5 Expert Tips for Growing Out Gray Hair

Seeing as the graying of hair is part of the natural aging process (hair follicles produce less color as they age), it oftentimes also comes with a change in texture and density as well. Naturally grayed hair is typically drier and finer, so it’s important to nourish your strands and ensure they’re in optimal condition. For a Shampoo and Conditioner that nourishes and strengthens fragile hair, leaving your hair healthy and fortified from root-to-tip from the first wash, try Dove Fortifying Ritual Shampoo and Fortifying Ritual Conditioner. 

Getting the right nutrition is always essential to healthy-looking and healthy-feeling hair. When learning how to transform gray hair to its very best state, picking the right foods that encourage hair growth is highly beneficial. Choose those that contain minerals like iron, beta-carotene, folic acid, vitamin B, magnesium, protein, silica, and Vitamins C, E, and A.

A mask helps moisturize and nourish rough, dry areas along the strand, and that weekly #SelfCareSunday session doesn’t hurt on the mental health front, too! We love the frizz-fighting properties in Dove Smoothes + Pink Clay Hair Mask, which helps hair feel softer and smoother after just one use.

Another way to ensure your strands stay protected while in the gray-out process is to keep them shielded from any heat damage while styling. Not only is a heat protectant a handy pre-styler that helps detangle after you shower or wash your hair, it also does the crucial job of, as its name suggests, protecting the strand from direct heat damage incurred through wear and tear of daily styling and manipulation.

A good hair hack to stave away any color-happy tendencies is to play with your parting and refreshing hair with a dry shampoo, which helps infuse extra freshness into the root, thus creating lift and body and more potential for some interim root camouflage.

If you do ever decide to go on this gray hair journey, we’re right here rooting for you and can’t wait to see the stunning results. Good luck!