So I was running the electric clippers across my scalp this morning...

[Aqua]

and as the hair fell I noticed a lot of grey mixed in with the dark brown that had been adorning my head. Dammit... I'm not ready to be distinguished like OF, Scotz and PF. :p I'm only 33 fer Pete's sake.

Actually, the only thing that really bugs me about it is that it's not likely for peeps to think I'm in my mid 20's anymore. I love watching the look on people's faces when I tell them how old my daughter is... or when they think she's my kid sister. LOL :p

Anyone else start to go grey early on in life?

[IAKaraokeGirl]

People often mistake kleclere for about 7-8 years younger than he is, around my age. I don't know if it's his personality or boyish charm or what, but he won't be able to play that card for MUCH longer, as he's getting a little gray at the temples. ;)

In answer to your question, though...I dated a guy most of high school and afterwards that had gray appearing at age *18.* Damn!

[dicksbro]

I always try to tell people that light color is really platinum blond ... but I think when they look at the rest of me they get suspicious. :rolleyes2



:)

[Lilith]

I will never go gray willingly :D

[wyndhy]

you shaved your head??!!

psst...grecian formula :p

[IAKaraokeGirl]

<----is not sure how she'll ever know she's going gray :D

[BigBear57]

I've got a few gray sprigs nestled in with the others but the real show is in my facial hair.... my daughter loves to tug at it and say "See this? I did that!" LOL It doesn't really bother me though. I'm 47, it's time. So let the gray fall as it may.

[Aqua]

you shaved your head??!!

Pretty much, yeah.

[wyndhy]

Pretty much, yeah.
how come?

[Cheyanne]

You shaved your head.

[Aqua]

Well, not the whole thing, just the sides. When the sides get to be a few inches long it just looks bad, so I get the clippers out. Bzzzzzzz.

[MilkToast]

I've started to notice more grey/white mixed into my beard than I would like. As for the rest of my head... it would likely have some grey if it did not spend all it's time falling out and not growing back! I am noticing a few greys on the sides.

[Cheyanne]

OK.. I feel better now. I was actually devastated...I couldn't imagine you without all of that sexy long hair!

[imaginewithme]

Gray or not, I know ya still look great :p

[Aqua]

OK.. I feel better now. I was actually devastated...I couldn't imagine you without all of that sexy long hair!
Awwww :hug: TY

You too IWM :hug:

[Irish]

That's the nice thing about having Blond hair.The grey blends with the Blond.I
had a full beard for over 20yrs,My facial hair is darker(reddish)When I worked
at Sikorsky Aircraft,they used to call me "SkunkMan" because of the greyish streaks in my beard.I recenyly cut mine short.When it's shorter,you can notice the grey more.My father was losing his hair in High School! Irish

[LixyChick]

*faints...revives...reads entire thread...sighs the deepest sigh of relief heard round the world*

Wow! That was close!

OK...I'm ok. Um...now what are my thoughts on grey/gray...

Oh yeah...that's my thoughts. Why do some spell it "gray", and them some spell it "grey"? I'm fuckin cornfused! LOL!

Anyway...one day I found some grey and went to Mr. Lixy and said, "Should I go grey gracefully, or wait for you"? Now...try and remember he is 8 years my junior. He said to wait for him. I am still waiting!!!!!!

I've colored my hair so much, I can't be sure how much grey I have today.

This tread is so timely because I just got the sweetest PM from a member who said he remembered reading recently that I am in my late 40's, and he suspected I was 10 years younger (in my head...I'm 20 years younger...AND, Ya think he was just being nice? lmfao!)

Aqua baby? You are hot! No matter a tinge of grey or wrinkles or even if you were dependent on a walker...you are so hot I couldn't notice the age shit!

And BTW...Do you think I could make a claim on your insurance policy for the semi-heart attack I had when I read the title of this thread???????

:hippy: :hug:

*singing a Billy Joel ditty* "Don't go changing...to try and please me...you never let me down before"!!!!!!!!!

[cherrypie7788]

I have a lot of gray in my hair, and I'm NOT old at all, damn it. I've had it since I was a junior in high school or so. I keep my hair highlighted pretty heavily so no one really notices.

[Aqua]

((((((Lixy)))))) :hug: :x:

TY!

Sorry for almost causing a medical emergency... :eek:

[BigBear57]

Gray ain't bad, you ladies would be as sexy with the finest died colors. Sexy is a state of mind... you've got it.

[sylverpenny]

I don't have gray hair.I have silver hair. :D

Penny

[TinTennessee]

Ok, that my heartbeat has returned to normal and I know Aqua hasn't cut off all that long, luscious hair then I will say....the family on my mom's side all were premature gray, usually started in their late teens. My dad is Cherokee Indian and fortunately I got my hair from him :)...I have very dark brunette hair and at age 44 have only had one gray..I pulled it out, put it on a piece of tape and saved it! :rofl:

[maddy]

Well, I believe that I have a fair amount of the gray because I can see all of it! My stylist swears its not as bad as I make it out to be.. but on my dark brunette hair I don't think they look bad, I just don't like it at 30... not to mention they have been poking about since I was about 19.

