Dyeing hair to cover gray or radical colour change

I started going gray in my mid 20's, and was a bit freaked out by it until a girl I knew told me, "Don't worry; if you're going gray this early in life, it means you'll never go bald." Being adopted, I never knew what my genetic pre-disposition towards baldness was and this was a concern for me in my young adulthood (even in my teenaged years, when I saw guys I knew starting to bald at 17 or 18), so I took her advice to heart. Still don't know if it's true or not, but in my middle-age, I still have a pretty full head of hair. As long as it stays that way, it can turn snow white for all I care.

I like my salt & pepper....and if the pepper goes away I'm fine with that,too.Feeling young is better achieved through staying active & hitting the gym,not cosmetics.

The 1 star is from a male perspective. My grey hair has been slowly filling in for about a decade, so slowly that the progress is only perceptable by looking at several point in time photographs. I'm probably approaching the 50% gray level, especially in direct sunlight, and to suddenly start gradually going dark would look hilarious in my opinion. I wear the grey as an accomplishment and gladly let it showoff the fact that there is still haor there at all. My wife, on the other hand is colouring her hair all the time and doing so with great flare and style. She is a hair stylist and her mane is as important a part of marketing her business as word-of-mouth. She completely changes the colour with pretty much every season and it's like having a new woman climbing into my bed a few times a year.

I thought about it ... for a minute or two at the onset... and rejected the idea as way too much work for way too minimal results. If you're tempted, just imagine dealing with roots.

I'm just happy I have all my hair. There are some grays but I don't care too much because all the hair is there. I'm waiting for that 'gray hair makes me look distinguished' phase. Anyway, I know in that Just for Men commercial, they say 'no play, for Mr. Gray.' Well, I'm going to change that.

I started going grey yesterday, but today it's been much better. It just depends how much stress I'm under. On good days it's brown and on bad days it's gray. Today it's brown becuase it's Friday and school ended for the week, but on Monday it will probably be gray again.

Only time will tell if I'm still in the "mid-life" range, but somehow I've managed to dodge this one. I'm approach the big six-oh and STILL have black hair. A little grey showed up a while back, but went away. I read the results of a recent study from which it was determined that grey ('grey' and 'gray' are interchangable) hair is the result of the failure of a biological pathway that blocks hydrogen peroxide from entering the hair. If it gets in, you lose your natural color. Women can get away with a cover-up, but not guys. Look more closely at aging actors. They've got to be the most vain of all men. A 68 year old man with jet-black hair can be as bad as a horrific hair piece. It looks like a flying squirrel landed on their head. But, then again, if an average Joe feels better (at least for a while) by coloring-out the grey...as compared with facial surgery, or wrinkle removal...then so be it. But, be aware of the time when someone that knows you looks at you...pauses...comes in fo... Read more

Might as well wear a "pushing 50 backwards hard enough to break a wrist" sign.