Does Gray Hair Bother You?
By Morning Girl
@salonga (27775)
Philippines
January 20, 2016 3:26am CST
Do you worry about your graying hair or have you learned to live with it and accepted it as inevitable part of aging?
I believe it does not really have to bother anyone unless it is premature. But if you are old enough to have gray hair, you should feel blessed because you were able to advance into another stage of life.Gray hair to me is a crown of wisdom gained through long years of various trials and experiences in life.
Now if you are very concerned about how gray hair makes you looks older, then it is your choice if you want to dye. But before you do so, you have to think first of the harmful effects of ingredients found in almost all synthetic dyes such as ammonia, peroxide, PPDs (para-phenylenediamines ) which has been said to cause cancer. And one more word of warning: Even hair dyes that claim to be natural do contain this harmful ingredient. In fact even black Hennas has this.
If you want to dye, I suggest you look for a certified pure Henna or any purely plant based dyes only. or else just go natural, I mean naturally gray because natural l is always the best. How about you?
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37 responses
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
26 Jan 16
@Sheilamarie78 Right! So we have to be careful.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
26 Jan 16
Those chemicals are toxic. We get so many chemicals in our environment these days. We don't need to add more.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
21 Jan 16
I bet it looks very pretty. I love the look of gray
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Jan 16
No, not at all . . What I am really bothered of these days is my hairline that is fast receding! 
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
@antonbunot But what if he already followed the "tremor boy"?
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Jan 16
@salonga 
I hope to come home soon after 25 years to see my old quack doctor. I hope he is still quacking . . I mean alive. He may have found the magic leaves, roots, and barks of trees to regrow hairs.
I hope to come home soon after 25 years to see my old quack doctor. I hope he is still quacking . . I mean alive. He may have found the magic leaves, roots, and barks of trees to regrow hairs.3 people like this
@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
21 Jan 16
I think I started to have some gray hair when I was at my late 20s, that was because I was too stress at work. After I have changed the job, my gray hair was lesser. I think my gray hair really started to grow in these few years, and it's like a small bunch at my forehead, so it's quite obvious. They didn't bother me at all, as you said, I think it's a sign of wisdom. Moreover, I think they look quite nice.
My dad started a bunch of gray hair at his forehead too, and I always think they looked nice when I was young. He never bother to dye his hair, and I don't think I'll dye mine either. My mom has been dyeing her hair always, and I found it very troublesome to do so. I am a lazy person who just don't bother all those hassles. 
My dad started a bunch of gray hair at his forehead too, and I always think they looked nice when I was young. He never bother to dye his hair, and I don't think I'll dye mine either. My mom has been dyeing her hair always, and I found it very troublesome to do so. I am a lazy person who just don't bother all those hassles. 2 people like this
@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
21 Jan 16
@salonga @whiteream Yes, I do think gray hair looks great! I just think it's me, when I am at this age, I just accept who I am.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
21 Jan 16
@salonga I thought my mother looked beautiful when she went gray. There is just something about that black and gray mix that I find very lovely.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
20 Jan 16
I have gray hair strands here and there. It does bother me that the gray hairs never fall out but my black hair does! But, I won't be dying it anytime soon. Plus, the new trend is dying your hair gray (lol) though I would never dye my hair gray personally.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
21 Jan 16
@pauliek I have fine hair, not much so I try to keep all I could. And I heard if you pull out gray hairs you'll get more but I'm not sure if that is a myth or not.
And I heard if you pull out gray hairs you'll get more but I'm not sure if that is a myth or not.1 person likes this
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
20 Jan 16
I don't dye my hair, but if I do, I will use Henna... Right now I have even received compliments about my hair color with its natural grey hair. A young girl even told me that she's been trying to dye her hair with grey color but had not been successful to get it exactly as she wanted to - when she saw my hair, she said that's the color she's after! 
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@MarshaMusselman (38616)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Jan 16
I began to turn gray when I was twenty-six. I didn't begin coloring my hair until i was in my thirties and probably colored it until I was in my mid-fifties or nearly that. Now I wear it natural. It's not all gray, or not all the same color of gray is probably more accurate.
My oldest daughter, now twenty-seven just found her first gray hair. It's a long one over her temple area. I don't know what she plans to do about it as she isn't the one that tends to color her hair. I don't actually remember finding my first gray hair.
Most women that let their hair stay in the gray state look fabulous and many look younger than they did when coloring their hair.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
@whiteream Yes, just as some women find gray haired man more appealing.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
21 Jan 16
it looks very nice. Did you know some men prefer gray hair on women?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Jan 16
I use to dye my hair @salonga but realized considering the life I have had, "I have earned every stinking gray hair."
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 16
My hair started to go gray at 30. Around 45 I tried a wash out dye a couple of times. No, not really happy with it. If you don't like my hair colour, don't look.p
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
21 Jan 16
I do not mind gray hair, though I do not like to have hair falling off.
Many people suffer from this problem of falling hair.
It is scary because there is nothing much you can do about it. If you want to go for treatment, that will cause a lot of money.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
21 Jan 16
@salonga I know some women who dye their hair way too often because they don't like it gray. It's a good thing there are better dyes on the market today that don't have so many chemicals in them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Jan 16
I have stopped dyeing and come to terms with my grey hair.
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@Letranknight2015 (51498)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
Were all going to get old and die some day. though my mom likes to color her hair, i like to be reminded that Im no longer a young person and will eventually suffer complications as i grow old. so, i won't let it bother thus remind me to be more mature than I already am.
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@Letranknight2015 (51498)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
@salonga I've encountered some white hairs in my body specially in the nose
but i use to think of it as good luck, which i kept removing
but i use to think of it as good luck, which i kept removing1 person likes this
@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
20 Jan 16
I don't get a lot of gray, but I dye it, when I feel it needs some color, just because I continue to get older, doesn't mean I have to look it. When the time comes for me to stop putting dye then I will.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
21 Jan 16
@salonga nothing is totally safe
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@sherryericha (1806)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21 Jan 16
I have been gray for about 5 years, currently my hair is still salt and pepper. However, salt is definitely gaining. I got tired of using a rinse every 3-4 weeks, so I just quit. It does make me look older and the hair itself is so coarse, but what are you going do?
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