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.
It appears that the majority of respondents found their first gray hair in their 20s and 30s:
– 22.7% – 21-25 years old
– 18.6% – 16-20 years old
– 18% – 26-30 years old
– 10.9% – 31-35 years old
– 10% – 36-40 years old
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