Will You Be Happy for Me If I Let My Hair Turn Grey?

It’s time to decide because I​ can’t keep plucking grey hair.

I​ found my first grey hair when I was 25 years old. At first, I thought it was just a little blonde shining through my dark brunette strands. I smiled to myself as I plucked it out. My sister is blonde; aww, there’s a part of her amongst my deep brown mane.

But to my horror, as I looked closer, I realized it was actually a shiny silvery strand of tinsel-like hair.

A grey hair!

A​ rush of anxiety swelled through my chest and up to my scalp. I didn’t think of myself as the age of grey. I figured I had at least 20 years before I would see these silver strands.

O​f course, I was way off. I feverishly googled “age of first grey hair” and found that the answer varied immensely. Then, my hypochondria kicked in and I thought I must be ill. Why would I be greying at 25 years old?!

Something has to be wrong with me.

N​ope.

I​ was fine. Nothing was wrong with me, and I wasn’t alone in my discovery. Many of the articles noted that people don’t even notice their grey hair until later in life. Most think that they found their first grey when it has been hiding-out all along.