Whenever a pesky gray pops up here and there, a not-so-nice phrase sounding quite similar to pluck it comes to mind. Ah, those gray hairs. We all get them — they're just an inevitable part of the aging process. Mr. Bella in particular gets them now and then, and when I reach for the tweezers, he never seems too pleased. What do you do about the occasional gray hair?


















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Marni
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I dye my hair too often to worry about grays anyway. I can't ever keep a color for longer than a few months.
1While its still just a few I pluck them. At some point that might mean pulling out all my hair. I'll just take it as it comes and If I'm meant to go gray I will.
2Color it! Plucking will not eliminate them, plus I have too many to pluck.
3Heh, well of course Mr. Bella doesn't want his gray hairs to be gone. They make men look distinguished, but when women get them, they're no longer attractive at all.
I got a gray hair a few months ago and I freaked out--not gonna lie. Plucked it!
4well, I will probably get white rather than gray, like my mom. since my hair is blond anyway, it won't show too bad. I may never even notice since I get hilights every 7 weeks
husband doesn't have any yet, either, and we're 30. of course, he doesn't have all that much hair to turn gray
5I just turned 20, so I better not be seeing any grays for a loooong time! In the event that one pops up, it will be getting the color treatment - I'm not plucking out my hair, no matter what color it is!
6I color my hair a lot. Can't stand the gray.
7I puck it. I have only seen 2 so fare.
8If I plucked out my white (not gray) hair everytime time I saw one, I wouldn't have nice below-the-waist length hair (at 46). Most of my eyebrow hairs are white, but I just use makeup on them and dye my hair a little blonder (from strawberry blond), with highlights and it blends in better between colorings. I wouldn't recommend plucking though.
9I accept them. If I already have some and are only 26 I better not pluck them! Anyway my dad has a bunch so it is genetics and there is nothing I can do about it. Color is not an option.
10I only have one or 2 I was born with and I don't see them much as if it took forever for them to even grow when I pull them out. It bugs me a little bit though that my family though the random blonde hairs I have in the front were white hairs. But I dyed my hair yesterday anyway. Considering my genetics it's possible I might never have a full head of white hairs and it's likely I might have maybe one small grouping of it with the rest still being the same color. If I got older and got more white hair though, I might decide to go red.
11I'm afraid to pluck them (what if the old wives tale is true and I get two more in it's place), I get tired of carefully cutting them out, and I don't like dying my hair.
12So gray it is
I pluck blonde hairs out of my brunette mane because in some lights they look grey, and I refuse to even *look* like I'm going gray for another 10 years.
13I would say just Dye it ....no plucking ...My mother says the more u pluck ..the more it comes back .
14I'm only 20 and so far I have found 3..I won't lie, I plucked them!
15I was only about 22 when I got my first white hairs. It was only a couple so I just plucked them. Since then I've changed my hair color and now it all gets dyed, black and white alike.
16i leave them because usually they are just from stress so only a small part of the piece is grey and then it grows out brown again
17I pluck them.
18If you pluck it, 10 more will come to it's funeral!
19honestly? i leave them! but i do get dye jobs!!!! i starting getting getting them in my early 20's. my sis had some in high school. yikes! thats why i try to stick with blonde highlites around my face area, where they tend to show up the most. that way they sorta blend a little bit..
20I haven't seen any gray hairs yet (I'm 29 with very light hair) but I would NOT pluck them! That'll leave you bald. Better to go gray a little more and then decide if you want to go the dyeing route.
21I plan on getting progressively blonder over the next few decades.
22Dont pluck your hair! One gray hair isnt even noticeable, dont go hysterical over it and pluck it out. If it is noticeable, just dye it!
23I pluck... and pluck... and pluck. I have SO many grey hairs, it's so depressing, especially since I just turned 25. Definitely genetic... my mother turned grey at 24. But everyone who has ever styled my hair has told me to hold off as long as possible on dying it, since my hair has never been colored and apparently it causes your hair to lose a lot of its natural luster and shine. Sigh.
24Dye it! I've shown stray grays here and there since my late 20s, but I color so frequently you'd never knwo it.
Honestly? Once my hair starts to go gray in earnest, I might look to just enhance the color (hopefully I'll inherit my grandmother's silver-white, and not a yellowy-gray). I kind of like the way well-maintained silver hair looks. Mind you, I'm hoping this holds off until I'm in my late 50s...if it starts graying tomorrow, I might feel differently!
As an aside, my husband is over 50% gray and he just turned 30. He doesn't mind and neither do I - it also means we win carnival prizes because the "guess your age" people always miss his by 10 years!
25hello! better to HAVE gray hair than have NO hair!!
26I've plucked out the few randoms I've had... my hair is pretty much black, they stand out!
27it's supposed to be a myth that two grow back but it is bad to pluck your gray hairs but how can anyone help it?
28With 4 teenage stepkids, I earned every single one of my gray hairs that showed up in my mid/late-20s in the form of a great silver streak.
29i don't get any, but i pluck my boyfriend's all the time.
30I found just one while I was blow drying my hair, and it was pretty long! But I left it--if you pluck it, it will be shorter than the rest of the hair, and will actually stick out while its growing back in (it was near the top of my head)! Plus I saw it once and was never able to find it again. So I assume other people won't be able to see it anyway!
31ive been slowly getting more greys since i was about 15. once they start coming in strong... i'll go completely grey.
32I can't wait when I go all Gray...Its going to look so sexy!
33I'm 27 and I've only had one (the week before my most recent birthday, right in the middle of my bangs)...that sucker was gone the moment I spotted it! My family goes white, not gray, but my mother doesn't remember when her hair color changed because she's been dyeing for so long. I'm hoping to stave it off for at least another 8 years.
34I probably do have some gray hairs, because my mother's side of the family tends to gray early, but I can't see them because my natural hair color is so light anyway. When I do go gray I'll probably keep the color, because both my mom and grandfather have that beautiful pure-white gray and it looks nice on them.
(Also, as my mom says, gray is the new blonde!)
35I'm only 20 and get the occasional "grey hair" in my eyebrows. I ignore them and tell my mother that I've gotten another "albino hair"- she thinks it's quirky, and has started using the phrase too!
36I have a few gray hairs, but I am tired of dyeing my hair. My hair can't take it any more. I use John Frieda hair glaze (brunette) a few times a week to "de-emphasize" the gray. I'm determined to age gracefully.
37I have flecks of lovely silver appearing in my deep brown, thick mane. I love them - each and every one is a badge of honor, is a mark of wisdom earned. We live in a culture where people don't even really KNOW what aging looks like as we all rush to make ourselves look like teenagers - the worst decision makers in our culture. I'm not going to emulate childhood and feed cultural pedophilia. I'm going to look my age, so more people will know what my age looks like!
38I've never had a gray hair but I'd color them anyway. My husband has quite a few because his hair is so dark you really see them. We used to tweeze them and then we realized that it's easier to just keep his hair short and then they aren't noticeable. Since I'm a beauty school dropout I know how to cut his hair and can color it subtly when it gets out of control.
39Let's hope we all grow old gracefully!
40omg I have a full head of grey hair, have had for years (im 23). I just dye it, no biggie. I'd rather that than go bald!
41lucky for me - i'm blonde so i don't really see gray hairs - but i think that i would choose to leave them and then get my hair highlighted. my fiance has gray hairs and he puts something in his hair to cover it up - rather than plucking
42I cut it close to the root - I'm too lazy to dye just those one or two strands every time I find them!
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