Gray Hair!!

[Emmsmom]

Ok ladies! Whose gotta em!!! I looked at my hair the other day and I just about cried! :eek: I am only 34. At least for a little while longer. LOL I don't know what I will do when they really start to show. So how do you handle the gray hairs? Do you just let them grow and enjoy them or do you cover them up! :confused:

[Janet]

I go every 4 to 5 weeks and have it colored!! I would be totally gray if I didn't and I'm just not ready for that yet!:)

[Izzy'smom]

I am also 34. I have scattered gray hair on top. At least that is all I can see. I go about every three months and have my hair highlighted. It helps blend the gray hair in. I have light brown hair. I have the hairdresser put in dark and medium blonde highlights in. This works for now. When the grays get worse, I will reevaluate the problem. Isn't aging fun. Ha Ha

[Emmsmom]

LOL I already went in and got the highlights! LOL The last time I had them put in was back in the summer. I guess it is time to think about getting them again. I am NOT looking forward to aging. My hands are starting to age. Boy do I hate it.

[Janet]

Wait till you young ladies get in your fifties...then you'll see things start to age...suck big time....LOL But what are ya gonna do???

[khardy57]

Wait till you young ladies get in your fifties...then you'll see things start to age...suck big time....LOL But what are ya gonna do???

It didn't take me till 50, Janet! You ever tried going braless and getting carpet burn!:p

[Brooke]

I go every 4 to 5 weeks and have it colored!! I would be totally gray if I didn't and I'm just not ready for that yet!:)


I'm with darlin...I am about 90 % grey..and fighting all the way!:eek:

[Janet]

It didn't take me till 50, Janet! You ever tried going braless and getting carpet burn!:p


O H M Y G O O D N E S S !!!! :eek:

[blowry]

My Mom is white and my Dad is very gray....like a steel color...my brother is totally gray...he is 47...I am 49...I have ALOT of gray....I am not totally gray though...I believe if I let it grow out I would probably be 50%...maybe more...I know I am very gray around my temples...However...I will NEVER know how gray I really am...My daughter is a hairdresser so I get my hair colored every 4 to 5 weeks...I will probably never let myself go natural..It just makes me feel old...and I'm not!

I am naturally a very dark brown but, as you get older you should go lighter...I wear my hair past my shoulders...My daughter just put in a new color...golden brown and then put in some lowlights...I LOVE it!! In the summer I have blonde highlights put in...I never know what color I am going to walk out of the salon with!! Believe me...I have walked away with some pretty interesting colors!! LOL...If you can't experiment on Mom you can you experiment on!! LOL!

[Tink]

My Dads side of the family grays very young, so many in my family are gray erly. My oldest daughter first found gray hair at age 15. She's now 33 and has stripes of silver in her dark auburn hair... like skunk stripes.

I finally gave in and started coloring my hair less than a year ago. It just makes me look too old. I am hoping that I get the silver like my Dad had rather than the ugly splotchy gray/brown mess my grandma had. Right now it seems to be heading silver, but I am 52.

[khardy57]

My Dad was totally gray at 30 but my Mother is 71 and has just in the past few years turned completely gray. Both my sisters would have white hair if they didn't color it (like Daddy) but I have a silver streak that starts at the left temple and goes across the top of my head like Mama. My younger sister let her gray grow out a few years ago and kept it that way for about 3 years. I can't do it. Gotta keep 'em covered up.:) Mama has never colored her hair and she's a retired hairdresser.

[Emmsmom]

My grandmother just turned 78 last month. I have yet to see her with white or silver hair! She ALWAYS has it colored. I am sure that I will also be coloring ! I just hate the thought of my hair turning. My husband has true salt and pepper hair. he has been that way since he was about 31. His chest hair is just now starting to catch up. LOLIt doesn't bother him. I think that is normal tho. Women tend to spaz about it more than men.

[Janet]

My Mom is 83 and she colors her hair. Doesn't really look that natural, but she said gray hair makes her look old...!! LOL :D

[DianaB]

I have gray hair too. Actually to be more correct I would have to say that mine is turning white. I've had a few gray hairs since my early twenties. I don't color mine because most of mine is around my face and I just pretend that it's highlights! I put a color on it for a while that gently washed out because I had a friend that was bothered by it, but I decided that it was my hair and I would wear it the way I wanted it.

[2tiredmom]

I'm 45 and I just have a few gray strands. Not going to color. I earned every one of these besides I'm not that concerned about my looks. I figure I've got my man
and it's for better or worse. My best friends mother in law has been white headed since she was 25. Her hair is beautiful. Why cover it up.

But that's just ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Emmsmom]

LOL I have got my man too! I just wanna look good while honoring my for better or for worse vows! LOL I am only 34 so I am not ready to get older just yet.

[Marilyn]

I'm 52 and yes, there is some gray up there. Mainly have a streak of gray with a light sprinkle elsewhere. I color my hair about every 3 months. Overall using a medium to light brown with a hint of red, then foil in both red and blonde. It makes a really natural look that does not show roots to badly. It's close enough and fades enough that it blends in well with my natural color. I'm in bad need of a color job now and will schedule very soon, may be next week, I have 3 days off.

