Do You Color Your Grey Hair? Do You Like Grey Hair on Men?

[+ FreshFluff]

Another aging topic:

 

I love salt and pepper hair on men; it's a huge turn on, even more than glasses.

 

I've had a few grey hairs since I was 22 so I get a temporary color put in a few times a year. My hair guy uses a lighter color to "blend" the grey strands without giving me that overly dark, I-just-dyed-my-hair look.

[Daverwr]

I'm with you kitty, salt and pepper hair is my biggest turn on bar none! And no, I don't color out my grey.

[leigh.bess.toad]

I keep the salt and pepper in my beard and moustache. But as far as my hair, the rest I just shave off. That doesn't take long at all considering how little of it there is.

[wisconsinguy]

I have salt and pepper hair. A bit more salt than pepper. When it first started to hit the dome, I used an otc color. Went a lot to red, left it on too long, burned holes in my scalp, and looked more like Red Buttons, than Red Buttons! I tried it a few times after, but let my hair cutting lady do the mix. Came out pretty good, but it all took time. We have talked FF, and I still visions of a body makeover. Big weekend coming up for me as u recall! I'll see how I "look" after the weekend. Then decide if I want to pitch a tent in front of the plastic surgeons office on Monday, lol.

[+ azdr0710]

started getting gray at about age 43 and felt too young for it...so I used Just For Men for a few years, trying to go back to my original light brown color.....it never really seemed to look good, even a bit metallic-looking, and I gave up on it a couple years ago....now pretty gray, but people say it's a nice gray and that I shouldn't color it anyway....never was salt-and-pepper as my hair was always light blond (as a kid) or light brown until my early 40s....only my head hair is gray - most other body hair remains light brown.....

[+ purplekow]

I dye my hair. I l;ook less like my father that way. Though I never look in the mirror, I hate it when I get the occasional glance and all I see is a flash of gray. I have not idea how the color looks, though when I have had it done professionally people complement me on looking rested or healthy. No one has ever mentioned the hair color.

[Lookin]

I like grey hair. Although, like all hair, it's nicest when it's clean and healthy looking. And a good haircut doesn't hurt either. Mine's almost white and pretty long so I use one of those purple shampoos every day that makes it look silvery. I like grey hair on women too. I think it looks really pretty. As long as you feel and act reasonably young, the only people who will judge you as looking too old will be shallow people. And who needs 'em?

 

The most important thing for me, though, is time. I limit my toilette to about fifteen minutes a day. I would begrudge every minute I had to spend getting my hair the right color. And what if I missed a spot? http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif

 

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[+ Funguy]

I love salt and pepper-esp. the salt. My own beard/stash turned bright red in my late 20's (thanx to mom) and then white in my 40's while my head is still brown. On my faves I luv the maturity it gives their appearance and I can just day dream about what they have in store for me from their vast bag of experienced tricks.

[+ FreshFluff]

I like grey hair. Although, like all hair, it's nicest when it's clean and healthy looking. And a good haircut doesn't hurt either. Mine's almost white and pretty long so I use one of those purple shampoos every day that makes it look silvery. I like grey hair on women too. I think it looks really pretty. As long as you feel and act reasonably young, the only people who will judge you as looking too old will be shallow people. And who needs 'em?

 

The most important thing for me, though, is time. I limit my toilette to about fifteen minutes a day. I would begrudge every minute I had to spend getting my hair the right color. And what if I missed a spot? http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif

 

15 minutes is my daily toilette too, including bath or shower. Hair color only needs to be put in every few months.

 

I like my natural hair color, so I'd like to preserve it for as long as possible. I have seen some very pretty women with white or grey hair, but it does make most women look a bit older.

 

Mine's almost white and pretty long

 

I read this as "white and pretty and long," which made me picture this:

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Hey, I wonder what Aunt Fancy thinks about this issue?

[+ FreshFluff]

started getting gray at about age 43 and felt too young for it...so I used Just For Men for a few years, trying to go back to my original light brown color.....it never really seemed to look good, even a bit metallic-looking, and I gave up on it a couple years ago....now pretty gray, but people say it's a nice gray and that I shouldn't color it anyway....never was salt-and-pepper as my hair was always light blond (as a kid) or light brown until my early 40s....only my head hair is gray - most other body hair remains light brown.....

