this. When did people start going gray?

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Similar boat, but I'm older. If you can see three, you've got more. I first noticed more than the stray single in my late 20s. 37 now, and about 15% gray.

Good luck, kid. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[thatpfunk]

1. You're not the guy in your avatar?

2. You're 28?

Holy cow.

[MoreWineII]

25-26. It had been a stressful quarter century.

[Luv2DriveTT]

Grey is sexy.. the ladys love a distinguished man. You will get used to it, salt & pepper is very cool at your age.

As for me.... I'll probably be totally silver by the time I hit 43. Thats just 7 years to go at max. But I like it, I look much better than I did when I was young.

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[Michael Davis]

HAHA you are so old.

-Michael

[The Stranger]

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When did people start going gray?

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Just about when I started playing poker.

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Wow, I thought that only happened to me.

[Mason Hellmuth]

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I've been going gay since I was 16 or so, maybe earlier. I don't really mind it, though everyone comments. I'm probably 20% gay.

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FYP

[lu_hawk]

that's the only FYP that i didn't think was lame. good job.

[Joe826]

When I was in high school and fascinated with Aldous Huxley's "The Doors of Perception" I deprived myself of sleep for days on end, I think during that time I got five or so grey hairs.

Since that time i've made a conscious effort to not be so weird and no more have apppeared.

[Benal]

Grey hair > No hair

[Ulysses]

33. Black hair. No gray.

[wacki]

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33. Black hair. No gray.

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You're 33???? In that pic you look like your late teens/early twenties!!

[Ulysses]

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33. Black hair. No gray.

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You're 33???? In that pic you look like your late teens/early twenties!!

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Good livin', baby!

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[wacki]

WTF what is your secret???

Do your parents look young too?

[Stu Pidasso]

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MANY women find salt and pepper hair attractive.

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They think you're old enough to have accumulated some wealth and still young enough to be a suitable mate. They might not even be conscious of it but therein lies the attraction. Get a nicer car and you will score with the 20 somethings more often.

Stu

[Stu Pidasso]

That picture was taken in 1997.

Stu

[jakethebake]

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33. Black hair. No gray.

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You're 33???? In that pic you look like your late teens/early twenties!!

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Where is this pic I keep hearing about?

[sfer]

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1. You're not the guy in your avatar?

2. You're 28?

Holy cow.

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I've never been the guy in my avatar. He's much cooler and people call him "Daddy."

I was 28 2 years ago.

[sfer]

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33. Black hair. No gray.

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Whatever. I'll believe it when the mask comes off.

[Jack of Arcades]

Uh, no hair, but if I grew it, it'd be brown. No gray. 18.

[CCass]

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Grey is sexy.. the ladys love a distinguished man. You will get used to it, salt & pepper is very cool at your age.

As for me.... I'll probably be totally silver by the time I hit 43. Thats just 7 years to go at max. But I like it, I look much better than I did when I was young.

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What he said. Except I will be 43 in 5 more years.

[jdl22]

My fiance, who's a quarter Chinese, got her first gray hair in high school. As for me I don't have gray hair but do have a serious receding hair line at the ripe age of 25. Our children will most likely be gray and bald in their early teens.

edited to add: I actually like the black hair with strands of gray sticking out. The contrast is nice. Not sure it would suit you, but I know several Chinese girls with strands of gray hair and it works for them.

[sfer]

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HAHA you are so old.

-Michael

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I'm taller than you.

[2planka]

Just wait till you find your first gray curly hair. You know what I mean. Hurts to pull them out, bub.

[Pocket Trips]

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Just wait till you find your first gray curly hair. You know what I mean. Hurts to pull them out, bub.

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The day this happens to me is the day i begin shaving my balls /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Shaman]

Gray is gay.

[Bluffoon]

I have been going grey for about ten years.

Fortunately it has been falling out about as fast as it is going gray.

I just go with it.

[jakethebake]

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Just wait till you find your first gray curly hair. You know what I mean. Hurts to pull them out, bub.

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The day this happens to me is the day i begin shaving my balls /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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I'd rather be gray than gay.

