Women usually worry about grey hair. In their 50s or 60s they learn to put up with it to some extent taking it as a suitable sign of their age, but when in their 30s or even 40s no one wants to face the reality. Nowadays, however, much younger people start having grey hair; sometimes it happens with even high school students. That means the problem is graver than it seems at the first sight.

These are the words of a Tokyo beauty salon manager: There is a lady in her 40s among our clients who always buys hair dye after she is finished with her hair-do. Once I wondered why she would need hair dye when her hair is perfectly healthy and black. She explained that her daughter who is in high school has grey hair. I was very disturbed by the story?.

?The age of women with grey hair has gone down recently. We have a wide range of clients with this problem, from young housewives to office workers to high school girls. The majority are in their 30s. There are many young girls who are against dying their hair, however?. This is the story by Ms. N, the owner of ?KY? beauty salon in Tokyo.