[gja1000]

No color for me - I LOVE LOVE LOVE my gray hair. I get tons of compliments on it too! Of course I am 55!

[DCollins]

I am 54 and I don't know what color my hair is? I have had my hair weaved for so many years that I thinkI might be light brown? But when I put off color I do see some grey hairs in there, but with the lighter weave, they just blend in. My mom just went completely grey and it is beautiful. SHe is 75. I am just not ready to find out yet!

[Janet]

I'm 52 and yes, there is some gray up there. Mainly have a streak of gray with a light sprinkle elsewhere. I color my hair about every 3 months. Overall using a medium to light brown with a hint of red, then foil in both red and blonde. It makes a really natural look that does not show roots to badly. It's close enough and fades enough that it blends in well with my natural color. I'm in bad need of a color job now and will schedule very soon, may be next week, I have 3 days off.


Sure wish I could go every 3 months to have mine colored. I need/have to go every 4-5 weeks. By the time my next appointment comes around there is at least an inch of gray at the roots. I am totally gray, but just don't think I would look right yet if i let it go. Otherwise you can bet I would just have it colored gray and forget it. I think I may try it this summer when no one really sees me that much and then if it looks bad, I'll go back to color again.

[Marilyn]

Oh, there is no way that I would be ready to go totally gray. NO WAY!!!! I know I'm showing my age, but I've cut my hair a little shorter, and have it colored nicely now, and when I'm all fixed up, people say I look younger. I've had a couple of customers comment that I'm looking younger. THAT's what I like to hear. If I went all gray, I couldn't handle people's comments on that. NO WAY.

Sorry, but I'm the baby of the family and extended family (14 cousins on both sides, and I'm the 13th on both sides). Just not ready to join the old ones, yet. I do have my man, but I want to keep him liking what he sees and feeling good about his woman. We're both getting older, and want to age gracefully, but not ready to throw in the towel.

[Janet]

My hair is short, so if I could look as good as gja1000, I will definitely go gray. I don't want to look like my Mom, she is 83 and colors her hair. It does not look natural at that age, especially the color she has. So, I think I'll probably try it this summer, I can always change it back....we'll see when summer gets here just how brave I really am......LOLOLOL

[Gina]

I am 50 and dye my hair, my mom dyed her hair till the day she died at 84, I started going grey at 25 took after my mom and her side of the family. I dye it every 3-4 weeks. I feel old when the gray starts showing, I am married too, and I want to look good for me...lol. This spring I will try putting highlights . I normally dye my hair a reddish brown, this time I went dr. brown. I try all shades of browns and reds..lol

[Tink]

I've been coloring my hair for the past few months just to cover the gray. I got a glimpse of myself one day out in the sun and went OMG! Mixed with my normal hair color (dark blonde/light brown), it looked awful and mousey.

I saw my fav aunt recently and loved her pure silvery white hair... reminded me of my Dads... now if mine goes that direction I won't mind letting it be. What I can't tolerate is the mousey gray that sucks all the life out of your face. LOL

[rivermom]

I am over 40 and have only found one gray - I plucked the little sucker and I don't want him coming bacck!! Not today, not ever!! :D

[Janet]

I am over 40 and have only found one gray - I plucked the little sucker and I don't want him coming bacck!! Not today, not ever!! :D


Ah Oh!!! LOL I heard if you pluck them out.....two will grow in it's place.....


Now can anyway say this is true or have you heard it before????:)

[rivermom]

Ah Oh!!! LOL I heard if you pluck them out.....two will grow in it's place.....


Now can anyway say this is true or have you heard it before????:)

Oh I am sure more than two will come back, LOL. :eek:

[Janet]

I talked with my hairdresser about letting my hair go completely gray this morning when I got my color and cut. She said I would just have to let it grow out.

That would look horrible. She said you really can't color it gray. I don't want it to be half gray and half "what ever color this is." There has got to be a better way. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Marilyn]

I don't understand why you couldn't color it gray. Seems like they could do any color.

A friend of mine has her hair dresser do a reverse frost. Her hair is all gray so she has color foiled in. Maybe your hairdresser could foil in a little color, or even use a frosting cap, instead of an overall color to slowly transition you to gray.

[Janet]

That's a good idea! I'll have to ask her about that. For some reason I am anxious to see what it would look like. I guess we're all like that when we're ready for a change. We want it NOW. LOL

[gja1000]

No, you really can't color hair gray - my hairdresser said it is because gray is the absence of color. You can bleach it white or almost white and then let it grow out and it won't be nearly as noticeable as if it is dark - but sometimes bleached hair is yellow instead of white. I have seen women do the reverse frost and I think that is the best way to grow it out.

[Emmsmom]

All this talk about going grey got me to looking up info. Take a look at this site!

http://www.grayhaircolor.info/index.htm

Read the whole thing. The last link Youth Hair has some interresting info! There is a product that they talk about that is suppose to help keep you from going gray! I am willing to try anything to be honest. I have noticed a few gray hairs popping out.

[Janet]

I wonder if this really works or just a sales gimmick? I am going to check into this more....thanks for the great link!!