Men, do you color your gray hair?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH does. He has great hair and doesn't want to look old. He just turned 60 but does marathons and beat guys in his office who are 27, 28. He works out every day and most people think he's 48 or 50.

He gets those color sticks at CVS...about $12 a box. He has always been good looking. I met him in college and he weighs the exact same amount.

He does it because his AP loves it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Double standard. No one complains about women coloring their hair and wearing makeup. Why should different rules apply to men? Do you want people judging you as meanly as you have judged an entire gender?

Anonymous wrote:Please don't. You can tell, and it looks worse than the alternative. I have two friends' husbands who dye their hair. I want to shake them and tell them to let it go salt & pepper (or just salt!), but I'm clearly not supposed to know about the hair dye.

People complain about and judge women's hair and makeup all the time.

IMO, an improvement regarding the double standard would be for women to worry less about their hair and makeup....not for men to worry more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prematurely gray man here - about 90 percent gray at 45. I would never die my hair, not in a million years. It's part of how I am -

I would never lose weight, being fat is part of how I am.

[Anonymous]

Provided you have short hair, just go grey. I'd say that for men or women. Most long hair doesn't look great grey, but there are definite exceptions to that (JOhn larrpquette for men--he could rock a silver mane).

[Anonymous]

I don't. Never realized woman wanted men to color their hair. Ive had a couple of DWs friends tell me they love my hair. One told me she has a thing for guys with gray hair. I avoid her

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who is 46 and completely grey - almost white in fact. He's going to be looking for a new job soon and in his case, I think he should cover his greys, or at least do a salt and pepper look. His hair makes him look much much older than he really is and unfortunately, I think that will work against him in his job search. The truth is, a lot of employers do not want to hire new people they think are in or fast approaching their 60s.

[Anonymous]

I'm 65 and happy to have a full head of hair even if its gray. Too often dyed hair looks so unicolor as to be clearly unnatural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. Hair color for men is like botox for women. It looks fake, everyone knows what you did, and it gets turned into a laugh. I'm a man in his 50s who actually likes the look of his silver hair. I'm not 25 anymore and I'm okay with that.

Same here. Coloring is for the vain and foolish. I'm happy with the way I am, DW likes it, and at this point, if you don't like the way I look, I don't care.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Prematurely gray man here - about 90 percent gray at 45. I would never die my hair, not in a million years. It's part of how I am -

I would never lose weight, being fat is part of how I am.

Gray hair is not a heart attack and diabetes risk. So maybe you should rethink 1. This comparison 2. Your weight.

Signed -

A Gray Haired Guy Who Just Lost 20 Pounds.

[Anonymous]

I've tried it a few times, but always stopped because it was a pain in the rear to keep touched up. I'm too lazy.

[Anonymous]

I use "Just for Men -- Touch of Gray." I'm 60 and had all black hair when younger. It's naturally turning gray, I just like the gray toned down a bit. That product is easy to use and look natural (to me). Making it all black would look weird.

[Anonymous]

I've had grays since college. Really.

And I have plenty at 34.

Don't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is 46 and completely grey - almost white in fact. He's going to be looking for a new job soon and in his case, I think he should cover his greys, or at least do a salt and pepper look. His hair makes him look much much older than he really is and unfortunately, I think that will work against him in his job search. The truth is, a lot of employers do not want to hire new people they think are in or fast approaching their 60s.

+1 FIL swore he'd never dye his hair until he lost his job. He did it the right way and went to a stylist who made it look natural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prematurely gray man here - about 90 percent gray at 45. I would never die my hair, not in a million years. It's part of how I am -

I would never lose weight, being fat is part of how I am.

Gray hair is not a heart attack and diabetes risk. So maybe you should rethink 1. This comparison 2. Your weight.

Signed -

A Gray Haired Guy Who Just Lost 20 Pounds.

Do both!

Signed -
A Brown-haired Girl Who Is Checking You Out

[Anonymous]

I am 55 and 99% not-grey on top (well, my beard is grey).

Professionally, it presented problems because, at first glance, I look younger than I am. At second glance, not so much, but so much of estimating age is from hair.

Basically, some customers think I am young/just out of school when I have been working professionally for 25 years.

This was more of a problem 10 years ago than today.