55 inspiring women who stopped dyeing their hair and showed everyone how to own their grey

Going gray might seem like the end of the world for some women, but this doesn’t have to be the case. More and more, women are embracing their gray roots, allowing their hair to revert back to is natural color, often with spectacular results.

Whether you started going gray young, or were able to hold off the inevitable until later in life, there is no shame in going gray. A favorite quote, which rings true for many, is “I don’t have gray hair. I have wisdom highlights.” Gray hair is said to denote wisdom and experience with life.

So, embrace your gray hair as a sign of your many hardships, accomplishments, and acquired knowledge over the intervening years. And even if you go gray while you are still young, it just goes to show what you have gone through to get where you are at an early age.

Her3e are some women who have decided to let their gray hair grow out with absolutely fabulous results.

1) Roguish Gray

This young woman has a splash of gray hair in the middle of her hairline. It kind of makes her look like the character Rogue from the X-men movies and comics. I honestly tho9ink its looks really good and gives her a distinguished look.

2) Just Starting Out

Here is one of the main problems with allowing your hair to go gray if you normally dye it. While small in this picture, if this woman continues to allow her gray hair to grow out, the stripe will widen over time. To prevent this, you can soften the demarcation to help make this gradual growing out a more blended process.

3) Gray Beauty

This woman has let her hair grow out gray and the process is almost complete. The color of her eyes goes especially well with her new hair color, making her look like an aged beauty.

4) Coils of Silver

The silver color of this woman’s gray hair makes it look like she has silver coils mixed among her darker hair. I personally think it highlights her surrounding hair really well.

5) Going Gray Disgracefully

This woman decided to go all out in her quest to go gray. As you can see, she already has gotten a good start growing out the gray at the top of her head, and the gray actually goes beautifully with her former hair color.

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6) Green and Gray

This woman’s green shirt highlights the gray in her hair wonderfully. It also helps that she has a little green in her eyes. The darker hair ends also contrast nicely with her gray hair.

7) Gray Before Her Time

This woman claims to have had gray hair since she was 5-years-old. Now, that is awful young to have any gray hair. Also according to her she loves it and is glad to see so many other women embracing their gray hair.

8) Sophisticated Gray

Even with her gray hair, this woman still looks sophisticated. It looks like she has committed wholeheartedly to the idea of going back to her natural gray, as evidenced by her darker color on the bottom half of her hair.

9) Strapless Gray

Even after starting the growing out process, this woman feels confident enough to wear a strapless dress. It just goes to show that even women with gray hair often have a great fashion sense.

10) Silver Patch

This woman calls the little patch of silver that runs across the center of her scalp her mojo. She even had a little silver in her hair when she was young. When she got older she would dye her gray spot black, until her hairdresser told her she should allow it to grow out.

11) A Touch of Gray

This woman is just barely starting to get her first wisps of gray. I think once it comes in more fully, the contrast between the gray and her magnificent black hair will be stunning.

12) Gray on the Street

Here is a confident older woman rocking her gray hair. And while she has been growing it out for only 8 months, it still looks stunning. She obviously is confident in her look, even though she is still wearing shades.

13) 26-Year-Old gray

This woman is only 26-years-old, so it is shocking that she is sporting so much gray. It is not unheard of for younger people to have gray hair, though it is still a surprise all the same when you see someone so young with a streak of gray.

14) Red and Gray

Here is a beautiful lady with gray hair dressed in red. I also like her gold heels and hoop earrings. She seems to be all smiles as she poses for the photographer.

15) Smiling Gray

This gray-haired beauty is all smiles as she poses for a photo in the car. The purple in her hair goes along greatly with her lipstick and her eye color.

16) Vibrant Gray

This woman has truly embraced her gray hair. At first she fought the inevitability of it all until she gained a new perspective. With her new way of looking at it, she realized that her new gray look allowed her hair to achieve what she had been wanting it too for years, giving her the dynamic, unique, and vibrant hair she has sought all along.

