Yes, gray hair can be highlighted. Just keep in mind that, when you’re highlighting gray locks, the goal is to blend silver strays and create an ultra-natural finish.

When it comes to highlighting, you don’t lighten the gray strands. Instead, you highlight the strands that surround the grays. Because of this, the placement of your highlights may be limited, especially if you have very little natural dark hair left. But in lowlighting gray hair, you can dye even the stray silver strands as well.

Highlights for gray hair allow you to eventually segue into an all-over gray instead of diving headfirst into a significant mane changeup. Still, it’s worth noting that highlights can’t necessarily disguise gray hair. Instead, they help mesh and accentuate them.

Depending on the amount of gray you have, it could be as simple as popping in a few highlights where your gray is just to get some of that lighter color through your ends and let the gray grow in. For others, it may not be as easy, and may take multiple sessions, but definitely still achievable for most people.