Hair turning Grey/White
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I'm in my late 20's and the strangest thing happened to me about six months ago. I woke up and was getting ready as usual. I was about to start brushing my hair (it's quite long) and looked in the mirror. There was one pure white hair at the front of my head. It had appeared over night! I have never had any grey hairs before and this was really odd. The whole strand was white. I pulled it out and haven't had one since.
Is that normal and has it happened to anyone else? I thought the normal process is that you go grey first and then white but how does it happen? Do whole strands go grey or does it start from the roots?
Is that normal and has it happened to anyone else? I thought the normal process is that you go grey first and then white but how does it happen? Do whole strands go grey or does it start from the roots?
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Not fair.:D
It usually takes about 2 weeks to and is totally temporary.
Freaky!:eek:
It's gradual in that the hair starts growing without pigment and then one day you notice it.
It's prolly just a bit of premature greying but keep an eye on it as if it becomes a distinct blob or patch of grey/white amongst otherwsie normal hair - you could have vitiligo.
That part I didn't know. If there's a next time, I'll leave it to see what happens
Thanks for clearing that up
Hair colour changing is a weird thing, my hair goes auburn in the summer when it's very sunny.
Not a lot one can do about it; just live with it or dye your hair. I've never dyed my hair, but somewhat ironically, when I was in my thirties people used to think I did, because my hair had gone a sort of ash blond colour!
Pal of mine was a rough tough fisherman - lost his father and went white in a few days - was quite dramatic and permanent.
My brother's hair is a different matter - he's well on the way to having a monk's cut :-/
Very few people actually go grey, even though we use that term - most go straight to white.
False. Its impossible for hair to suddenly turn white overnight.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/538/can-hair-turn-white-overnight-from-fright
However, some historical references to someone's hair turning white overnight (e.g Sir Thomas More or Marie Antoinette) seem to be dubious.