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100+ Fascinating Gray Hair Statistics and Survey Results

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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.

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In order to get those answers, I created a comprehensive gray hair survey, distributed it far and wide, and received over 1150 responses from women all over the world.

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Age and Gray Hair

Until recently, we rarely saw women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and even their 50s walking around in public with naturally gray hair.

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So, how old ARE most women when they find those first white hairs? Let’s look at the survey results:

At What Age Do Women Start Greying?

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At What Age Do Women Start Dyeing Their Hair (for Fun)?

It appears that many of my readers felt the same, as 75.3% of my respondents had dyed their hair for fun, with the vast majority doing so before the age of 35 (70%)

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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 And 24.7% of my respondents never dyed their hair just for fun (as opposed to dyeing to cover the grays).

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At What Age Do Women Start Dyeing Their Hair Primarily for Gray Coverage?

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The majority of women in my study (23.2%) started dyeing their hair for gray coverage between the ages of 31-35 years old:

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