Going Grey
09 May 2005, 09:42 PM
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Going Grey
Have noticed a few Grey hairs popping through since I was about 29 (now 34), just considering my options,
1/ Go Grey slowly, not quite ready for distinguished.
2/ Aquire some 'Just for Men' and have a guilty secret, why not all women do it !
3/ Shave it all off (my head that is, for Saxo Boys benefit), not an option due to my square head and my ears, which are ok with hair but a bit ludicrous without.
Your thoughts ?
1/ Go Grey slowly, not quite ready for distinguished.
2/ Aquire some 'Just for Men' and have a guilty secret, why not all women do it !
3/ Shave it all off (my head that is, for Saxo Boys benefit), not an option due to my square head and my ears, which are ok with hair but a bit ludicrous without.
Your thoughts ?
09 May 2005, 09:47 PM
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Option 1. I'm starting to go grey at 27. Just a few hairs for now, but more and more are coming.
Option 3 makes you look scary to the women.
Option 2 my mate has took. Looks awful, you can never be sure what he is going to look like. If you do option 2 you have to do it religously, to the extent that you are going to give yourself a phobia about greyness. Sooner or later you are going to slip up, someone will notice, and they will take the p*ss something horrid.
Distinguished it is mate.
Option 3 makes you look scary to the women.
Option 2 my mate has took. Looks awful, you can never be sure what he is going to look like. If you do option 2 you have to do it religously, to the extent that you are going to give yourself a phobia about greyness. Sooner or later you are going to slip up, someone will notice, and they will take the p*ss something horrid.
Distinguished it is mate.
09 May 2005, 10:02 PM
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Had grey in mine since I was 21!!!!
Been various lengths and colours since - not too sure how much grey there is now to be honest, but it's gotta be loads. Currently sporting collar length mess of choppy highlighted birds-nestesque straw. Ladies like it and although I'm not hiding the grey per sé it's lost in the lights.
Wouldn't recommend the JFM route - it looks flat and like a just for fun wig. I tried it once after a spell in 1996 as an Axl Rose lookalike..
Yeah, really.
Been various lengths and colours since - not too sure how much grey there is now to be honest, but it's gotta be loads. Currently sporting collar length mess of choppy highlighted birds-nestesque straw. Ladies like it and although I'm not hiding the grey per sé it's lost in the lights.
Wouldn't recommend the JFM route - it looks flat and like a just for fun wig. I tried it once after a spell in 1996 as an Axl Rose lookalike..
Yeah, really.
09 May 2005, 10:10 PM
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There are decent dye jobs out there,the thing is you only notice the bad dye jobs,jet black with grey sideboards.
Robbie Williams has been going grey for years,but people only notice Macca's awful colour.
Robbie Williams has been going grey for years,but people only notice Macca's awful colour.
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09 May 2005, 10:17 PM
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There are decent dye jobs. But the prob is that you have to do it again and again and again.
You cannot wait for it to show, its not like women with their hair. When their roots start to show they can wait a while to get it done again. As soon as the grey shows, its all over, people will notice. Once they know there is not a lot of point (imo).
You cannot wait for it to show, its not like women with their hair. When their roots start to show they can wait a while to get it done again. As soon as the grey shows, its all over, people will notice. Once they know there is not a lot of point (imo).
09 May 2005, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Luminous
As soon as the grey shows, its all over, people will notice. (imo).
09 May 2005, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by paulr
The issue isnt wether people know or not,its wether it looks good or awful.
A decent dye job will look good. Will it look better than natural? Only you can say for yourself.
09 May 2005, 10:27 PM
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Just become a silver fox, naturally.
I've been getting the odd grey hair coming through since I was 23. 9 years in my colour isn't much different.
Just don't dye it - you'll look a proper idiot
I've been getting the odd grey hair coming through since I was 23. 9 years in my colour isn't much different.
Just don't dye it - you'll look a proper idiot
09 May 2005, 10:28 PM
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I'm 31 and have a fair few grey hairs. During the winter it's a bit more noticable as I let my hair grow a bit, but even still, I'm not overly bothered. Right now I'm sporting a nice grade 1 all over and so you'd have to look very close to see the grey, and the only people who get that close are Rose and Lily and they don't seem to mind at all.
I started going grey a few years ago and vowed I'd not dye my hair and I'm sticking to that vow.
I started going grey a few years ago and vowed I'd not dye my hair and I'm sticking to that vow.
09 May 2005, 10:47 PM
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09 May 2005, 10:57 PM
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It is unseemly for a gentleman to make use of hair products, dyes and potions that are meant for a lady. Hair dye and cheek blusher is the province of the homosexual.
09 May 2005, 11:06 PM
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46 now and getting grey hairs showing also showing in the stubble after a few days If I don't shave
Shortish hair cuts help if you feel its that bad.... personally it doesn't bother me if I go grey fully or not
Shortish hair cuts help if you feel its that bad.... personally it doesn't bother me if I go grey fully or not
10 May 2005, 09:37 AM
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What gets me is the mutant nature of these greys. They always seem to grow quicker than the rest of your hair and stick out at weird angles
Are there too many for you to just pluck with a pair of tweezers?
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Are there too many for you to just pluck with a pair of tweezers?
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10 May 2005, 10:36 AM
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I started going grey at 18 
I either had a hard youth, or it was hereditary (yes, it was the latter ).
Doesn't bother me now, didn't bother me then. I tend to have a No.1 or No.2 every three or four weeks now, but for a long time I still had long hair with the grey (silver) in it.
Would never go for the Just for Men look as a) it looks bad and b) I'm sure it ruins your lip sync when talking
I either had a hard youth, or it was hereditary (yes, it was the latter ).Doesn't bother me now, didn't bother me then. I tend to have a No.1 or No.2 every three or four weeks now, but for a long time I still had long hair with the grey (silver
) in it.Would never go for the Just for Men look as a) it looks bad and b) I'm sure it ruins your lip sync when talking
10 May 2005, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Hanslow
Would never go for the Just for Men look as a) it looks bad and b) I'm sure it ruins your lip sync when talking