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Stress & Grey Hair!

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It's been 4 months since I've had my hair foiled (can't afford it) and in the grow out I've noticed that I have 10 times the grey hair than I had before! I used to have to look hard to find one grey hair and now they are everywhere! I'm not kidding! I've heard that extreme trauma can cause your hair to turn white. It must be true! Has anyone else experienced this?
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I first got grey when I was 14, I can't remember if I had alot of stess, but it could be genitics, my dad was grey at 15.
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i had my first gray at fifteen and salt and pepper by the time i was 22. I was under a tremedous amount of stress in my childhood thru the teen years. i believe totally that stress will cause gray hair.
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My supervisor, at 30, had white hair. She originally had black hair. It went white when she gave birth to her daughter! see how these upset hormones do us in? Stress will also do it as it affects the hormones. Good luck and thank god for L'oreal!!!!!!!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I started to have gray hairs at 13 years old. My hair is now totally and beautifully white. I love it. I stopped colouring my hair in January and this has to be the first time in my life that i can truly say that I love how my hair looks.

I had my hair cut yesterday and the hairdresser kept saying what beautiful hair I had...and she was about 22 years old.
4mytasha
4mytasha
That and in my case, huge LOSS of hair. I know people average a 100-150 strand loss per day but mine's always been so thin, I can't afford to lose 10 a day. :(
And I'm not seeing a reduction and it's been TWO years. I also am afraid to wash that gray away because I'd probably lose more! (?)
SeekingStrength19
SeekingStrength19
This is a good question. I've been wondering the same thing myself.

I'm 34 and am going grey ... or should I say snow-white with sprigs of glistening silver. Ugh!

I DO feel that the extra stress load in my life has sped up the process.

Guess I should hit the local AARP meetings in search of my next boyfriend. LOL.
deleted_user
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4mytasha:

2 years ago my hair was thinning VERY badly. I was in a tremendous amount of stress and I have no doubt that it contributed to the problem. I invested in a good wig to help me through that time.

the relief of knowing that the really thin hair was camoflauged helped alot.

My hair has come back to full thickness again.
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