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Grey hair

Expecto_Patronum

I know this seems incredibly random but it's something I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm in my mid 30s and I've had a few grey hairs for a while but recently they're starting to become a lot more noticeable. There's still a lot more hairs that aren't grey but I'm aware that at some point the balance is going to tip. I don't like change and this is one that I have zero control over and I don't like it. The obvious answer to this is to colour it but I don't really like doing things like that and I'd struggle to keep on top of it. So I don't really know what to do.

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  • I started going grey when I was in my 40s and now my hair is pretty much grey all over, but annoyingly, lighter at the front and darker at the back. I use a permanent colour as it is the only thing that covers it. I used to get highlights which disguised grey well at the beginning, and it wasn’t overly noticeable when the roots grew out. Some people have that beautiful, bright, light grey hair that looks as if it belongs on a magazine cover. My hairdresser told me that purple shampoo can reduce the brassiness of bleached and blonde hair, but it also brightens natural grey hair. I haven’t tried it but I do wonder if it would be worth just going grey and trying a purple shampoo, so long as it wouldn’t make my hair purple. 

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  • I started going grey when I was in my 40s and now my hair is pretty much grey all over, but annoyingly, lighter at the front and darker at the back. I use a permanent colour as it is the only thing that covers it. I used to get highlights which disguised grey well at the beginning, and it wasn’t overly noticeable when the roots grew out. Some people have that beautiful, bright, light grey hair that looks as if it belongs on a magazine cover. My hairdresser told me that purple shampoo can reduce the brassiness of bleached and blonde hair, but it also brightens natural grey hair. I haven’t tried it but I do wonder if it would be worth just going grey and trying a purple shampoo, so long as it wouldn’t make my hair purple. 

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I'm hoping as it did start a while ago and didn't progress very quickly that it'll take a long time to go completely grey but there are now full grey hairs whereas they used to be little whispy bits on the top. Some of them are near the front which makes it more obvious. Before it was only obvious to people that were taller than me. There is definitely a long way to go before it'd be completely grey but I just don't like them being obvious.