What Is The Real underlying Reason People Dye Their Hair?

GeorgiaXplant said:
I have no clue how to post. Sigh.
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I’m not sure what you are using but I use the attach files right here on the left below this post. That should open up your photos file. Choose photos and wait for them to upload. Once uploaded you can leave them as is ( thumbnail file ) or choose full image.

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fmdog44 said:
My lady neighbor just died her hair brown with blond accents. She looks great now. She is a very attractive woman with a great figure and I think she is 8 or 9 years younger than me. She was fully grey/white and I admit her new color has really made her look desirable. So is that it? Is appearance to others and one's self the reason? To me men dying their hair is silly looking because it I so obvious much like a cheap toupee.
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Just two questions: What is your lady neighbor's address, and is she in need of some great company? :devilish:
 
I started playing around with my hair color when I was around 16, and pretty much have been using some kind of color or highlights ever since. I try to do it at home, rarely have any color services done in a salon.

My friends and my older sister did it for fun and experimentation, and I followed suit. I remember sitting in the kitchen while my older sister pulled strands of my hair out through little holes in a plastic cap for blondish highlights, since my hair was on the long side, it was quite the ouch moment. :eek: Now that I'm old, I still continue doing color mainly because my husband likes it and I'm good with it too. There may come a time when I'm too old or sickly to color anymore, and then I'll put a stop to it.
 
I am sure my mom is rolling in her grave over the fact I have chosen not to dye my hair. All grey for me. My mom dyed hers because she did not want to look "old". I still remember when George Bush Sr. was running for President my mom was mortified that Barbara did not dye her hair. I thought she looked good with it white.
 
Catlady said:
I was an early grayer, started at 15, and have black hair, so I was forced to color my hair. No way was I going to be half white hair by age 20 like my grandma. And I HATED those roots but didn't want to be light haired, what with the bleaching needed. I knew one woman who bleached and her hair started falling out, she could pull off fistfuls. As soon as I retired I let my hair grow out, all white by this time and have never regretted it.

I agree, women look much younger with colored hair and it looks good as long as it's not a dark color like black or dark brown. But, to have to put that toxic stuff on your hair every three weeks or so to avoid those root problems? Not for me, I rather look my age.
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There's a woman in my church who is mid 80s at least and she dyes her hair stark black. It looks horrible. and doesn't make her younger, at all. If anything, it ages her because it is so obviously unnatural. She also uses WAAY too much makeup, sort of like one of those "goth" girls with the black eyebrows, dark eyeshadow and bright red lips. The whole effect is just ridiculous.
 
I am a natural blonde taking after my Dad. Never dyed or tinted my hair or eyebrows liked and like it as it is. It's now a slightly silvery blonde.

Maybe vanity kicks in with some and like to keep up appearances to the outside world. My Hubby had brown hair until he got older in his late 60's and wanted it rinsed with Just Men tint as this took out the grey and restored it to his natural colour. I did this for him every six or so weeks and liked making my Man feel good about himself.
 
I carry a recessive gene from my mother's side for good hair retention and hair color; she died at 90 with a full head of dark hair. Happy with my naturally dark brown hair, I'm fortunate in not needing to consider coloring it...
 
My Mom never had gray hair....When she got older her very light hair turned a beautiful white hair...It was very becoming....
She was a blond when she was younger...

I didn't take after my mom....My hair has always been brown....As I got older I dye my hair....mostly by my hairdresser....
NO GRAY FOR ME...…. I don't care what other people say, it's my body and do what I want....

Girl's, do what you want....Gray, brown, black or blond, maybe red or maybe green...!!!! It's your choice...
 
I never wanted to dye my hair, but in my late twenties, I suffered a severe emotional trauma. It's not an old wive's tale that your hair can turn white overnight, or almost overnight.

My hair turned visibly grey in 4 weeks. It also fell out by the ton. Everyone noticed it. Friends and family members would come over to me and lift a chunk of my hair and say, "Do you know your hair is turning white!"

Of course I knew. So I decided to color it back to it's old natural color. And I still do. Since I'm a member here, you can do the math on how long that has been.

I do it for myself. The women in my family are blessed with young skin so I felt doubly ridiculous with grey hair. On top of that I work in the public eye and a youthful appearance is important. So that's my hair dying story. I feel better about me with brown hair and hope to keep it that way until I die.

What other women decide to do with their hair is their own affair. Hair is a very personal thing to me. I delight in it.
 
I have colored my hair since I was 13. I started to let it go natural, but at the time I was living in a bad situation and didn't care about how I looked. When I moved out of there, I got my hair cut as it was way too long and started coloring it again. I like it and myself much more now. I guess the answer to the question of why do I do it is that it makes me happy.
 
I am a natural redhead (auburn). As I aged it began turning a dull brownish color, so I started dying it back to a shade more like the original. I love gray hair and if mine would come in a nice shade, I would leave it alone! Alas, it tends to look like sludge. LOL
 
I quit dying my hair a year ago.... decided I was old enough to 'look old' !! (and I love the freedom of that choice)
Funny thing though, I have been told by several people that I look 'younger' with silver/gray then I did as a brunette. .. Go figure.
 


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