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Want to go gray? — 31 Comments

  1. Could the time wasted on this have something to do with why there aren’t more female CEOs?

  2. The look in the pictures you linked would be awesome in certain types of science fiction or fantasy movies, otherwise . . . not so much.

    I came by my gray naturally, through stress and age.

  3. I’d SWEAR that that notion came from Japan — and anime.

    You’ll find that ‘grey’ hair was pretty common in anime — as a contrast between the full black — and was especially popular in black and white cels.

    It was actually an attempt at blonde.

  4. snopercod:

    What on earth would make you think I did it?

    I’m quoting the article at the link!

    I’m not giving up my beauty secrets, but let’s just say it’s not what I do.

  5. Ugh … I’ll just wait for my hair to go naturally grey. Luckily, I think I inherited the gene for that from my mother, who was dark-brunette, and whose hair began to go beautifully grey in streaks and strands in her late thirties. Really, she looked as if she had a very, very expensive streaking on her hair.
    As I am or was a dishwater browny-blond, the effect is not nearly so spectacular. But it will do – I earned that grey, dammit.

  6. OK, here is the definitive analysis of this post.

    1) Bad, bad neo. I am in total sympathy with snopercod. There was every reason on Earth to misapprehend. Slap on hand.

    2) The process described is usually a sign that someone is now in love, and mazel tov.

    3) Men look so much better with “gray” hair and men who dye their hair not only look ridiculous – – worse – – they broadcast the message that they are ridiculous.

    4) Whether a woman with gray hair looks as good as a man with gray hair depends on too many variables to enumerate.

    5) A woman whose hair is “gray” (because of age) can easily and “naturally” choose some treatment which confuses the issue in a very attractive way.

    6) Men and women are different, which is most definitely not a criticism of men and women who are not, and who can be appealing in their own way.

    7) Young women who adopt “gray” hair are far more fascinating than young women who are blue or pink or purple or red.

    8) Regardless of the color, curly hair is a suspect characteristic.

  7. I always liked the look of some folks whose graying (by age) is really whiting. Their naturally occurring gray hair is actually a solid white. Basketball coach Lute Olsen is an example. Barbara Bush also.

  8. Ok so I’m in a minority here and can’t talk my wife into letting a grey streak or so show through, but she has a young face for 49, and I think it’s pretty sexy in some women who aren’t that old but let some “platinum” show. Like highlights?
    Just me I guess, but it I find it very attractive and a huge turn on.

  9. Starlord:

    Natural gray (which could includes a natural gray streak) can be very attractive. It depends on the shade of gray and the coloring of the person. Some women look extraordinarily beautiful with it, and some do not.

  10. I found my first gray hair when I was 26. It took a long time, but they’re winning now.

  11. My wife comes from a family where they go gray in their forties. She died her hair until she was 60. Then she felt like she could go “natural.” She has beautiful gray hair as does her brother.

    Me, I come from a family of people who don’t get very gray. Tinges of gray at the temples so far. Like so many things it is a genetic trait.

  12. neo-neocon,
    I see many Asian women color their hair the fact is most having very dark hair or cruel like chines, most of them what color they put looks not match thier skin, looks.

    I do agree for some women its very attractive on them, natur alwayes better than what human doing.

  13. I started going gray in high school, and have looked like a Badger since my mid 30’s, ( Iam 53 now ). I female friend of mine used to give me all sorts of greif for my gray hair, as she was 2 years older than I, and was still blonde. Then, one day, she was a gray hair among the blonde, and that afternoon, she became a redhead. She told me flat out, that even one word on my part about her hair would have dire consequences, which hardly seemed fair.

  14. A decade ago, I was accused… well asked… if I had had that done, partially. I was insulted but let it pass. The ladies were sure grooving on it. Damn college town hipster, and they were old, as women go. Bleh. I’ve been graying at least since I was 16… mid-teens, for sure. Because of that, I have much less fuss about gray, though too. Got it from my birth mother, but she was totally white by 35. I’m glad I missed THAT mark, but haven’t minded being pepper gray for most of my adult life, and now sort of looking forward to white. My beard, mostly, is white. Hair just won’t go along yet.

  15. Better gray than nay.

    I view my gray hair as a sign of achievement as having survived this long. But there is genetics involved, too. My Dad had black hair which didn’t turn gray until he was in his late 60s. My Mom had shock white hair early on; she also carries the bald gene, which my brother is. So I got my Dad’s hair longevity and my mother’s early gray hair coloring. I can deal with that, as if I have a choice.

  16. Yancey Ward:

    Dying one’s hair a lighter color always involves stripping, which is harsh, and then dying on top of it. But for some reason this seems particularly difficult to maintain; I don’t know why.

  17. Is there any end to how crazy people can get in altering their looks?

    My father, and his whole family, had a gorgeous crown of thick, waving, springy silvery white – not gray, white – hair by the time he was 65 or so. Just beautiful. I’m hoping I will, too.

  18. My tiny Sicilian Firefly’s mop of gray/white hair is spectacular. Keeps it cut short and it tops her 4’11″/95-lb July 4th frame magically. A lucky T-Rex is what I am.

  19. Tonawanda
    3) Men look so much better with “gray” hair and men who dye their hair not only look ridiculous — – worse — – they broadcast the message that they are ridiculous.

    My brother-in-law had a big bucks sales manager job until he was 79. He dyed his gray hair in the belief that it made him look more youthful and energetic, and would thus help customers’ response to him. I can’t say that he was wrong. He also went to the gym.

    I find it rather comical that someone would dye hair to get it gray. Dye hair gray versus dye gray hair…

    My sister was a blonde as a young child. Her hair got progressively darker as she aged- reddish light brown as a teenager, and brown in middle age. She commenced dying her hair a light brown- touch of blonde- and I have to admit that she has looked better for it.

    I inherited my maternal grandmother’s un-graying tendencies, and in my mid sixties have only a touch of gray at the temples.

  20. Neoconscum
    My tiny Sicilian Firefly’s mop of gray/white hair is spectacular.

    A high school classmate of Italian ancestry had red hair, courtesy of grandparents who came from Milan. She has always been good-looking, but didn’t look particularly Italian to me. Now that she has a flowing mop of gray, white hair, she reminds me of Sophia Loren.

  21. My hair is a mixture of brown and gray. Since my hair grows insanely fast, it’d have to touch it up weekly and am not about to do that. So gray it will be and I like it.

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