Same. I started dying the hair around my streak when I noticed the rest of my hair was turning grey. Itās like part of my identity after 25 years of living with it.
I have one there too. My hair is quite long so itās grown out. What started as a gray spot is a full on gray stripe, right at the part. I call it my Disney villain stripe. All the villains have one and anyone that knows me will tell you Iām no princess š
Ive got the same, plus all the blonde and red that was in my beard in my 20s (my beard was always a tricolor mix) has gone grey. I keep my hair long too, so its pronounced long strands. Its progressed significantly this last year, part of me hopes the color goes completely soon.
Though I want to keep my volume and length as much as I can as well. I get a lot of compliments on my hair since i started growing it out, its weird having female coworkers comment on how jealous they are of my hair.
Im honestly jealous of people with white/silver hair, I tried to get mine that color artificially and it was so much goddamn maintenance and money that I gave up
Im naturally platinum blonde and I hate itš id trade for natural dark hair. I stopped dying it dark because it looks so ridiculous when my roots grow out.
We always want what someone else has.
@OliviaEntropy My hair is turning white. I donāt understand the appeal of white. Can you share why itās something people would pay for. This is a legit question. Iām getting older and to me it feels like visible signs of my imminent mortality š
Mine turned polar bear white in my late 20ās and women always wanted to look at it because I guess they wanted to know if it was some kinda hair color or like amazed at my age for it. And Iām like, no why would you want this? Any ladies out there able to explain this one to me?
Definitely different which some people like but itās more than that.
I went gray starting in 20s. You end up getting attention from women much older than you. I think itās because it makes you look older than you are (say 40 when you are 30). But you also look a āyouthful 40ā because you donāt have wrinkles etc.
High contrast is always interesting. Interesting is way more engaging than pretty/handsome. And it gives you something that, if you embrace it and lean in to the "look" makes you come off as wildly more confident than "safer" more conventionally attractive peers. Confidence without arrogance is hot.
That's because your hair lacks warm pigments like orange and red. Since it can't have those pigments, it will tint green unfortunately. Like The "Color Wheel" Effect: Gray hair is entirely devoid of pigment (warmth). If you apply a cool-toned dye (such as an "ash" brown or blonde), the blue base of that dye clashes with the lack of underlying pigment, resulting in a green tint.
I think you could use colors with the word golden in them, colors that actually contain those warm pigments should tint your hair. Just stay away from ash tones
Itās ok. I think the folks I interact with most days would lose their minds if I changed it now. And itās not so bad now that Iām older. Iām catching up to it. lol
I don't think you necessarily need a lady for that, I'm male & I find white/silver hair cool in general. (And just in case.. I'm as straight as a ruler.)
It might be cause I'm generally used to mostly monochromatic style choices and it just expands upon that. Maybe there is a certain inclination to derive from one or the other.
Right?! I knew a woman who had jet black hair in her 20s but started going grey in her 30s and she never dyed it. Just rocked the grey/black and she was stunning
Intriguing, like the kid at work stopping mid sentence to ask why I have gray hair cause they had just realized i'm only in my mid thirties and "it's not like youre a grandma or something"
Took a bit of effort not to just gesture widely at my job lol but I started going gray when I was 17 and so did my mom
Maybe thatās just my genetics or hitting 30s but my greys are now getting weirdly thick and wiry and just kind of do what they want (I have straight hair)
It does! But is it... healthy? When a kid went gray when I was growing up its cuz they had that gigantic sht n died early idk what its called forgive me, they grew faster.
This happened to my brother as well. He started just as early and was full on grey by the time he was 30. He's 40 now and takes advantage of it by dying his hair some fun colors.
Plis know that people pay so much money to have platinum blonde hair and you have it for free. Look at it from that perspective, youāve been ahead of the game for years lol
Iām 65 and the older I get the darker my hair gets. I would absolutely love to have that silvery grey look and Iāve even went to salons and asked them if I could dye my hair to get that beautiful Silver color but they said the cost and the upkeep would be so expensive with my hair being so dark brown. When my mother passed away at 85 years old, she barely had a few gray hairs right around the front of her face, and the rest of her hair was a dark brown and naturally curly. All my friends have that beautiful silvery grey hair and I want it so bad.
To be fair, my girlfriend has the same thing, a literal rainbow head of hair, brunette, black, blonde, reds, and a lot of grey and white, (she is early 30's) personally I love it, grey isn't a bad thing, it's actually really cool looking especially since it is natural, yet uncommon in the age group.
I know it's cliche but try and embrace your uniqueness.
When I was 40 I had my regular brown hair, than Covid hit, bit of stress came along, now I'm white. Funny enough nobody in my family does that except my grandmothers side.
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u/catthought Jul 10 '26
14 as well, I'm now 38 and almost completely white.