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by: Rose

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:35:48 +0000

I’m a 29 year old full-blown redhead of the dark auburn shade and I haven’t a clue what will happen to me when these little white hairs that are popping up take over….I keep hearing that it will fade to ash but all I see are streaks of white ripping through my red and it’s making me panicked! I can’t help it, I’ve loved my mane and how it frames my personality so perfectly. It will feel like a great loss when it goes…..

by: alecia

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:08:16 +0000

I’ve been sporadically finding grey hairs for a few years now - I’m 29 and my hair used to be naturally brown with reddish highlights, now slowly going lighter. (I’m hoping that it decides to hit a bronzey red before the color fades completely, but I’m guessing not.) My aunt has always said two things about my tendency to pluck the grey ones: “It’s your wisdom showing through” and “You earned those, don’t give them up.” I used to roll my eyes and tell her that she was crazy, but I’ve come around to liking them enough to let them be when they show up. I may still freak out and dye it all again when they start coming in more than occasionally, though.

I’m going to be a grey-haired lady early too, and I think that I will eventually be okay with that, but I’ve gotta say that I agree: I’d prefer waking up one morning looking like Emmylou to the slow and uneven fade.

by: Lea

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:36:24 +0000

Hey, gray hair is awesome! I’m actually really loving the stuff I’m starting to get- I’ve got a streak in the very front that’s slowly turning blond-white-ish, with lots of strays beginning to pop up.

I wasn’t always so comfy with it- after all my hair is naturally a dark, dark brown, and I’m only 21. But after frantically pulling out every gray I could find, and having them all grow back standing straight up on top of my head until they were long enough for gravity to take over, I decided to make peace with them.

And about the redhead business- my little sis was a redhead forever, and when she had her hair treated to remove it and dyed it back to her natural blonde shade, lots of people actually MOURNED her hair color. It was ridiculous.

by: Jane

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:20:33 +0000

awww… I’m going to miss it, but I love your gray/white too. And your salon, which I was lucky enough to get a very cute Do at one time, so long ago that it feels like it was another lifetime.

by: Molly

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:59:23 +0000

::sigh:: Yes, we redheads DO get quite a lot of identity foisted upon us by the rest of the world. If it’s not the fetishistic, “Oooh, I’ve always had a thing for redheads,” it’s the patronizing “firey redheaded temper,” or (at best) people remembering and recognizing you with far greater frequency than you remember or recognize them. And while there’s certain truths to parts of it, it does get tiresome to have this physical aspect—that, by and large, we did not select—come to define so much of who we are, whether we like it or not.

I think you’ll make a fantastic grey-haired lady. You’ll be that cooky lady down the block with crazy clothes and grey hair up in a bun, who walks her dog in bizarre socks and reminds us of Pippi Longstocking…or at least, what Pippi woulda looked like when she grew up.