since the age of 6 i have had white/silver hair, i am a natural born red head, its not all the hair thats going silver just about 5 or 6 hairs in  2 or 3 different patches under the hair, which my mum used to die with henna for me when small, I am now nearly 18 & still see a few underneath the top layers of hair & I was just wondering if any body else has had this problem?? and isit somthing to do with my hair been red?

ive actually stopped dyeing my hair now and im dreadin my hair turnin fully white do you think this will happen when im so young?

Thanks!

I too began to gray early.    I was 16.  (My daughter started to get gray at 14.  I am now 50 and coloring my hair.  (I began coloring when someone called me grandmother to my own child.........I was only 35 at the time.) 

I simply love white hair!!!!  I have even stopped ladies with beautiful white hair and told them how gorgeous it looked.  But......I am afraid to let it grow out.  Afraid I will look OLD...probably because everyone has told me it will make me look older.  I am probably about 85% white in the front.........maybe even more. 

I want to be happy with what God gave me, but am somewhat fearful.  I have just stopped perming, after over 30 years of perms.  I am now with my natural "seriously straight" hair.  It is growing out into a bob.  It is SO much easier to do every morning and I am actually liking how I look.  That is until the white roots start showing.  Now I am seriously looking at being totally "Natural."

How do I manage the "growing out" part?

Thanks for letting me share,

Debbie

I started graying when I was 15.  It didn't really show until I was in my 20's.  I had white streaks coming off my temples.  When I did my  hair up I looked like Queen Amidala.  So I started coloring it.  At one point I went light blonde.  I do not recommend this.  The amount of processing it takes to turn dark brown hair light blond just kills your hair.

It is most common for brunettes to gray early, so a prematurely graying redhead is a little unusual.  I am wondering if those hairs are blonde instead of gray. 

I was able to grow out my color by gradually adding darker and darker lowlights until I approached my natural color.  This was a very time-consuming process, and I got impatient and cut all my hair off in a supershort style.  My philosophy of hair is...it grows.  So why not experiment?  I don't mind short hair.

Right now I am living in Saudi Arabia, where women's salons are few and far between, so I am growing my gray hair long.  This apparently is an unusual choice. 

I will admit that some people look at gray hair and that is all they see.  I am 41, and the hair around my face is completely gray with some streaks almost white, but in the back it is still dark brown.  I have had people think I am in my 50's.  I have had a 60 year old say, "When you get to be our age..."

But I have had many more people say, "I wish I could let my gray show."  

I am very fortunate in that the gray in my hair is a sparkling silver.  So I would partially base your decision on what your gray looks like. 

The other part you can think about, especially if you gray prematurely, is that no one will ever really be sure of how old you are.  Gray hair for us is not a sign of aging, so we don't worry about it.  It's just who we are.  And other people will accept that it is just who you are.  So you can become whatever age you act.