A grey hair that went back

[Mike N]

What do you think about seeing a grey hair that changed back to normal color going towards the root?

One of the nice things about being a ginger is that we don't go grey..... eventually they just turn white.

I'm nearly 56 years old and I don't have a grey hair on my head. My beard is a different story.....

 

[Ostie]

Something that baffles me is when children's hair is blonde when they are young, but then they turn brunette when they grow up.

 

[shadowtippy]

I would rather have my hair turn gray than turn loose.

 

[Jeff K]

Gray Hair Can Return to Its Original Color—and Stress Is Involved, of Course

Funny you posted that. When I saw the original post, I thought, "Maybe there was a traumatic event at one point, but now everything's fine again."

One of the nice things about being a ginger is that we don't go grey..... eventually they just turn white.

I'm nearly 56 years old and I don't have a grey hair on my head. My beard is a different story.....

That's me as well. I'm 72. My hair is still brown and never did go grey. My mother was the same way. She was a couple weeks shy of 87 when she died in 2011 and her hair was still brown.

But my whiskers are quite grey. People probably think I dye my hair, but I don't.

 

[IamGroot]

Funny you posted that. When I saw the original post, I thought, "Maybe there was a traumatic event at one point, but now everything's fine again."

That's me as well. I'm 72. My hair is still brown and never did go grey. My mother was the same way. She was a couple weeks shy of 87 when she died in 2011 and her hair was still brown.

But my whiskers are quite grey. People probably think I dye my hair, but I don't.
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Same here. Red beard is now white. Brown hair is now turning silver

 

[RichterScale]

Something that baffles me is when children's hair is blonde when they are young, but then they turn brunette when they grow up.

I had blonde hair and blue eyes when I was a kid.
Now I have dark brown hair and a weird greyish green eye color w/gold/tan/brownish streaks. Always thought it was a little odd but never looked into why it happens. All of my other siblings held onto whatever flavors they had as kids.

 

[gln1955]

Something that baffles me is when children's hair is blonde when they are young, but then they turn brunette when they grow up.

Hair color is determined by the proportions of two types of melanin in the cells that add color to the hair (melanocytes). Those genes are turned on and off as we age, so hair color can change quite a bit. When we finally go gray, it's because those cells die off. My FIL had almost white hair as a child, but nearly jet black hair as an adult. My whimpy melanocytes started dying off in my late twenties.

 

[Tom Bomb]

A regular imbibing of hair-of-the-dog will solve everything, to a point.
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[Bob_Ross]

Something that baffles me is when children's hair is blonde when they are young, but then they turn brunette when they grow up.

I remember being completely traumatized as a ~9-year-old in fourth or fifth grade when we started learning Set Theory in math:

To demonstrate how Sets work the teacher started with "All the blonde students stand up and move to the left side of the room"
As someone who had always identified as blonde my entire life, I dutifully complied...and all the students (and the teacher!) laughed and jeered and said "You're not blonde!"
I was crestfallen.
Went home, looked in the mirror...sorta looked the same as I'd always remembered it. Complained to my Mom, who said something about how "Oh, I guess it is darker now than when you were born..."
Never got over that.

 

[fig]

My hair isn't grey...it's shimmery brown. Yeah...that's it...shimmery brown...

 

[Mike N]

Funny you posted that. When I saw the original post, I thought, "Maybe there was a traumatic event at one point, but now everything's fine again."

That's me as well. I'm 72. My hair is still brown and never did go grey. My mother was the same way. She was a couple weeks shy of 87 when she died in 2011 and her hair was still brown.

But my whiskers are quite grey. People probably think I dye my hair, but I don't.
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I hope that I look that good at 72.

This is me at almost 56....

 

[ElectroVibe]

Sometimes blonde has different meaning depending on where you are regionally. A country with more brunettes might have a broader definition for blonde.

 

[shadowtippy]

My hair isn't grey...it's shimmery brown. Yeah...that's it...shimmery brown...

A friend of mine said that his hair is "salt and pepper." I told him that he must be using white pepper because he has very few dark hairs.

 

[Jeff K]

I hope that I look that good at 72.

This is me at almost 56....

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Well, you're on the right track! Lookin' good!

When I was 56, I couldn't wear my hair long because of my job. Now that I'm retired, every time I decide to grow it out, I can't get past that in-between stage when it looks like crap. But I always liked long hair. Mine was pretty long in the early '70s after spending 4 years in the military...

EDIT: These old scanned photos won't post here on TB, so, this is a pic of the scanned photo. That's why the quality is so poor...

 

[Pilgrim]

My dad kept his hair; me too. Still have nice silver hair at 72. My brothers both lost/are losing theirs. I'd rather have it grey than not at all.

 

[RichterScale]

I could get rid of most of the white in my beard if I shave it all off and just leave big ol' pork chop sideburns.
I feel like those are gonna make a comeback soon anyway.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

My dad kept his hair; me too. Still have nice silver hair at 72. My brothers both lost/are losing theirs. I'd rather have it grey than not at all.

I'm with you. Don't care if it grows in purple with orange roots as long as it stays where it is.

I'm lucky to have an employer that doesn't worry about the length of my hair as long as I do my job well.

At 58 I'm afraid of other things more now.

 

[rtslinger]

scientific american says yes

 

[FrenchBassQC]

 

[Fishheadjoe]

I didn't have grey hair until my first kid was born! Now, I can easily audition for the next "Man from Glad" commercial!
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