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Mysterious hair problem

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henetha Fri 20-Jun-25 10:38:20

I wonder if anyone else has ever had this peculiar hair problem.
I've been grey for many years, and it's really quite a nice white now. I used to hate it, but it's grown on me grin.
I have not dyed or coloured it in any way whatsoever for a few years now. However, over the last six months or so my hair has started to change colour. I have black streaks all over the place. It started at the sides, by my ears, then my fringe, then at the back, and now it is becoming really noticeable. It's black right down to the roots.
I simply don't know if this is a medical problem or not.
Has anyone else ever had this? I'd be grateful to hear.
I have googled it and it's not much help. I did find one reference to possible hyperthyroidism, but that's all.

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Bridie22 Sun 22-Jun-25 20:29:27

My fringe is like a barcode according to my hairdresser !

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Nellygran Sun 22-Jun-25 21:25:19

Mine doesn’t

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CanadianGran Sun 22-Jun-25 21:33:18

Apparently stress and poor diet can cause hair to go grey, and an improvement in these conditions can reverse the grey.

Has your diet or stress level improved over the last 6 months?

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henetha Sun 22-Jun-25 23:32:41

Actually, I have been quite stressed in recent months, so that's a possibility, although the very opposite, CanadianGran. 😄
Also, I remember now, I was prescribed extra vitamin D about a year ago which I take daily for my bones. Maybe that's the reason.

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Gr8dame Mon 23-Jun-25 06:30:26

My very dark brown hair started to get silver grey streaks at the temples which I quite liked. I didn’t like my dark brown eyebrows which started to grow outwards and wouldn’t lie flat so I made an appointment with a highly recommended local beautician to ask for advice. She put a ruler across the top of my brows and showed me that one eye was lower than the other 😡 so she couldn’t do anything for me !!!
An very much younger ex work colleague recommended I try a new hairdresser (tbh I hadn’t had one before and had waist length hair which I plaited) but it’s worked out well for me. I’m now an 81 year old silver fox with a full fringe that covers my wonky eyebrows and a shoulder length bob 😂. Still don’t understand why my brows remain so dark though.

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