my hair went white right in the front, back when i was in my late 30s. i tried to keep up with my "skunk streak", as my kids called it--but it didn't matter how often i colored it, or what kind of color i used--that white just didn't want to be colored. two days later, there were always very obvious white roots right in the front. i gave up. now when i look at it, i laugh, because there are people who actually pay money to get that streak in their hair! thanks, mom, for the inheritance!