17) Curls of Gray

This woman has beautiful silver curls that give her a truly unique look. In the case of people with white hair, their hair follicles have undergone achromotrichia, or your hair stops producing pigment, which gives their hair its white appearance.

18) Gradual Gray

This woman’s hair is going through a gradual gray transformation. Right now it is a little past the halfway point. She does seem to be happy with it as evidenced by the bright smile on her face.

19) Streaks of Wisdom

Check out the streaks of wisdom in this woman’s hair. Her gray has come in gracefully giving her the look of a wise goddess. You can even see the wisdom in her eyes and demeanor.

20) Gray Transition

Here is a beautiful lady with a head of hair in transition from brown to gray. She seems pretty pleased with her decision to go all gray. It’s just a matter of time before her whole head is a luxurious shade of gray.

21) 9 Months Gray

This beauty has only been trying to grow her gray out for nine months. And while it is hard to see in the light, if you look clo9sely you can tell the difference between the blond below and the almost white gray above.

22) Give Gray a Chance

This woman’s motto is to give gay a chance. Because you never know, you might like it. And if worse comes to worse, and you don’t like it, you can always dye it again

23) Beautiful Transition

This woman’s gray hair has a beautiful transition from the lighter gray on top to the darker color below. Her eyes also go along perfectly with the gray. In fact, her hair should look great once it is fully gray.

24) Reluctant Gray

While this woman’s expression says it all, she has stuck out the going gray process up until this point. This is her at the nine months point. Hopefully, she can stick it out until her whole head is gray.

25) Happy Gray

Here is another smiling beauty who is so proud of her gorgeous gray hair. Not only does her hair look great, but her smile is what really makes her stand out from the crowd.

26) Graceful Gray

This woman is going gray at her own pace. And while her former color is a beauty to behold, I think the gray will look even better. She also has the fact that it looks like she has hardly any wrinkles to speak of whatsoever. Lucky her!

27) Gray on Top

This woman is currently transitioning from a beautiful blonde to an equally amazing gray. She seems to be enjoying the process as she is all smiles. I am curious as to how she will style it once the gray has fully come in.

28) Gray Runs in the Family

This woman started going gray when she was just 11 years old. And while that is not the youngest age to see gray hair on this list, she did note that both her mom and her sister also have gray hair like her.

29) Natural Gray

This woman has also decided to return to her hair’s natural gray color. And while the process could take up to a year depending on the length of your hair, it is well worth it to rock your hair’s natural color.

30) Brown and Gray

This woman has a beautiful combination of brown and gray hair. I especially like how she’s interweaved her still-brown locks in with her natural gray. I personally think it gives her hair a little bit of distinction.

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31) Crown of Gray

This woman’s glorious crown of gray hair is everything a woman of her stature could want. Stunning to say the least, her hair is a sight to behold. I’ll bet it’s even more so when it is styled.

32) Almost There

This woman’s hair is almost all gray. I think it really help soften her features, especially since her face looks almost flawless. You might even say she looks like a porcelain doll.

33) Short Gray

One way to speed up the transition process when trying to return to your natural gray is to cut the length of your hair. It seems this woman has taken that advice to heart and is well on her way to her natural color.

34) Peaceful Gray

This young woman has been at peace with the color and length of her gray hair since she was 12 or 13. At age 12, she began growing it out to its current length, cutting it occasionally up until 5 years ago when she stopped. Her hair also started to gray when she was 13 and she’s never dyed it.

35) Gray Transition

This woman’s hair is transitioning beautifully from its former brown to its natural gray, and it looks like the process is almost complete. I’ve heard tell that going natural can trigger other changes in your life. I wonder if this woman has any stories to tell.

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36) Gray on Top, Auburn Down Below

This woman looks to have recently begun her journey towards gray. You almost wouldn’t know that she had any gray hair if you just gave her a glance. I love her beautiful auburn hair, but think the gray will look great too.

