Gray Hair!!

Emmsmom · 12-19-2006, 08:59 AM

Ok ladies! Whose gotta em!!! I looked at my hair the other day and I just about cried!

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!

Janet · 12-19-2006, 09:10 AM

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!

12-19-2006, 12:08 PM

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 · 12-19-2006, 02:33 PM

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 · 12-19-2006, 03:02 PM

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 · 12-19-2006, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 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???

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

Brooke · 12-19-2006, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 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!

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

Janet · 12-19-2006, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by khardy57

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

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

blowry · 12-19-2006, 05:56 PM

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 · 12-19-2006, 06:12 PM

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 · 12-20-2006, 04:35 AM

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 · 12-20-2006, 06:26 AM

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 · 12-20-2006, 06:35 AM

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

DianaB · 12-20-2006, 09:53 AM

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 · 12-20-2006, 02:29 PM

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

12-19-2006, 08:59 AM	#1
Emmsmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 612	Gray Hair!! Ok ladies! Whose gotta em!!! I looked at my hair the other day and I just about cried! 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! __________________ MICHELLE

12-19-2006, 09:10 AM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	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! __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-19-2006, 02:33 PM	#4
Emmsmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 612	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. __________________ MICHELLE

12-19-2006, 03:02 PM	#5
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	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??? __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-19-2006, 05:56 PM	#9
blowry Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 450	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! __________________ Brenda

12-19-2006, 12:08 PM	#3
Izzy'smom Guest Posts: n/a	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

12-19-2006, 06:12 PM	#10
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	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. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

12-20-2006, 04:35 AM	#11
khardy57 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 278	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.

12-20-2006, 06:26 AM	#12
Emmsmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 612	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. __________________ MICHELLE

12-20-2006, 06:35 AM	#13
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	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 __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-20-2006, 09:53 AM	#14
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	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. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

12-20-2006, 02:29 PM	#15
2tiredmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,367	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 __________________ The real measure of a woman's wealth is what she has invested in eternity. Linda aka 2tiredmom

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