Should Men Of a Certain Age Dye Their Hair?

[Pryderi]

[redqueen]

1. If they want to?

I'm anti hair-coloring myself... but that's for my hair. :)

[raccoon]

2. It's their own beeswax. nt

[BarenakedLady]

16. Yuppers.

:thumbsup:

[Pryderi]

3. 0 Votes?

[Drum]

4. Not for me.

I'm damned proud of every grey hair on my head...I earned 'em! Also, at 45, I don't want my head o' hair to look younger than my face...the opposite is better, methinks.

[Rob H.]

5. I never will but my parents never did, either

I'm turning gray a lot later than they did, too.

[zanne]

6. Why not?

I think men should be able to use the same things that women use to look better (or younger). I think men will be wearing makeup in the not-too-distant future.

[panhead1961]

7. We are never asked "Does the carpet match the drapes"

So to each there own.

[Iggo]

8. But it doesn't make us look younger.

It makes us look like old men with artificially dark hair.

Now if it makes us FEEL good, then fine. But it ain't for me.

[redqueen]

9. Oooh that makes me want to ask...

does it make women look younger?

I get badgered about not dying my hair. If I could say "well this guy on the internet said it doesn't help anyway!" then... well, I could say that!

[Iggo]

25. Women are different...lol.

I ain't EVEN getting into that.

(I had another answer all typed up. Then I went, "Waaaait a second. I'm gonna get flamed!")

[redqueen]

26. Awwww... PM me!

Please?

I must know!

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. No, but they should avoid spandex and Speedos.

It's the law.

[alphafemale]

11. Most men look like Lounge Lizards when they go to dyes.

ick

[PRETZEL]

12. It definately depends on what you want to do,

looking younger doesn't do shit to make you feel younger. I know myself, I turned grey the day after I first got married.

I always said I'd never dye it, and I didn't. I just cut it off and grew a goatee instead. But as my luck has it, the moustache stayed the same color as my hair once was and the goatee grew in grey. I broke down and colored it after I separated thinking that a new life deserved it.

Simple advice to anyone thinking about coloring their facial hair. DON'T DO IT. That stuff burns like hell and it doesn't last.

As for the certain age, I went totally grey in my mid 20's.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. It also makes your face look dirty.

My father in law begged me to tint his beard (in an effort to get my mother in law back after they'd been divorced 15 years) and it just looked so awfully wrong.

[PRETZEL]

20. that it did,

there isn't anything good to be said for doing that.

[pokerfan]

34. Dang

I turned grey the day after I first got married.

That was fast. It normally takes a couple of years. :)

[khashka]

13. No!

Took me forever to get my lover to stop dyeing his. He's in his 60s and I told him grey hair is normal and kinda sexy. I won. He doesn't dye it anymore and is much better looking.

Khash.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. It is up to them.

If the question is, Do I like men with dyed hair? The answer is no.

[Orsino]

15. I do.

But I started going gray at 19.

[DevonRex]

17. Only with a demi-permanent dye so the roots won't show. nt

[AteAlien]

19. i have become a mostly grey beard, while

having mostly black hair. I like having a beard, but it makes me look schizo. I think I should dye it, but haven't yet. I would love to know what others think about it.

[dembotoz]

21. is it ok for women to dye their hair? Same rules should apply.

With many of my female friends my age, I have no idea what their "real"
hair color is or was.
I do not dye my hair, I have quite alot of grey.
Nobody has serously suggested that I dye my hair. (or perhaps i laughed when they suggested it and the subject was dropped)
I AM just happy that so far--my hair has not DIED and that I still have it.

[Lilith Velkor]

22. Punk rockers are getting to be a certain age

where they don't have to bleach it before applying the Manic Panic.

[fizzgig]

23. *snerk*

love the avvie, btw :D

[redqueen]

24. These results are confusing me.

If a guy dying his hair to cover the grey = combover...

What do the responders think of a WOMAN dying her hair ot cover the grey? I'm already halfway to pissed off about this!

[qb]

27. Men & women look fabulous in gray.

I also prefer no or minimal makeup for both sexes. I just don't find that painted look appealing.

[GoneOffShore]

28. In the 42 years that my hair has been white I've dyed it twice.

Both times were for shows I was in.

It looked WEIRD!!

[HughBeaumont]

29. Why not?

I'm going to be 39 in August and I do. It's nothing extreme, just a shade over my natural color. Sorry, I have no wrinkles, jowls, sags or gut yet and I'm in no hurry to look like an old man when only one part of me is.

[terrya]

30. 2 words: Ronald Reagan

He was of "a certain age" and he looked terrible with dyed hair.

Nothing wrong with growing older gracefully.

[bikebloke]

31. My father dyed his.

First, he used that Grecian formula stuff. Then went on to dye. He had a jar of dye in the bathroom, then had the temerity to claim his hair colour was natural (suggestion - hide the stuff before bragging). I'm greying later and slower than he did.

My mop is taking on a silver sheen. Summer blonding in the sun will camouflage it for a few more years, but so be it.

[SOteric]

32. Like every thing else, it depends.

I've seen some older gentlemen dye their hair successfully, enhancing their appeal and making their age seem somewhat undefinable. I've also seen a great many where the result was closer to 'faintly ridiculous.' I think in general, men know far less about chosing a colour that will get them the result they're looking for than do most women who dye their hair, and they've far fewer resources for gaining that information.

If some fella I care about wanted to dye their hair, I'd recommend getting it done by a professional at least the first couple of times so that they could be educated about the choices of colouring that flatter aging skin and the fading colourations of the face.

[LeftyMom]

33. If they do, they should have a professional do it, so it doesn't look like shoe polish.

It's none of my business if they do or don't, but bad dye jobs are worst of all.

Also, if that "certain age" happens to be 36, and there's bleach involved, somebody has a great natural color and should leave it the fuck alone.

[DarkTirade]

35. I'm a big fan of personal choice...

however I'm also a big fan of not looking silly.

When someone gives off every indication that they should have grey/white hair, and yet it's a very obvious dye job keeping the hair form its natural color, it tends to look a bit silly.

[GCP]

36. Dyed hair on an old guy usually doesn't match the face

Young looking color with a wrinkly face just doesn't look right.

[Pryderi]

37. True. That's why I think it's better to just let the silver shine.