Grey Hair
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Printed Date: July 23 2025 at 2:06pm
Topic: Grey Hair
Posted By: JasonM
Subject: Grey Hair
Date Posted: April 28 2003 at 3:29am
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Im not sure if this is the right forum or not but I have a problem. Im 20 years old and I have a lot of grey hair! I don''t know what''s causing it? I don''t get a lot of exposure to the sun since I live in wisconsin and the only months im really out doing something are three summer months out of the year. I bleached my hair back in middle school and dyed it a few different colors. But this was 5 years ago.. and I just started getting grey hair 1-2 years ago. Is there anything I can do to stop it from greying any further? If not, is there something I can dye it with that isn''t harsh and that won''t make my hair condition worse. It seems like I have really dry hair also. |
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Posted By: LiliBeach
Date Posted: April 28 2003 at 9:25pm
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Hi Jason, Graying hair is just nature. It is a hair follicle that has lost its mellenum. How soon you gray depends on genetics. Most people see their fist gray hairs in their teens, if they look. There is really nothing you can do about it, but cover it. This is why haircolor is a billion dollar business. If you wish to cover it, I would reccomend a semi- permanant color. This will allow your hair color to fade off instead of having the tell tell signs of having gray roots. My suggestion is to not worry about it. Everyone around you probably has gray hair. Its just that the color of their hair can hide it. The darker your hair the more they stand out. Relax and enjoy it!!! ------------- I am a professional Hairstylist/Haircolorist with 19 years experience. I have traveled all over the country for my advanced education. I am also a salon owner.:)........and I LOVE Redken!!! |
Posted By: miamicanes
Date Posted: May 25 2003 at 2:08am
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you're basically screwed. I started getting noticeable gray before I was even 20. By the time I was 24, it was bad enough to require weekly coloring. By 30, keeping it under control was a bi-weekly crusade. If it makes you feel any better, it's not your fault. It doesn't matter what you've done to your hair up to this point, nor will anything short of gene therapy make the slightest bit of permanent difference as to when the hair will turn gray or fall out. So don't worry... nothing you do will make it turn gray any faster. The best advice I can give is learn how to color it properly using professional products. Barring any unexpected breakthroughs in gene therapy (10+ years away), you're going to be coloring it on a regular basis for a long, LONG time... so you might as well learn how to do it right and do it well. First, don't even bother worrying about how long the color will last. It doesn't matter: if you've got gray on the sides, it'll be visible within a few days REGARDLESS of how long it might theoretically last along the rest of the hair shaft, and you'll have to touch it up anyway unless you can tolerate visible gray roots. Second, if your hair is dark brown or black, plan on going 2-3 levels lighter over the next few years. The darker your hair is, the more obvious the new (gray) roots will be. Now for the good news... you can abuse your hair a LOT more than any woman would ever dare to. If your hair is short, it'll be cut off and gone before damage becomes a problem anyway. And if you screw up REALLY badly, you can get away with cutting it all off and letting the new hair grow in... For emergency touch-ups (when you have visible gray roots, but can't color for some reason), nothing can bail you out as effectively as hair mascara. There's a catch, though... it passes the "sight" test with flying colors, but fails the "touch" test miserably... if anyone runs their fingers through your hair after you've used it, they'll know something's horribly wrong in like 3 seconds. And don't even THINK about going to bed until you've washed it out, unless you hate your sheets and want an excuse to replace them anyway.... Now for the good news... by the time you're 30 (and squarely in the throes of midlife crisis #1), there's a really good chance that gene therapy will be a reality. So smile... there is hope on the horizon... ------------- |
Posted By: claribuzz
Date Posted: May 25 2003 at 12:06pm
Hehe that is funnny  I also had a few strands of grey hair. Thank god And I am only 19. I see some people with even more grey hair and they are 17. I have black hair so it is even MORE noticible. Hehe miamicanes is right. A guy can damaged his with out care (like me I had it relaxed 6 times and coloured 4 times in two months and I cut it off )So just stick to colouring dude or if you have the time, money, and the guts to go throught as some thing like gene theraphy  ------------- ARGHH |
Posted By: uzma
Date Posted: May 25 2003 at 6:38pm
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Just another angle on things: When I was 23, I met a young man. One of the first thing I noticed about him was his grey hair. It made him stand out and look particularly smart esp. when he wore his grey pin-stripe suit :-) Without the grey hair, he would be just another good-looking guy, but the hair was unusual and an added attraction. We were together for 9 years...but that's another story. My point is, you are blessed with a unusual marker. Yes, blessed. It doesn't "fit" what the media would have you believe as "normal" and "desireable" but in Real Life, it is both and more. Consider flipping your perspective and seeing your grey hair as an asset. Take care Uzi ------------- Uzi |
Posted By: claribuzz
Date Posted: May 26 2003 at 4:50am
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if in the right places it adds character In Malaysia there is this one writer who has half of his beard greyed. It looks weird but it makes him stand out and more reconizeablw with his half grey beard It like "Two face" face in Batman. One half on the right is black one half on the left is grey :) But if you have spots of it like a dalmation or stands like of on the back of the hair, it does not look good ------------- ARGHH |