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Kali

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63. same here

Fri Jun 12, 2020, 09:05 PM

Jun 2020

though it has gotten darker on its own, I do get random white hairs but they are just amusing to me.

never colored it in my life and haven't cut it in nearly 40 years,

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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