I'm white in the front and more pewter in the back (Reply #10)

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Fri Jun 12, 2020, 05:56 PM

oregonjen (2,916 posts)

10. I'm white in the front and more pewter in the back

I’ve seen pictures of beautiful white hair all over, but that isn’t me. I’m so happy I made the decision to stop putting harsh chemicals on my scalp.

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64 replies	Author	Time	Post
Anybody choosing to stop coloring their hair? [View all]	oregonjen	Jun 2020	OP
What's "hair"? NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2020	#1
Ha! My husband is right there with you!	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#5
No, but I color half as often now, because who's gonna be looking at me? If I wore my hair	tblue37	Jun 2020	#2
I made that decision years ago and I've never looked back. I would	Raven	Jun 2020	#3
Right? My scalp always itched intensely after.	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#4
I stopped too, because I had a lesion on my scalp and didn't want to make it worse	yellowdogintexas	Jun 2020	#40
Yes	Sanity Claws	Jun 2020	#6
When I decided to let mine grow out	leftieNanner	Jun 2020	#9
I'm white in the front and more pewter in the back	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#10
I quit dyeing my hair a few years ago...	WestLosAngelesGal	Jun 2020	#7
I'm in my 70s and female.	TruckFump	Jun 2020	#8
I agree with you	leftieNanner	Jun 2020	#12
Yes! I look at my pics and realized that my complexion looks better now with my natural silvers	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#18
I know what you mean!	TruckFump	Jun 2020	#56
I last colored in February (semi permanent). I have a skunk stripe of white	BusyBeingBest	Jun 2020	#11
If you are conflicted, grow it out some more and see	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#14
I think I'll let it go for now, at least until August,	BusyBeingBest	Jun 2020	#20
I totally understand	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#21
When my roots grew out	leftieNanner	Jun 2020	#23
That's an idea if I decide to stop, my grays are white too.	BusyBeingBest	Jun 2020	#27
In 90s a colleague stopped. She got so many compliments she never started back up!	bobbieinok	Jun 2020	#13
Fuck no!	Glamrock	Jun 2020	#15
Silver fox?	Midnightwalk	Jun 2020	#16
LOL!!	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#19
I haven't colored my hair in years but I have been wanting	Doreen	Jun 2020	#17
That's something I never started because I'm too lazy to keep up with the roots.	Arkansas Granny	Jun 2020	#22
Did for a while. Started again end of May.	louis-t	Jun 2020	#24
I stopped 2.5 years ago	leftieNanner	Jun 2020	#25
I quit years ago.	GreenPartyVoter	Jun 2020	#26
Beautiful!	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#28
Thanks! I had a new bathroom I didn't want stained, and a white line at my forehead every	GreenPartyVoter	Jun 2020	#34
Very pretty !	Dream Girl	Jun 2020	#30
Thanks!	GreenPartyVoter	Jun 2020	#35
Man, did you luck out!	Jirel	Jun 2020	#38
There's a secret trick to it.	GreenPartyVoter	Jun 2020	#39
Yes! I haven't used blue or purple shampoo yet, though.	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#41
It's fabulous, and that's a good brand sold almost everywhere.	GreenPartyVoter	Jun 2020	#44
my wife stopped about 5 years ago. She is simply gorgeous, all silver	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2020	#29
This message was self-deleted by its author	Dream Girl	Jun 2020	#32
Aww..so sweet!	Dream Girl	Jun 2020	#33
Exactly! Here's to you both, many more years of bliss!	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#37
I decided to let my hair grow long, turn white or grey, whatever! I've always wanted	cornball 24	Jun 2020	#31
Nah, I'm doing it.	Jirel	Jun 2020	#36
HA!	Skittles	Jun 2020	#42
Lucky!	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#43
same here	Kali	Jun 2020	#63
When I hit 50, I was having a hard time getting a job.	bif	Jun 2020	#45
The chemicals are nasty and quite toxic.	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#48
We all grow old	TristanIsolde	Jun 2020	#46
I did on January...three of my best friends did the same thing.	Freedomofspeech	Jun 2020	#47
Right on!!	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#49
At almost 50 I don't have grays	stopwastingmymoney	Jun 2020	#50
I decided when my eyebrows starting graying it was time to stop dying my hair.	blueinredohio	Jun 2020	#51
My solution: Dye eyebrows..LOL	LeftInTX	Jun 2020	#52
Love my grey hair..."You won't know (how it's ultimately going to look) until you let it go".	Tikki	Jun 2020	#53
I've wanted to do it for awhile - at some point having hair that isn't gray	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2020	#54
I stopped, but I thought it looked good, but my scalp is looking dull	LeftInTX	Jun 2020	#55
GreenPartyVoter upthread linked to a good purple shampoo to help brighten hair	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#61
Here is a fascinating before-and-after video of older women going from dyed hair & roots...	ailsagirl	Jun 2020	#57
Really pretty and fun to watch	oregonjen	Jun 2020	#59
Not yet. I started going gray when I was 25 so I've been coloring my hair for decades.	catbyte	Jun 2020	#58
Good grief, they need to tell those rude people fuck right off.	Lars39	Jun 2020	#60
never...	handmade34	Jun 2020	#62
I lost my hair to cancer treatment a couple of years ago,	Habibi	Jun 2020	#64

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