What would you do if your long hair was starting to grey?

Good question. One many long-haired people ask themselves as they get to the age when their hair starts to grey. Some color, some don't. Some might seek to delay & minimize greying by adding certain nutrients to their diet.

As for myself, I don't ever see myself coloring my hair.

If memory serves me right...you...DaveDecker have 67" inches of awsomely long hair. I wouldn't color mine either if it were that long...besides you would probably need a case of boxed hair dyes

If I start greying naturally, people may call me Gintaro then. Chances are I will go grey by choice within 4 to 12 months, knowing that both sides of my family has a history of depigmentation.

Jimmy was white when 25. Calling him mister pissed him off to no end :P

Oh my goodness Kintaro you got me ROTFLMAO here...I love coming to the Long Hair site and reading all the posts...they sure do make me smile

My hair is presently fingertip length and dark brown. I have about 6 silver strands that I know of that are all fairly young hairs, only a few inches long. I have no plans of coloring or plucking them because the longer they get the sooner I can get them to blend in. I don't think I want to color because it may take a long time for my hair to go totally gray, and judging by my parents' hair I may well only be between 20-50% gray by my 50s.

Actually, Kintaro is more a reference to purity. Thoughts of gold, heart of ice type of thing.


Were my handle dependent on hair color, it would be Kusotaro. And I have described what color that is a few times already. :P

I have long dark hair and color my grey. I had it colored with premium salon color (Redken) long ago, when the grey began to become a real nuisance, using a color slightly darker than my own natural brunette. Adding color is much less damaging than lightening.

Ever since then, I color at home, roots only. When you do roots only, hair is only being colored "once and never again", for maximum damage control.

My stylist friend gets me Redken Fusion from beauty supply, so I am able to continue to use this superior product at home. At the salon, these monthly touch-ups would run me about $50 and up, with my long hair.

Grey is cool! Your hair will either turn grey or fall out.. If it turns gray you can still grow it , comb it, brush it and wear it in infinite styles. Even dye it is you are not confident enough in yourself to deal with your age. Celebrate the change of color. My wife (biased I think, but I'll take it) thinks I have gotten sexier as I turned grey. Thinning/Falling out you need extensions, wigs, etc. to get back what you lost. I see many very lovely ladies with gorgeous long hair every day that is all shades and colors. They are beautiful one and all. I have gotten rather bold over the last couple years and decided that a long haired lady is an invitation for a compliment. And you know what? It is appreciated. I try not to compliment other long haired ladies in front of my lovely wife (unless she raises the subject) for three reasons. 1. Very few women compare to her beauty (OK, I'm biased). 2. If she is with me, I have no reason to notice another lady, why look when you have a classy lady that turns heads, walking hand in hand with you? and 3. Why take a chance that my lovely lady (aka: lifetime girlfriend, babe and bride) would feel slighted. Tonight I went to my son's Parent Teacher conference and we walked hand in hand in, held hands during and as we left. One other parent thought we were both previously divorced and now a new couple vs 15+ years married. I replied that I was having an affair with my wife, it keeps divorce lawyers unemployed and keeps us both happy. And while their are plenty of lovely divorced ladies out there, I prefer time with my wife and children. Some times we act like teens and embarass the kids (why not, parents are supposed to), but I enjoy the excitement of my best friend and partner.
Decide that you will contue to be sexy and attractive as your long hair turns grey and you will find you still are. It is like riding a bicycle, ride forwardand that is where you will go. Look down and that is where you will be.

I spotted my first grey hair at 14. It was on my right temple. Since then, I have grey hair in my eyebrows and two strong streaks of grey - one on each temple. I have the bride of frankenstein look...so yes, I color my hair.

I do a deep conditioning treatment to the ends before I color, and after.

BTW, I will be 32 on Tues.

My hair is BSL an of indeterminate color--it isn't golden blond, but it darker blond-like with reddish tones. And I do have white or non-pigmented hair growing that is noticable upclose but not from a distance. And for now, this is how it will be. Seven or 8 years ago I did experiment with henna because one of my friends from India suggested it. Her hair is raven colored and the henna makes her white strands the most beautiful dark shade of red--the overall effect is very, very beautiful. It seemed to me a practical and "natural" way to deal with white or gray hair. I mixed the henna powder myself and didn't use a specially formulated product for hair coloring.

My hair being more blond took on a much stronger red tone, but it do the trick vis-a-vis the white hair. For me, the henna took ages to fade (plus or minus, depending on one's point of view).

One of my female professors had beautiful hair to her waist that was originally brown/black, but was more than half white or gray and it was truly beautiful hair. She took very good care of her hair and styled it with obvious pride. Colored or not, this is the key to growing older with one's hair--to take care of it and to enjoy it.