37) Gray Mamma

Here is another young woman who started going gray at the age of 13, though in her case she didn’t stop coloring her hair until a few years ago. Now, it is a beautiful sight to behold in all of its natural grandeur.

38) Color-Free Hair

Here is another woman at 10-months color-free. And by the smile on her face, she realizes how nice the color is turning out. If only all women could be proud of whom they are regardless of the color of their hair. In fact, going gray can be a very freeing experience,

39) Gray Shock

While it seems this woman has just recently started her journey toward returning to her natural gray, she does seem to have a striking shock of gray hair to start. This should help during the process as it should give her a more striking look while making the journey.

40) Pregnant and Silver

Here is a pregnant woman with a lot of silver mixed into her auburn hair. She does look glowing, but I honestly think that her gray hair almost makes her look more motherly.

41) Perfect Transition

This woman’s hair is a perfect transition from her darker color to her gray hair. Her dark eyebrows also add to her striking features and would even look good if all of her hair was gray.

42) Silver and Ombre

The ombre and silver effect of this woman’s hair looks very beautiful. it mixes perfectly to give her head of hair a gray look while also having some darker undertones to it.

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43) Purple and Gray

This tattooed and pierced woman is rocking the gray hair. Add to that the purple highlights and you have someone you probably don’t want to mess with. As a matter of fact, I would hate to be on her bad side.

44) From All Angles

Here is a shot of this woman’s hair from a variety of angles. I love the way the gray streaks lay through the rest of her darker hair. This kind of layout is great for showing a hairdo off.

45) Complementing Colors

The biggest surprise that many women who decide to go gray is the way the color compliments their skin and eyes. You truly have no idea how good you will look until you give it a try. Failing that, you can always go back to coloring your hair if you are not satisfied.

46) Shaded Gray

Even though some people might think you are older than you actually are when you have gray hair, you shouldn’t take offense. The people who really matter and truly love you know and accept you for who you are, gray hair or not.

47) Serious Gray

This woman seems a little serious as she sits there and contemplates her gray look. To me, she almost looks like Jamie Lee Fox from the most recent Halloween movie.

48) A Gradual Transition

The transition of this woman’s hair from gray to its darker color is sort of gradual. I mean on one hand you can see the difference, but on the other it seems almost natural. Nevertheless, it is beautiful.

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49) Undyed Bride

This woman is obviously proud of her gray hair, even going against the advice of her friends to dye her hair for her wedding. Why would she be anybody other than her true self on her special day?

50) Gray Beauty

This woman is in the process of growing her gray hair out. Even with it only partly grown out you can tell she is a natural beauty. As a matter of fact, she would probably be stunning regardless of the color of her hair, but I personally think the gray will look best.

51) Family Genes

According to this woman, gray hair runs in her family, on her mother’s side, from an early age. Her grandmother, mom, aunt, and cousins, all had gray hair when they were young, just like her. She finally decided to embrace her heritage and let it grow out naturally.

52) Lightly Gray

Here is founder Martha Truslow Smith of Grombre, a supportive community for women who decide to forego dyeing their hair and allow it to grow out in all of its natural gray glory. The name Grombre is a play on the word gray and ombre.

53) Silver White

Check out this beautiful silver, almost white hair. I think it looks great on her head and really seems to catch the light. In addition, the braids really bring the whole look together.

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54) A Generation of Gray

This woman’s gray started to show when she was just 16-years-old.A s a matter of fact, most of the people in her family have white hair, including her mother, aunt, and uncle. Her hair has become such a part of her identity that she couldn’t possibly thing of dyeing it.

55) Mother/Daughter Connection

Here is a mother and daughter pair who both are sporting the gray hair. As you can see, it is easy to tell where the daughter gets it from. I think they both look beautiful!

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In my opinion, allowing your hair to turn a natural color is a hard decision. For the most part, you need to have the confidence to allow it to grow out, with the initial period the hardest. But, once you let go, you will be surprised at the freedom it gives you to be yourself and take charge of who you truly are.