[Ray Zee]

wait till your business gets so consuming you cant stand it and the gray hairs will pop up like jits on a 14 year old candy eater.

[Ray Zee]

its called growing old. one day about 40 you wont see well enough to read without glasses. presbiopia. then your back or neck will ache some days. your bones will feel different. little things will hurt more. and worst of all you will lost some of your taste for foods and not want to eat as much. you wont think as quickly and miss things you never did before. your driving will get worse, not the other fellows, you will fold you hand in the big blind when its not raised once in awhile. all while your net worth is compounding upward and time to live is depleting.

[sfer]

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its called growing old. one day about 40 you wont see well enough to read without glasses. presbiopia. then your back or neck will ache some days. your bones will feel different. little things will hurt more. and worst of all you will lost some of your taste for foods and not want to eat as much. you wont think as quickly and miss things you never did before. your driving will get worse, not the other fellows, you will fold you hand in the big blind when its not raised once in awhile. all while your net worth is compounding upward and time to live is depleting.

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Jesus. I need a drink.

[nolanfan34]

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its called growing old. one day about 40 you wont see well enough to read without glasses. presbiopia. then your back or neck will ache some days. your bones will feel different. little things will hurt more. and worst of all you will lost some of your taste for foods and not want to eat as much. you wont think as quickly and miss things you never did before. your driving will get worse, not the other fellows, you will fold you hand in the big blind when its not raised once in awhile. all while your net worth is compounding upward and time to live is depleting.

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Jesus. I need a drink.

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No kidding. Thanks, Ray "of sunshine" Zee.

I don't have any gray hair though. So I got that going for me. Which is nice.

[Analyst]

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its called growing old. one day about 40 you wont see well enough to read without glasses. presbiopia. then your back or neck will ache some days. your bones will feel different. little things will hurt more. and worst of all you will lost some of your taste for foods and not want to eat as much. you wont think as quickly and miss things you never did before. your driving will get worse, not the other fellows, you will fold you hand in the big blind when its not raised once in awhile. all while your net worth is compounding upward and time to live is depleting.

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Cheery post! At 47, I haven't yet hit but could use the "not want to eat as much" part, and still have all my hair (just starting to thin, perhaps, but slightly) with only a scant handful of exceptions all the original color. Eyes are still the original factory models as well, with no aftermarket assistance.

[Boris]

I will never have grey hair.

[twang]

I shaved my head today. My hair has been thinning slowly since I was 20 or so (I'm 32). No bald spots or anything, just fewer hairs. Have a couple of grey ones too. Damn, I look good now.

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[Lawrence Ng]

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its called growing old. one day about 40 you wont see well enough to read without glasses. presbiopia. then your back or neck will ache some days. your bones will feel different. little things will hurt more. and worst of all you will lost some of your taste for foods and not want to eat as much. you wont think as quickly and miss things you never did before. your driving will get worse, not the other fellows, you will fold you hand in the big blind when its not raised once in awhile. all while your net worth is compounding upward and time to live is depleting.


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Holy [censored], this is a depressing post. I'm going to go out and get laid.

Lawrence

[Lawrence Ng]

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I'm Asian, so my hair is naturally jet black. Consequently, gray hair sticks out like nobody's business. I got my first gray hair 15 months ago; I was 28. I got my third one today. I don't like this. When did people start going gray?

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Are you balding yet? If not, I would not worry about it.

Lawrence

[stankybank]

I'm 27. I got a few gray hairs near the front, in the middle. Stress related. I think.

I might just shave my head again since it's summer.

[jakethebake]

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jet black

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Where does this term come from?

[turnipmonster]

not being old might help. try to work harder at not getting old.

[StevieG]

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jet black

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Where does this term come from?

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Jet is a kind of coal that takes a good polish, and has been used for jewelry for a long time.

Victorian looking example (http://www.allcostumejewelry.com/black%20vict%20jet%20gem%20look%20set%20e.jpg)

[jakethebake]

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Jet is a kind of coal that takes a good polish, and has been used for jewelry for a long time.

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That's pretty interesting. I've always wondered that. I'm glad I asked. Thanks!

[MaxPower]

I've just noticed a few gray hairs in the past few months.