How old is too young...

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  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I also started noticing white hair when I was 18. Now, at 35, I suppose it is about 40% white. But, I put henna in it and turned the white red (I do not recommend that), and I had a hairdresser put brown over top that to make it more natural and am waiting for that to grow out. I'm not ready for white hair just yet. I look young for my age and want to keep it that way for now. But, once all the hair is white I think it will look nice to grow it out. When the red grows out, I plan to leave some of the white and put a little bit of highlights and lowlights onto some of the white hair to blend it in naturally with minimal hair dye and minimal roots contrast when growing. I think it all depends on the individual.

    This profile photo is from right before I put the henna in. So, the white really looked like blond highlights.
  • Dragongurl30
    Dragongurl30 Posts: 2
    I have a conundrum. I have had white hair since I was 17 years old. Not gray- white. Not just a few strands, almost my entire head. My father had a full head of white hair at 18. Mine started changing when I was 16, so I started coloring it. My color prior to that was a deep red auburn. I'm extremely grateful that hair color has come a long way in looking more natural (though I do go through phases where I'll go crazy with purple or something), but I'm wondering when would be a good age to just let it go? I'm 34- is that too young to be walking around with white hair? It's not that it makes me look old- it's really silky and soft. I stopped dying it when I was pregnant, and was pretty shocked at how pretty it was just straight white. But it also looked kind of weird.

    What are your thoughts? Ladies, do you color your hair? And if so, when do you think you'll let it go natural? And men, would you find a younger woman with white hair attractive or a bit off-putting?

    That would probably be up to you and how you feel about it and how you feel it makes you look. Everyone is different when it comes to coloring hair. My 80 year old grandmother still dyes her hair.
  • housemamma
    housemamma Posts: 30 Member
    I'm 47 and have said that when I reach 50 I will stop dying my hair. (However, I think that will never happen.) I have ugly grey, wirey hair and am really pale so not the best look for me. However, I think silver hair is awsome and would rock that in a minute!

    So I think it depends on your natural shade of grey and your skin tone. Also seems like a modern hair style helps with the look.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I'm in the same boat. I'm 34 and been going gray since high school. I've been coloring since I was 18. Like you, I let it grow out when I was pregnant, but at 25 and 5 months pregnant, some guy mistook me for my HUSBANDS'S MOTHER! :noway: I vowed never to grow it out again. Of course, that was nearly 10 years ago, and I'm sick of coloring! I decided last year to grow it out. In a few months, I'll cut my hair ultra short, much to the chagrin of friends and family as I have had long hair forever. I don't know if I will really be able to embrace it at this age, but I'm going to try. If I don't like it though, I will start dying it blond because that is easier to maintain.

    I don't know. I'm hoping I won't look like a grandma. :embarassed:
  • cparter
    cparter Posts: 754 Member
    18, just be who y ou are :)
  • PopCorn_Said
    PopCorn_Said Posts: 119
    Natural is always better, specially if YOU like it.

    I say go for it!
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    I think it's hot to see a beautiful young woman with white hair.
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    :heart:
  • TS65
    TS65 Posts: 1,024 Member
    I'm a red-head who, in the past 8 years, has gradually started to become platinum blonde. My "grey" is pretty - people are always commenting on it. White hair sounds gorgeous - and it's not something you see very often - especially not natural. I bet you'd be shocked at how many comments you get on it. Try it for awhile. You may find you like it.

    On a weird side note - my eyes started losing color at the same time my hair started lightening. From dark brown, they're going blue on the outside, working in (like a bullseye) to taking over the dark brown.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    men, would you find a younger woman with white hair attractive or a bit off-putting?

    If I am into her, she could be bald.

    But white hair would be sexy.
  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    I've had lots of white in my hair since my early 20's. Up until a few months ago, I dyed my hair dark auburn. I finally let go and have now lightened my hair to a very light "sun" blonde. It blends much better with the whites I have and looks trendy, like I'm not trying to cover up grey/white, but going platnum. ;)

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