100+ Fascinating Gray Hair Statistics and Survey Results
katie goes platinum
As a gray hair blogger, I immerse myself in silver hair facts and statistics every day.
But one thing that struck me recently was how few research studies actually answer the questions that women are asking.
Even as a gray hair advocate, I’m one of the first to admit that experimenting with different hair colors is a super fun thing to do when you’re young and feel like experimenting with different looks to suit your personality.
After age 35, the number of women who started dyeing their hair for fun (as opposed to dyeing for gray coverage) went way down:
– 2.9% – 36-40 years old
– 1.6% – 41-45 years old
– 0.002% – 51-60 years old
When I used to dye my hair, I frequently alternated between doing so at home (using a box dye) or going to the salon, and it appears that most of my respondents did the same: A whopping 47.4% of respondents used a combination of at-home hair color and salon dyes to achieve their desired results.
Considering the social pressure to dye gray hair, it takes most women a while to finally decide that they’re ready to ditch the dye altogether. It usually happens when the cons of dyeing start to outweigh the pros.