How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

So I was combing my hair today and pulled out one of my hairs and I was kinda looking at it and closer to the follicle of the hair, it looked much lighter than the end of the hair. Does that mean I'm already started go get gray hair or could it just be something else? I'm only 19! There's no way my hair color could be changing already.....right?! AH! Please help before I freak myself out, lol.

Thanks in advance everyone! :)

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

I'm sure you're fine. Hair gets porus at the ends of the hair shaft. Which means it has damange from heat, sun, chemicals, etc. Making ends of your hair a little darker then the roots. Roots always tend to look lighter then the rest. When you hair "begins" to turn grey, it will gradually lose its tone level. Your hair will slowly get lighter until it goes grey. You will not wake up one morning and suddenly have grey hair, it takes time to lose its natural color.

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

I doubt it is a grey hair cause you are young but I dont know it might be...I think its the left over chemicals from a time you dyed your hair in the past..

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

everybody has a few grey hairs. but if they start accumulating at the crown of your head, then you might be prematurely grey.

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

hair goes gray for many reasons besides age--it could be from stress

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

It's called heredity... Color your hair if you are so worried about it. But coloring your hair is not a good idea. I have dark blonde hair. I have a few white hairs. My dad thinks they are gray hairs lol. I'm 36 yrs. old

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

When you see gray hair

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

I have known people that started turning grey when they were 15. But heck..... it's no big deal. Premature grey can look so cool.

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

you could have a stray hair that went gray but probably bot at your age i did read somewhere that zinc and some other vitamins can help to restore your minerals associated with gray hair i don't remember what else it listed but there were a couple and i think biotin could help i found the information by searching it on line but it is heredity in alot of cases just make sure you are eating healthy good luck and try not to worry about it or you will get more grey of course just teasing you i have heard of people going grey after stress or shock but i don't know if its scientifically been proved to be a cause

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

You can start getting an occasional gray hair in your twenties. When it become a case of "how can you not know?" you'll just accept it as a fact of life.

Then, when I mentioned mine (cos I have plenty) people try to cheer you up with "Ohhhh, but you still have hair!".

I'd like to dye mine it's original color. Now if I could just remember what that was!

How do you know when your hair "begins" to turn gray?

Don't freak out and quit pulling your hair out LOL !

I was 14 and a stressful event resulted in a streak of white/grey hair coming out from the stress..... it stopped there...so I always thought it was cool.

I have a friend who turned prematurely grey around 25. She just let it grow naturally, but finally colored it.

Dont panic, evey hair on your head isn't exactly the same color anyway, and whatever it is, there is a stylist somewhere that can make you hair look the way you want it too !