Has anyone noticed that president's hair

[defacto7]

turns gray or grayer in the 2nd term? It's usually around the temples but in general as well.

Stupid question... but I have always wondered....

[ZombieHorde]

1. Yep, they get older in their second term. nt

[graham4anything]

2. it's the hardest, most stressful job in the nation, if not the world

and also the natural aging process
(only Reagan kept his jet black hair, but we all know that was not his natural color, as people who saw him after his retirement without hair dye instantly noticed.)

They all have aged in the four years, far greater than four years.
Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, even Nixon (who always looked older than he was) aged greatly.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

3. Most people in their 40's and 50's will start to turn grey in the next 8 years.

It's also probably pretty stressful to be POTUS.

[JI7]

4. yes, just look at Michelle Obama ,she looks about the same age 4 years ago

but the President has aged a lot. i think he also aged a lot just in the last 2 months with Sandy and the School shooting.

[sakabatou]

5. When it comes to presidency, it's said that the president will age twice as fast than normal

Stress and other factors.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. I'm more gray than I was in 2009, too.

and unlike the President, I don't even have to deal with recurring nightmares about intractable, drunken oompa loompas.

[PoliticAverse]

7. Perhaps once they no longer need to be elected they stop dyeing it. n/r

[UnrepentantLiberal]

8. It's shocking.

[Luminous Animal]

15. Um no. That's what happens when people get older. I'm more gray than I was 4 years ago and

grayer still from 4 years before that.

[butterflygirl]

9. That has been a fact for years.

Although Eisenhower who had very little hair left, was already graying before his second term from what I remember. However, I have always wandered if Kennedy, had he lived, would have followed suit. W probably turned more gray from worrying about what he would say when the country found out that Cheney was really running the show.

[bemildred]

10. It happens when you get older, and stress will turn you gray fast and young.

It means little.

[cherish44]

11. Once one hair turns white the rest of them follow suit rapidly

I went from a raven-haired vixen to a Miss Clarol bottle-brunette in a matter of a couple years. Happened fast!

[defacto7]

12. I was kind of thinking that it's

a sign of distinction. Maybe they are advised to slowly color their hair gray on purpose. Looks wise... looks distinguished.

Nah... then it would be like a conspiracy theory or something. It just seems... expected, after the second election and by the time the second term begins, their hair is suddenly grayer.

[cthulu2016]

13. After your last campaign, why dye it?

[defacto7]

16. Yeah, I guess that's why it's a stupid post.

But then.... there's still a lot of politicking to do, and then there's that "eternal image" of having been the president to solidify.

Oh, forget it.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Meanwhile

the shoe polish was strong with this one....

[backscatter712]

17. No surprise. Presidents age in dog-years. n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. It's not surprising considering that presidents tend to be mid-40's to mid-50's in age

which is the age when most people start to go from salt and pepper to mostly grey (and the stress of the job doesn't help).