| DrBuck Posted on 11/9 13:29 | |
| Colouring the Barnet | |
I've been dyeing my hair for about 30 years now and getting a bit fed up of it. The trouble is if I don't do it I don't look like me! What is an appropriate age for a guy to stop doing it? How do you cope with people not recognising you, or lokking at you in a strange way? | |
| Nedkat Posted on 11/9 13:31 | |
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approximately 30 years ago, is when you should have stopped. Men don't dye their hair !!! | |
| zoec Posted on 11/9 13:32 | |
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If you really have been dying your hair for 30 years, you should be used to people looking at you in a strange way. | |
| KENDAL Posted on 11/9 13:34 | |
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Personally, I would rather shave my head than have grey hair. | |
| zoec Posted on 11/9 13:35 | |
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Grey hair can look great (on a man, that is - rarely on a female). | |
| DrBuck Posted on 11/9 13:36 | |
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I think you will find that most men of my age dye their hair | |
| grantus Posted on 11/9 13:36 | |
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Hair dying is for woofters | |
| Nedkat Posted on 11/9 13:37 | |
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Yer greaaaat woofter !! How old are yer ? Most men my age .... ?? | |
| KENDAL Posted on 11/9 13:40 | |
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Not all of us look like Richard Gere but! I'm more Brad Pitt myself!? | |
| DrBuck Posted on 11/9 13:40 | |
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I am rapidly approaching the half century mark. I am not a woofter. | |
| KENDAL Posted on 11/9 13:43 | |
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Surely it must be obvious to people who know you, after all you don't see many if any blokes of your age with no grey hair. | |
| zoec Posted on 11/9 13:44 | |
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What colour do you dye it, then? | |
| Nedkat Posted on 11/9 13:46 | |
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Pink .. | |
| zoec Posted on 11/9 13:49 | |
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I remember one man I used to work with - he was in his early sixties and looked quite distinguished with his white hair. Then he married a girl 30 years his junior and turned up for work one day with his hair dyed jet black. It was a bit startling to say the least. --- Post edited by zoec on 11/9 13:49 --- | |
| SouthStandSumo Posted on 11/9 13:53 | |
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Nothing wrong with dyeing your hair, especially if you start going grey at 15 like me. Nobody ever notices that I have dyed mine, but I never hide the fact, whenever anyone around me talks about the subject I openly admit to dyeing my hair. | |
| Nedkat Posted on 11/9 13:54 | |
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That's it though, it's so bloody obvious ! Men close to 50 usually have some grey creeping through. I'm 48 and my hair's been slowly going grey for years, moving from the salt and pepper into the silver fox stage. Men who dye their hair that ridiculous jet black, and walk about thinking they look natural, are simply delusion !! | |
| grantus Posted on 11/9 13:58 | |
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Don't see the point in meself. It's almostr as bad as wearing a syrup. | |
| Capybara Posted on 11/9 13:58 | |
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I was 18 when I discovered my first grey hair but I never ever considered dying it. It does mean that I get characterised as a distinger from time to time but it's better than being called 'Wiggy' or 'Dyer', I suppose. | |
| piggy_nichol Posted on 11/9 13:58 | |
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I dyed mine once about 10 years ago (thirtyish). I was seeing a girl quite a lot younger than me and I didnt want her parents to think I was a pervert when I went to pick her up. I'm sure they just thought I was a pervert with dyed hair. Never again. Grey hair is fine on a bloke. | |
| DrBuck Posted on 11/9 13:59 | |
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I've never hidden the fact that I dye my hair and do it so that I still retains a little grey. I'm still quite handsome really, but I suppose I need to accept that I am getting older. I just don't want to shock the wife and children. | |
| BoroMutt Posted on 11/9 13:59 | |
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Let it go fella, you are not 18. Embrase your greyness. Think of the money you'll save and to be honest you should be grateful you've still got it to dye! Would you wear a wig? Same thing in my book. Keep it short and natural. Wooftah | |
| MsCurly Posted on 11/9 14:12 | |
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New revelation....most women find grey hair very sexy. If you're even asking the question, then it's definitely time to stop colouring it. Gradually go lighter, go to the hairdressers and they will sort it out for you with lighter shades until you can allow your own to blend in and eventually replace the dye. | |
| T4Tomo Posted on 11/9 14:14 | |
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Dye it blond - tell them its a midlife crisis- then just let it grow out grey. woofter | |
| DrBuck Posted on 11/9 14:37 | |
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'go to the hairdressers and they will sort it out for you ' Thanks Curly. Obviously you think I'm a woofter too? I've never been to a hairdressers/barbers since I was a toddler. I might just take the plunge and go white, see how it goes. Will my sexiness quota increase though? I doubt it somehow. | |
| zoec Posted on 11/9 14:39 | |
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You haven't been to the hairdressers/barbers since you were a toddler? Is your hair really long as well as dyed? Definitely a woofer 
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| piggy_nichol Posted on 11/9 14:39 | |
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My barber tends to cut out the black hair and leave the grey. The stuff thats on the floor always looks much darker than the stuff left on my head. | |
| KENDAL Posted on 11/9 14:42 | |
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I'm going grey and thinning so I go to the barber and ask for USMC cut. | |
| MsCurly Posted on 11/9 14:43 | |
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No, I don't think you're a woofter at all. I'm giving you the best advice to successfully achieve a smooth transition from the colour you have now, to au naturel. You might think it a bit unmanly to go to the hairdressers, but it would be a lot better than going all sorts of different obvious hues (ala Philip Schofield) before you achieve your own colour. Either that or just shave the lot off and start again. I'll say it again, grey hair on men is verrrrry sexy. | |
| zoec Posted on 11/9 14:44 | |
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What's a USMC cut? I cut my own hair this weekend - didn't turn out too badly, all things considered. | |
| KENDAL Posted on 11/9 14:46 | |
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Zoec, It means United States Marine Corp. | |
| DrBuck Posted on 11/9 14:47 | |
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MsCurly, you have persuaded me. I'm cutting out the colour later! I did it quite a few years back and everyone thought I'd dyed my hair, so I dyed it back cos I got sick of the comments. | |
| zoec Posted on 11/9 14:48 | |
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Kendal - Ah, right. The best cut if you're thinning. Nothing worse than a Charlton cut. | |
| Reverend_Comfort Posted on 11/9 14:52 | |
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Hi Curls
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| Nedkat Posted on 11/9 16:07 | |
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Grey hair may be sexy, and my own Barnet's been that way for years now. What's worse is the grey hairs slowly creeping into me chest hairs. They stand out like strange alien beings, who've landed on my chest during the night ... | |
| KENDAL Posted on 11/9 16:10 | |
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What about Ear Hair. I was stood behind a bloke in WH Smith on Satder and he could have platted his ear hair. | |
| London_Boro Posted on 11/9 16:14 | |
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I found my first grey pube on Saturday! | |
| Nedkat Posted on 11/9 18:27 | |
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I have one of them clipper things, and the missus gives me a good trim around me ears, and up the back of me neck, on a weekly basis. | |
