Reply to cutting off dyed hair and letting it grow in gray

Forum Index » Beauty and Fashion

Reply to "cutting off dyed hair and letting it grow in gray "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm 52 and grew out my hair about 4 years ago; it's been a great experience.

FYI, It looks like hell when you are growing it out, for two reasons:  First, your dyed hair is going to oxidize to a brassy color, and second, gray hair is not really gray, but color-less and the oxidyzed dyed hair will reflect off it until it's cut off.

To get longish shoulder length took me 2.8 years.  The worst is the first 4 months, when you look like you are neglecting yourself and your root touch-up; once you pass 4 months, you look like you are intentionally growing it out, not falling apart.

My DH was unhappy with it until the last of the dye was cut off.  Suddenly it all worked.

I get lots of compliments on my skin now--it's crazy, it's like one a week.  I think it's because my salt & pepper hair is a great shade for my skin tone.  I think sure, gray hair signals age, but makes one's skin look healthy as nature picks the right color for your face.

Also, I strongly disagree with the invisibility idea.  Who puts that fear out there, Clairol?  But there IS a fear, and OP, you'll get people telling you not to do it, that you'll be old, invisible, blah blah...it's just people reflecting their own fears.  It's surprisingly hard to do, OP, because it takes a while and at first you get all that un-asked for feedback.  But I'm on a blog of people who grew out their gray hair, and they are very cool people; I've met some IRL and they are all strong, nice, feminine, and definitely not sheeple.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics