Going Grey/white

[Smowball]

Was talking to my friend this eve about this, why some men go grey/white in their forties and some , well, just don’t! What causes it? Mr Smow is 47 and still has dark brown hair, not a single grey hair, and isn’t losing any at all. Is there any reason to it?

[JimF]

Well, I've got a good 30 years on him and I am only starting to thin on top. No sign of grey yet, though, touch wood!

[Old_Geezer]

Grey is no big deal. Hair disappearing takes a bit of acceptance, but is tolerable once accepted. I guess genetics play a big part.

[Cloverjo]

Isn’t it the same for women?
My granny never had a grey hair when she died aged 79.
I’ve got a few age 49.

[Smowball]

Am impressed JimF!

[Smowball]

Cloverjo - yes I guess so x

[TonyV]

Think it must have something to do with genetics.

[Mamyalynne]

Genetics is a big part of it, yes.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/going-grey-is-genetic-scientists-say-a6905591.html

[sherrardk]

Himself started going grey in his late teens (I didn’t know him then). My dark haired children all have rogue white hairs. My hair is currently a bizarre combination of very dark, dirty blonde, grey and white but I wear it tied back so it looks v dark with a huge white streak (that people think I have done on purpose).

[Smowball]

It’s weird isn’t it, maybe it is just genetics.

[Mozz71]

I'm 48. The hair is the same shade of black it was 25 years ago. The beard has more grey than a Tom Jones gig. Go figure.

[Baldric]

I'm late 60's, hair is as dark and as full as it's always been but full beard has gone greyish white, I'm used to it, it's not a problem.

[shaneystar2]

Mr S is 73 and still has a full head of thick fair hair although his beard is going a bit grey in parts.He takes after his Mum who was a natural blonde until her hair went completely white in her eighties.
Very annoying.I spend a fortune getting rid of grey hair :)

[Buenchico]

Genetics definitely has a lot to do with it. When I started at college, there was a fellow 18-year-old in our hall of residence whose hair was going grey. He said it ran in his family. A year later he had totally silver hair - and every girl in the college wanting to date him!

[ummmm]

My OH used to have bright ginger hair now he's going grey it's starting to look more blonde. His beard is almost completely grey.

He's thinning a bit at the back as well, not that he cares.

[retrocop]

My father lost most of his hair in his twenties. I am almost 70 with a good head of hair which is white. When I grow a full beard (seasonal) it is also white. My eyebrows remain black. Some wags accuse me of using Grecian 2000 and others reckon I am a Alastair Darling Clone.

[woofgang]

I have known two unrelated people who went grey then white in their teens. In one (bloke) it ran in the family. In the other (woman) she went white in her early teens over one school summer holidays She told me she had always had a very short hairstyle and at first her family just thought her hair was sun bleaching. She went to a very strict convent day school and when she went back, she was sent home "until the bleach had grown out". They didn't believe her or her parents and had to get a doctor's letter before she was allowed back.

[NellieMay]

In our 70 s. His hair was blond and now white. Mine is still mousey brown, so is lightened with blonde highlights as it has been for years A hint of silver in just one silver streak at the front. Most of my family haven't gone grey until their 80s.

[jno]

just genetics, but I don't think it's gender-related. Women are much less likely to go bald, but equally likely to go grey.

[tiggerblue10]

Little Tig's dad still has a full head of light brown hair at 48 and he doesn't dye it. His stubbley beard/moustache is quite grey though.