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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas anyone noticed that president's hair
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
(29,047 posts)graham4anything
(11,464 posts)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
(6,268 posts)It's also probably pretty stressful to be POTUS.
JI7
(89,239 posts)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
(42,134 posts)Stress and other factors.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)and unlike the President, I don't even have to deal with recurring nightmares about intractable, drunken oompa loompas.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)grayer still from 4 years before that.
butterflygirl
(44 posts)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
(90,061 posts)It means little.
cherish44
(2,566 posts)I went from a raven-haired vixen to a Miss Clarol bottle-brunette in a matter of a couple years. Happened fast!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)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
(10,960 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)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
(128,372 posts)the shoe polish was strong with this one....
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)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).