 

Like I said, I'm a big fan of all kinds of grey hair. (Grey on temples, mmm )

 

But if you want to go back to your original color, you can. Drugstore hair colors are usually pretty bad. You're better off getting your color done at a salon. You can then ask what color they use (likely a pro brand you can get online) and start coloring at home using that.

 

But if you have standard guy-length hair, you'd need to color every few weeks. So it's a lot of work.

 

I have salt and pepper hair. A bit more salt than pepper. When it first started to hit the dome, I used an otc color. Went a lot to red, left it on too long, burned holes in my scalp, and looked more like Red Buttons, than Red Buttons! I tried it a few times after, but let my hair cutting lady do the mix. Came out pretty good, but it all took time. We have talked FF, and I still visions of a body makeover. Big weekend coming up for me as u recall! I'll see how I "look" after the weekend. Then decide if I want to pitch a tent in front of the plastic surgeons office on Monday, lol.

 

I suspect you'll be way too exhausted and happy on Monday to pitch a tent anywhere!

[Newly]

Good to have a woman's view on this. A huge generalization, but a lot of women seem to be attracted to men for very different reasons than why many gay men are attracted to particular guys. It's fairly common for women to go out with older guys and I'm thinking part of it is that older guys tend to have more power and maturity, which seems to turn many women on (and no, it's not the money and hoping they'll kick quickly) while a lot of gay guys seem to have some Peter Pan fantasy about not wanting to grow old and seem to be attracted to younger men as a way of reclaiming lost youth. A huge generalization with tons of exceptions, but part of what makes all of this interesting.

[traveler1954]

I dislike grey hair on anyone; its a sexual turnoff to me. So are bald heads, saggy necks, jowls, furry bodies, tattoos and a paunch. Though they still can be my best friends.

[Samai139]

I do not colour my hair--the fringe I have on my head, or the short-cropped beard/moustache that I grew after some surgery. That answers the original question, now to the aspect of whether salt and pepper hair is a turn-on, etc.

Simply put--yes, much more of a turn on than those aging men who seem to feel that if the hair on their heads is NOT grey or white, they will be perceived as younger than their years. To me there is nothing more foolish than a man in his 50s,60s, 70s with lots of wrinkles or sagging jowls, huge ears (they continue to grow as long as you live, you know) and flab here and there and hair which is the colour of someone in their 20s. Perhaps if the colouring is done professionally by a competent colorist and the cut is top-rate, some men can benefit. The cost, time and fuss would seem to out-weigh whatever benefits might result.

As an aside, and I don't mean to hi-jack the thread, but men who try to hide their baldness with comb-overs, hats, toupees, hair weaves, hair-replacement transplants, also do not appeal to me. And this comes from a man who felt very, very uncomfortable when his hair began to recede and thin in his late 30s and 40s.

Hair can be sexually charged---wherever it is---I prefer a man to have hair where nature meant it to be and if it's missing because of genetics, or grey or salt and pepper, so be it.

[+ Funguy]

Actually bald, esp. shaved, heads are also a turn on for me. But got to be completely! Just the thought of fondling and rubbing that smooth dome gets me going!

[Phil_musc]

I dislike grey hair on anyone; its a sexual turnoff to me. So are bald heads, saggy necks, jowls, furry bodies, tattoos and a paunch. Though they still can be my best friends.

 

Well with this post, I think you may have successfully alienated virtually all the posters here (except for the escorts that still post here, and gosh knows, they're all probably coloring their hair in a mad frenzy to appear young )

 

I'd like to go a bit retro with all of your kind permissions: does anyone here remember the craze when women of a certain age dyed their hair blue? It was so prevalent that they achieved a kind of group status: they were fondly known as "The Blue-Haired Ladies" sometimes shortened to "The Blue-Haireds." Why did this attractive look never catch on with men? My hair is beginning to grey a bit at this point and I may be looking for a new "look." What do you guys think?

