Lets talk about vanity

[padiente]

I have a question, is anyone here looking forward to having grey hair? How many already do, and how old were you when you got your first grey? Did it bother you? OK, that was more than "a" question, but I am curious. I am 21 in less than a year I have sprouted 4 grey hairs, my hair is black so they are really obvious. I am not a make up wearer, nor do I style my hair, I am a pony tail person, not very vain, but the greys bother me. I pull them out. How does everyone else feel? Talk about off topic.

[Smynx]

I'm 35 years old. My age doesn't bother me a bit. I have no idea if I have grey hair because I color it every 6 weeks or so. What bothers me the most about getting older is that you have to work harder to maintain muscle tone. I HATE exercising and dieting, but I'm going to have to do it, because I go insane when my clothes start to fit too snugly.

[Jeanne]

Greys suck! I cant tell ya how many I have anymore, cause I quit counting a long time ago and started coloring to hide them. Even my hubby tells me when he sees them, and immediately takes me to get stuff to cover them. I started getting them when I was around 18, I think it is suppose to be genetic related or something... but not sure. Still 12 years later, yes I color to cover those things cause it drives me nuts. I am generally not a vain person, wear make up very very rarely just cause I dont like what it does to my skin, and occassionally style my hair, usually it is in a pony tail... but the greys do bother me ALOT, especially when my 13 year old daughter pics on me about it.

[green_man]

heh, my hair is always colored or shaved... gotta have fun with it while I got it right?

[Ironhead]

Dont pull those grey's....two will take it's place. Dont know how true that is but have allways been told that.
Well...being the old-fart that I am, I have plenty of them grey hairs. I dont remember my first grey hair but I would have to say it introduced itself around the age of 25 so about 18 years ago. The grey does not bother me at all, matter of fact I think it add's character.

[mlededee]

the only place that i have grey hairs are in a couple of spots on my scalp where i have scars from an accident. luckily they are on the side and back of my head where they don't really show. every once in a while i pull up my hair and check to see if those nice patches of grey (actually more white i think) are still there, and yep, there they are. kinda weird really.

[Smynx]

Grey hairs are much more acceptable on men than women, Ironhead. I like when men start to go grey around their temples - very distinguished. Sometimes grey hair can do wonders for a man - look at Richard Gere!

[Smulkin]

Hey now, lass . . . . (don't be dissin Connery)

[mlededee]

he barely qualifies as having hair at all these days.

[padiente]

Mine are more colorless than grey. I have a friend, male, who can't wait to go grey. He wants to have a long grey beard, the narrow kind. Gotta love him. I keep pullin mine because they do't get long enough to lay down flat and since I wear my hair in a pony tail, they stick straight up and look pretty stupid. I know if I didn't pull them they would grow and lay down, but it would take forever and I would have these funny little strand sticking out of my head for months. My hair grows very slowly.