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Anonymous wrote:I am 42 and have very dark long black hair. I have never once in my life dyed my hair. I have a few grays now but I am too scared to do anything about it. I can probably do some highlights to hide it for the next decade or so. Then I will just let it go. I am very low maintenance so I can't image going to a salon every 4 weeks.

Ditto, except my hair is brown. I'm 41 and I'm considering embracing the grey as the greys come in, but I also want to try at home color. I don't have the budget or the time for regular salon trips.

You don't know how you will feel until you are there.

Anonymous wrote:I will color my hair as long as possible.

lol - me too! I’m turning 60 next year and my son is getting married in a few weeks. My daughter asked me to wait to go grey until after her wedding and while she’s not even engaged … I think that’s a good mental stopping point (she’s in a serious relationship). I’m afraid it’s going to come in white and not a pretty grey- I started coloring my hair in my late 20s so the change will be dramatic. Anyway - It will be in the next few years and I’m preparing myself - it will be hard to stop coloring. I justify the expense since In still working but once I retire hello granny!

I’m 43 and don’t dye. I started getting some grey around 35 and had it professionally dyed from 35-40. I stopped at 40 because I could see I was chasing my tail. Gray roots should show at about 2 weeks. I would spend $180 and 2 hrs every of time every 5 weeks and I hated the wasted time more than anything. Knowing I was just going to get more and more gray and need to more frequently made me just throw in the towel. Honestly, I don’t mind. I’m probably 15-20% gray and I think I look great.

I get mine professionally done every 8-9 months and cover the roots every 6-8 weeks. Will do this until I’m totally white haired. I agree that it ages you… but I think it’s less this than it just looks so drab. My hair is so mousy now.

My mom didn't let her hair go gray until she turned 80 when she started having health problems, making it hard to sit at the salon for long. She has a friend who is 86 and drives herself to the salon weekly to make sure she has no gray roots. I have a friend who went gray young. Now that it is totally gray, she is putting reverse highlights in the gray. Such a small thing makes her look significantly younger.

I have been coloring my hair since my early 30s. I have dark hair and pale skin and the gray hair (which is concentrated right around my forehead) makes me look old and tired. I know people who can pull it off, but I can't. You are lucky if you can it make it work or have hardly any gray.

I’m a redhead with a white streak. It’s fine. I’m in my late 50s. Not trying to look younger.

My sister is 60 and dyes her red hair to hide the white. It is not a good look. Red is really hard, I think, to do well even though she spends hundreds to do this.

I'm 59 with dark brown hair. Other than some henna rinses when I was in college, I've never dyed my hair. There's gray mostly at my temples, and I love it. No plans to color it.
During COVID, I decided to stop blow drying it straight. Finally embraced my curls and don't plan to go back.

Anonymous wrote:I am 42 and have very dark long black hair. I have never once in my life dyed my hair. I have a few grays now but I am too scared to do anything about it. I can probably do some highlights to hide it for the next decade or so. Then I will just let it go. I am very low maintenance so I can't image going to a salon every 4 weeks.

Ditto, except my hair is brown. I'm 41 and I'm considering embracing the grey as the greys come in, but I also want to try at home color. I don't have the budget or the time for regular salon trips.

Nope, not embracing the grey here. I'm 49 and in other ways still look younger. I may go grey early, but I got lucky and have great skin.

I am 42 and have very dark long black hair. I have never once in my life dyed my hair. I have a few grays now but I am too scared to do anything about it. I can probably do some highlights to hide it for the next decade or so. Then I will just let it go. I am very low maintenance so I can't image going to a salon every 4 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:52, never dyed my hair. My hair is about 50%n grey now and I don’t plan to start coloring it. I can’t stand the maintenance it requires, same with getting my nails done at a salon. I guess I just have to roll with it. So be it.

I think there's a difference between going grey in your thirties and your fifties. I know some younger women embrace it, and good for them, but it's understandable not to want to show your grays in your thirties or even forties. You want to look the same age as your peers. That's normal.

PP here, I started having greys in my 20s and it progressed to my 40s where greys were very visible around my ears and foreheads. I guess I am just used to ppl commenting on my grey. Now at 52, it is simply taking over and progressing mic faster than before. I see a pic of me on my gym’s SM page. I feel I look old but I just can’t bring myself to start a coloring routine. I am not great w sticking to a beauty maintenance routine. It becomes a reminder that I am aging and that I am not ok w it, more than easing that mentality. So I chose to accept and move on to focus on other parts of my life that I can truly make a difference on, such as having a gym routine so I don’t fall and break my bones in 10 years.

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Anonymous wrote:I will color my hair as long as possible.

+1 My colleagues in their 70s who look youthful all color their hair.

Age discrimination is real, especially for women. I and 55 and would like to work another 5-7 years. I’m worried about what would happen if I had to look for a new job.

Yeah, PP here. For me looking (and acting youthful) helps professionally.

I always wonder what field people who say this are in?

So many fields are ageist, could be any of a number.

I started graying at 16 and have always dyed my hair.

Anonymous wrote:I am, was, a redhead. Never touched hair dye - ever. At 59, my hair looks golden blonde. I get compliments frequently. That said, I think I look better with darker hair. When I care how I look, I feel as though I need more makeup so my whole pale face and now hair don’t simply blend into nothingness.

My neighbor just stopped dying hers and it’s a lovely gray - her hair looks so much healthier and shiny.

Redhead here too and letting the grey come in. I am fine with how it looks but can't figure out what to do with my fading eyebrows. No color looks natural.