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Fri Jun 12, 2020, 07:23 PM

TruckFump (4,656 posts)

56. I know what you mean!

So many of the younger set love my gray hair.

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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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