[lizzardbits]

I found my first white hair at 25 :yikes: i am now almost 29 and i have several patches of white roots!! So now i must color my hair on a regular basis! I REFUSE to grow old gracefully! LOL

..... now where did that box of Clairol go?.......

[Neige]

I was panicking about Aqua's hair too!!!!!!!!
I have been finding random white hairs ever since I was in my teens... they don't really bother me much, my mother's side of the family has all had premature white hair, so I kind of expect it more than anything!

[cowgirltease]

Well, not the whole thing, just the sides. When the sides get to be a few inches long it just looks bad, so I get the clippers out. Bzzzzzzz.
You just scared the holy shit out of me! Whew! You better not cut those gorgeous locks off! :)

[osuche]

I plucked my first gray out about 3 months ago. Since my hair is relatively light red/brown colored, I doubt I *see* most of them.

Although, given a 2300 mile move, the tax filing I just completed, finding a new home in CA, and a wedding all within the next 6 weeks......talk to me in June. :D I will either be fully gray, or mostly dead.

[fredchabotnick]

I don't have any gray (I don't think, anyway)...my whole issue are the hairs committing suicide.
Which is why I just shave the whole thing. It's easier that way.

[scotzoidman]

and as the hair fell I noticed a lot of grey mixed in with the dark brown that had been adorning my head. Dammit... I'm not ready to be distinguished like OF, Scotz and PF. :p I'm only 33 fer Pete's sake.

Anyone else start to go grey early on in life?Wait a gaddam minit here...how did I get dragged into this "distinguished" class? All right, I concede that the white has taken over most of the facial hair, up to & including the temples, & some sprinkles farther up the scalp...but dammit, I still see mostly reddish-brown up there...& the beard never did settle on any one color till the grey took over...facial hair was always a mishmash of blonde, red, brown, peach fuzz, the odd black one(WTF did that come from?!?)...just last week my fifty-something drummer (who looks like Col. Sanders' little brother) asked me where all my grey was...oddly enough, Mrs Zoid, only 6 months my junior, has had exactly one (1) white hair, & I know she doesn't Clairol...but then I've always said she's a carrier, she just aggravated the color out of my hair...

Anyway, I have little sympathy for this "only 33" whimpering...I have a family history of turning grey and/or bald in the mid-twenties, so I was grateful to still have most of my hair intact for as long as it's lasted...

and there you have it...my hair is turning white, and PF's is turning loose...

[RandyGal]

Count me in as another panicky Pixie with the thought of Aqua shavin' it all off! :eek:

Glad to know that wasn't quite how it went.

Yeah, I'm going grey but unfortunately for me it's in a pattern that's more common on a man's noggin. Dude looks like a lady....she IS a lady!! :yikes: :grin:
I'm also goin' on 50 so that'll give me grey hair too.

A man I know says he's been grey since his early 20's...but he says his hair color is "silver". I always manage to burst his bubble and call it grey. Ain't I awful? :p

[Loulabelle]

Aqua, if you want to give me palpitations, shortness of breath, and a racing pulse, I can think of lots of ways I'd prefer you to do it than by scaring me like that!!!!!!

As for the grey, don't worry about it. People go grey at different times and ages, so it doesn't mean that people will stop thinking that you're younger than your years.

Your attitude, your style, your manner etc is what makes people think you're in your twenties, not the colour of your hair!

Look at it this way, even you, whose hair it is, only noticed when you were clipping it, so the chances are no-one else will notice either.

You're sexy and delicious just the way you are, and I don't see that a few grey hairs will make any difference to that hun.

xxx

[Oldfart]

So long as you're calling me distinguished, not extinguished.

I have few grey hairs on my scone, just in the beard.

[Lilith]

So long as you're calling me distinguished, not extinguished.

I have few grey hairs on my scone, just in the beard.
I didn't notice any ;)

[1nutworld]

Ok...Grudgingly I will join this thread.

Waaay too much grey hair on the top....So much for getting carded at the bars anymore.


and the thing that irritates me the most, is the grey/white in my beard, makes me look MUCH older than I am.

With my beard or goatee as it grows now, I'd say I look at least 45 or pushing 50, but if I shave all my facial hair off, I could pass for prolly 28.

As a matter of fact, I grew my goatee in, but was given so much grief about the color from my friends at work, that I shaved it off over the weekend.

What me vain????

[jay-t]

Auqa its not the grey hair you find now and then its when you look Down and find one. ;)



hmmm aSilver backed Wookie
I would worry! :D

[Aqua]

Growwwooaarraooorrrrr!! :p

[wyndhy]

i've got a few grey pubes.... i just pull em out--gives me a legit reason to have my fingers down there :p :D