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Obviously I have not a single grey hair on my head, this is just curiosity :liar::whistle: , but is there any scientific basis whatsoever for the old wives' tale that if you pull one grey hair out, seven will grow in its place?

 

As I have been "tearing my hair out" recently, I wondered if this would explain the recent unwelcome proliferation of the little blighters - or can stress make you go grey too :? ?

 

At this rate, I'll be totally grey in a couple of weeks :roll: .

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Perhaps the fact that your mother is now speaking to you again was shock enough to cause it?

:lol: . I'm not holding my breath - I said I'd like to see BB so could she get him to phone me and I'd come round for a cup of tea. She said "if he wants to" and put the phone down :shock: . She has the impression (and has said so) that BB & I don't get on at all (complete rubbish :roll: ).

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I can vouch that stress gives you grey hair. I had none til I had my trouble with my pregnancy, Nias birth and the time spent in NICU. I now have a small crop either side just above my ears. They very definitely appeared over that time and havent increased in number since.

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I've been going grey since my twenties and it's not a very attractive look. I have long thick wavy hair which should be brown but is in fact ranging henna red but the grey is something similar to brillo pad in consistency and texture. I'm resigned to the fact that one day, in the not too distant future, I shall have to have something drastic done with my locks as I've always thought that really long grey hair looks witchy! :?

(course it gets REALLY bad when the grey hairs aren't on your head..... :shock: )

 

Mrs B

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I started to grey in my twenties as well :( I think it must run in the family as my mum was completely grey at 28 years old. My sis started to

go grey early as well. I used to pull out the grey little blighters until I seemed to have more grey hairs than brown.

 

Thank goodness for clever hairdressers :D I now have light brown hair with sun kissed blonde streaks :D

 

I can't ever see a time when I will let my natural colour shine through.

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my mum started going white in her twenties, all my family except me and one sister have, not just grey, but white hair. Sister and I have luckily not inherited that gene! :liar:

 

I actually don't mind that mine is mostly grey, firstly I get to choose what colour it is, and can play around with it. Secondly, having always had baby-fine hair, when it started turning grey it actually got co"Ooops, word censored!"r and feels much thicker which is great! I do second what Mrs Bertie said above though - it's bad enough when the grey hairs are on your head but .. :shock:

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course it gets REALLY bad when the grey hairs aren't on your head..... :shock:

 

I know exactly what you mean there, Mrs. B! I must admit that was quite a shock. :lol:

 

I too started going grey at 24, which I refused to do. I now use a natural hair colour, from my local health food store. It's not tested on animals and doesn't contain ammonia, so I feel better about it. There must come a time when I decide to go "au naturale", but not just yet!

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but is there any scientific basis whatsoever for the old wives' tale that if you pull one grey hair out, seven will grow in it's place?

 

No, I think you just go bald :shock:

 

I always said that when I started to go grey I would not do anything about it - preferring to grow old gracefully. However, there is nothing graceful about looking as though you have a dusty head. My hair colour is now an entirely natural shade of blond with pink streaks :lol:

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I found my first grey hair last year, was horrified and came rushing here to ask advice - should I dye it, pull it or grow old gracefully. I eventually pulled it ( :oops::oops: ), and it's never grown back, and certainly hasn't multiplied. :D

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Well, as I thought, pulling them out makes no difference whatsoever :D . After all, pulling a hair out of one follicle is hardly going to make 6 new follicles appear out of nowhere :? . As as one of you said, how would a hair know you've pulled a grey rather than coloured hair out!

 

I shall continue my mission to rid my head of them :D .

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Grey!!! I have "natural grey/verging on white highlights each side, no ammount of streaking has diminished them, and if I pull them out, then I really will look very strange....How is it that when men go grey, it's "distinguished", and for us, it's exstinguished???

And yep, the grey is Spreading........ Not pulling them out :shock:

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But I've seen a photo of you Mrs. Bertie & your hair looks fab! I'm really jealous in fact. Long, wavy, Pre Raphaelite red. Stunningly beautiful & natural I thought. Honestly! :D

 

I've met Mrs Bertie and can say that both Afamily and I were completely fooled! I hope you're grinning Mrs B!! :D

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I'm getting a splattering of white. I'm quite glad it's white not grey actually, as that can look quite elegant. I'm afraid I'm going to be "witchy" (quote from Mrs Bertie!) with long white hair when I'm older, as my hair is so thick and mental that I'd go mad if I couldn't put it up. I had it shorter in my teenage years and came out the hairdressers in tears for years as no-one could do anything with it :lol:

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