Stripping hair color

I asked this same question a few months ago, both here and at several salons. The answers were all - DON'T DO IT! They said that when you "strip" the color out of your hair, you strip ALL of the color and leave it in a completely disgusting condition (the way they described it, it didn't even sound like hair anymore). Then for it to look like anything, you have to re-color it to your natural color.The reason I wanted to strip my color was so that I wouldn't have any color left. If I had to re-dye it anyway, what would be the point? I have now been growing out my roots for 3 months and I'm going to get my hair cut REALLY short next week. I'll be FREE at last! YAY!My unprofessional advice - don't do it. One suggestion that was given to me was to use semipermanent color until my roots grew out long enough to get it cut. I didn't want to go that way because I didn't want to use ANY color even though it claims to be semipermanent. How exactly could I match it to my roots anyway? There is currently a post on this forum of someone who writes that semipermanent color messed up her hair. You might want to read it.Good luck!Alicia

Hi. I have permanent dark coloring over my gray hair. Now I'm thinking perhaps I'd like my gray back. Is it possible to strip color out of hair? Thank you!