[+ Oliver]

Actually bald, esp. shaved, heads are also a turn on for me. But got to be completely! Just the thought of fondling and rubbing that smooth dome gets me going!

And I immediately thought of Nate Bruno! Yummm.

 

I was blessed with my mother's hair (as is everyone) and she didn't have any grey hair until she was in her 80's. Her brothers used to accuse her of dying it, which she vehemently denied (her sense of humor was somewhat arrested;)). My own was red until my late teens and is now a rather nondescript brown with a scattering of white. My son has more grey than I. Beard used to be all red, but now (when I grow one) it is mainly white with a scattering of black, brown and red.

 

I find it interesting how one perceives oneself. Although my hair is brown, when I look in a mirror I still see it as red.

 

 

[Lookin]

Although my hair is brown, when I look in a mirror I still see it as red.

 

 

I've been looking for a mirror like that! http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif

 

 

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[+ FreshFluff]

Good to have a woman's view on this. A huge generalization, but a lot of women seem to be attracted to men for very different reasons than why many gay men are attracted to particular guys. It's fairly common for women to go out with older guys and I'm thinking part of it is that older guys tend to have more power and maturity, which seems to turn many women on (and no, it's not the money and hoping they'll kick quickly) while a lot of gay guys seem to have some Peter Pan fantasy about not wanting to grow old and seem to be attracted to younger men as a way of reclaiming lost youth. A huge generalization with tons of exceptions, but part of what makes all of this interesting.

 

The bolded part is on target for me and many women I know, though it's mostly on a subconscious level.

 

I think some gay men are likely attracted to hot "silver foxes" though.

[Epigonos]

Hell guys I could care less what color is was if I just had it. I went the comb over bit for a number of years and eventually got fed up with the fact that the only person I was kidding was myself. By that time I had a very limited amount of hair on top with a full fringe around the sides and the back. I went to a local hair salon and had the girl clip off what was left on top and ALL of the fringe. I then went home and shaved off the stubble. That was about ten years ago. Now every morning, for about thirty minutes, I look like Santa Clause with shaving cream all over my face and head. I love the look

 

A funny aside; a couple of years ago I visited a plastic surgeon regarding the possibility of getting rid of my sagging jowl. The doctor informed me that is would NOT be a problem to eliminate them as long as I was willing to grow back the fringe so he could hide the scars. The hair is still shaved and the jowls are still hanging -- oh well that's life

[+ FreshFluff]

I've been looking for a mirror like that! http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif

 

 

 

What? The beautiful unicorn wasn't good enough?

[Lookin]

What? The beautiful unicorn wasn't good enough?

 

 

It was wonderful, though I think you may have got the wrong end. http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif

 

 

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[+ Charlie]

I discovered my first grey hair when I was 33, but I still have much more dark hair than grey, the only exception being my beard, which is mostly white now. I did try coloring my beard a few times in my 50s, but it was more trouble than it was worth. I figure that I earned the grey hairs, so why be ashamed of them?

 

As to whether or not I find salt-and-pepper attractive on other men, it depends entirely on the man. If I thought he looked good when it was all pepper, and he is in good shape, he probably still looks good to me with some salt.

[Phil_musc]

As to whether or not I find salt-and-pepper attractive on other men, it depends entirely on the man. If I thought he looked good when it was all pepper, and he is in good shape, he probably still looks good to me with some salt.

 

Hear, Hear. At last the voice of reason and discernment. I was losing hope.

[tyro]

I am rapidly approaching 40 and do have a few random gray hairs. I'm not worried about it and doubt I will ever dye my hair. I never have; why start when the gray appears? Like Charlie posted, I've earned the silver hairs (and can probably name them for a chosen few students.)

T

[+ Axiom2001]

For the longest I've colored my hair or have had it done professionally. When it started to be "salt and pepper," I let it stay that way. Now it's all grey except for my eyebrows which are naturally dark brown with an inkling of grey. I liked grey many others [in the past] but not on me personally. Today I'm grey and am all right with it. I've received lots of compliments from women and a few comments from men, such as, "I see you're..." I have just downplayed what I've heard from them! It's all right if that's the route one wishes to take and accept! My escort friends have said nothing, and they've seen me both ways!