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I'm 18 and I've found a grey hair on my head!?

I've found a grey hair on the top of my head. I pulled it straight out, however I've found these hairs before and they always seem to appear in the same place; on the top of my head.
I'm only 18 so surely I can't be going grey, and its only the odd hair, so if I was going grey I'd expect all my hair to be the same colour, or at least more strands of it.

The weird thing is, everytime I notice these hairs there seems to be about a month or two of grey growth on the strand, so I wonder how I don't notice them sooner. Or maybe they grow very suddenly.

I dye my hair if thats any help. Its a kind of red colour at the moment but naturally its dark brown, and I haven't bleached it.

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I don't want to scare you, but its totally possible for you to be going grey already at 18. It has to do with your genes, and of course stress. My mom started going grey at 20 and has been full on dying her roots since then to cover it up. But just because my mom greyed prematurely doesnt mean I will, and just because your mom/dad/whoever may not have doesnt mean you wont. just relax, everyone goes grey sometime. If you dye your hair you already have to keep up with your roots so I wouldnt worry about it. Unless you are noticing more and more greys each time, I would think its probably just one or two from stress, no big deal, just pull them out of cover them with dye.

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• It is natural, and as far as I know grey hair does not dye very well and grey will show up within any other colour, (sorry) have you thought of having pale streaks that way it would mask any grey because it will get lost in the streaks in the hair style
  
  just an option
• Well, many people get grey hair at young ages, and you might be one of them. Either the dying of your hair or when its the time of month could unbalance something. That could be why you dont notice them often, as if they just appear.
  dont worry about it, its a fact of life :)
• I've had the same problem since i was 11 years old.. glad i am not on my own!
  I think it's some kind of pigmentation problem.. (I have curly black hair)
  Don't worry about it I don't find it noticeable
  It could also be a reaction to the hair dye
• sorry to tell you, but you very well could be going grey
  
  a surprising amount of people actually start finding grey hairs at 16
  
  if people in your family starting getting gre hairs early, you likely will too
• Don't dye your hair. It ruins your hair cells therefore you get grey hair
• You're in good company. Read "The Catcher In the Rye"