What would you do if your long hair was starting to grey?
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Topic: What would you do if your long hair was starting to grey?
Posted By: LongBraidz
Subject: What would you do if your long hair was starting to grey?
Date Posted: March 18 2004 at 10:02pm
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I'am just curious. I have read so many posts from people with extremely long hair. What will you do if you start to go grey? Leave it that way? Color it? ------------- "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran~ |
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: March 18 2004 at 10:46pm
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: PurpleBubba
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 12:16am
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Well as a Male, I'm hoping to still have hair then so I might not care what color it is when I get to that age. Whatever age it will be. I'm not going to say I won't color it but at the moment I don't see myself doing it. ------------- 
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Posted By: LongBraidz
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 6:50am
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  ------------- "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran~ |
Posted By: LongBraidz
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 6:53am
Hiiiiiiiiiiii PurpleBubba...your post made me laugh  I'am sure that if you eat a good diet and take good care of yourself...you should still have your hair by then! ------------- "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran~ |
Posted By: Kintaro
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 9:23am
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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 ------------- I hate all of the following and lots more : Fundamentalists, racists, sexists, fascists, ageists (people saying seniors = senile , kids = stupid , 18 = immature or a combo of them), and bigots for causes yet to receive their own designation. |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 8:23pm
Probably. And I have better things to spend my money on... like, anything else. ------------- |
LongBraidz wrote:Posted By: LongBraidz
Date Posted: March 20 2004 at 8:34am
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  ------------- "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran~ |
Posted By: LongBraidz
Date Posted: March 20 2004 at 8:38am
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DaveDecker and the other's that posted here got me LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO...STOP IT!!!! before I fall off my computer desk chair and hit my head. Imagine me sending a post where I got new hair accesories...like surgical staples ------------- "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran~ |
Posted By: Nicole Z
Date Posted: March 20 2004 at 10:41pm
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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. ------------- My hair is almost to my knees (~50") and continues to grow longer. Rather slowly these days, but that's ok - it's still *growing*. |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: March 21 2004 at 12:24pm
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LongBraidz -- Gintaro/Kintaro -- I just thought about your response. If your hair becomes silver and you change your name to Gin-taro, does that mean your hair today (as Kin-taro) is gold (blond)? Nicole -- OMG (eyes pop out). Your hair looks amazing! It has really grown a lot, too. I am hoping to be able to upload a tiny avatar photo soon, though it won't be as clear. Anyway, good to see you here again. ------------- |
Posted By: Kintaro
Date Posted: March 21 2004 at 2:39pm
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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 hate all of the following and lots more : Fundamentalists, racists, sexists, fascists, ageists (people saying seniors = senile , kids = stupid , 18 = immature or a combo of them), and bigots for causes yet to receive their own designation. |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: March 21 2004 at 2:45pm
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Kintaro, I know your hair isn't blond. I was just recalling the tiny bit of Japanese I learned many years ago. ------------- |
Posted By: Elissa
Date Posted: March 22 2004 at 8:12am
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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. -------------  [/url]
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Posted By: Tap Dancer
Date Posted: March 25 2004 at 3:12pm
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I'm 25 and I have naturally dark hair and a baby face. My hair started graying when I was 15. Now I've got a bit more white hair coming in, so I color every few months. ------------- [IMG]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/yerdumm/tapdancer2.gif" /> |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 25 2004 at 6:57pm
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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. |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: March 27 2004 at 10:55am
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Elissa, sounds like you have found a solution which works for you... excellent. Kelly, you started to grey at 15? Do you have a family history of going grey at early ages? I can't help but wonder if there's some nutritional deficiency...? Bill, I admire your attitude and perspective. Thanks for sharing them. ------------- |
Posted By: foxfan318
Date Posted: April 04 2004 at 7:58pm
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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. ------------- Hair type: fine but thick; natural blonde with 15% grey |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 5:53pm
Foxfan, Happy Birthday!  ------------- |
Posted By: kab
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 10:18am
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: AmandaPanda
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 3:02pm
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My hair is naturally gray (or is it grey?), depending on the lighting. I like to call it dark ash blond/light ash brown  I use henna also, not because of my grey-ish hair, but because I think it rules See my signature? The top of my head (natural color there) is grey looking in natural light -------------  http://amandapandahair.spaces.live.com/ - My Long Hair Odyssey
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 8:06pm
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Hi AmandaPanda, I can't tell if the hair at the top of your head is grey or just a more muted shade of brown than the rest of your hair. Even from th distance of the camera it doesn't necessarily appear to be grey. Last I remember it was blonde.
Hey kab, I agree with you 100% ------------- |
Posted By: Nyght
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 12:40pm
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I've decided to leave the gray alone. My hair is naturally dark,about 25% gray, but the gray is coming in all shades of blonde, gray and white, so I think it's striking. I was going to get highlights so the 3" of gray at the roots would blend better, but my fertility doc put a stop to that, so I now have sort of a "skunk" appearance, but I guess patience is a virtue...;) ------------- 1b/n/ii 4/27/36+ |
Posted By: AmandaPanda
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 4:01pm
It was dyed ------------- http://amandapandahair.spaces.live.com/ - My Long Hair Odyssey
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