sudden wistful thought, while watching TV now: How gray will Obama's hair be in 8 years?

[villager]

Though perhaps I get ahead of myself...

[aquart]

1. That's assuming he'll still have hair.

This is a HARD job.

[SharonAnn]

2. It already grayed noticeably over the last year and a half.

[applegrove]

16. Up he has started to go grey allready. Though he keeps his hair so short

you can barely tell.

[verges]

17. It's also partially age related.

He and I are the same age (couple months difference) And I'm a noticeable bit grayer than I was a year and a half ago. And, I expect I will be much moreso in 8 years! And I do not have anywhere near that level of stress.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. He's gonna look like Redd Foxx.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. White.

Eta: His hair has already aged 15 years.

[plaintiff]

5. Hard to say but mine went gray since Dubya stole the 2K election.

Surely age didn't have anything to do with it...?
:-)

[maxsolomon]

6. from 47 to 55 your hair goes grey

you don't even have to be president.

[susanna]

27. My stupid hair started in my early 30s.

I am a strawberry-blonde, and I read once that the red and blonde pigment families do not last as long. I've gotten much more silvery and I'm not yet 40. Phooey.

[NOLALady]

7. Very grey.

But, it can only make him look better.

[susanna]

8. I thought the exact same thing.

He will never look this young again...I have watched every President in my lifetime age enormously during their time in office. It seems to be the one truly bi-partisan thing about the job.

[pitohui]

22. nobody here will ever be younger than we are today

it is one of the mysteries of physics but there it is -- time's arrow goes in only one direction and we know not why

[susanna]

26. True, true...point well taken.

I sure don't notice it on me, though. I'm still 21 in spirit. I avoid mirrors so as to prolong the dream, LOL. :-)

on edit: clarify

[Greyskye]

9. It will probably look like the rest of the guys in this graphic:

[crikkett]

10. I've read that grey hair is a function of Vitamin B absorption

[orleans]

13. in what way? n/t

[crikkett]

18. Google 'grey hair vitamin B'

I'm very sorry to say 'look it up' but I'm gonna have to work late and can't research an explanation for you. I blew off most of the week (wonder why).

[orleans]

20. humm....interesting.....

"Vitamin B - vitamin B regulates the secretion of oil, keeps hair healthy & moisturized. Eat more of fresh green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, cauliflower, cereals, liver kidney, yogurt, bananas and green vegetables.
http://www.seasonsindia.com/beauty/greyhair_sea.htm

"Hair vitamins for gray hair are now available commercially to stall the appearance of gray hair. For the hair to continue to produce melanin, it is helpful to give it a steady diet of Para-Aminobenzoic Acid (PABA). It is one of the many B-complex vitamins and is readily available both in capsule-form vitamin B-complex at your nearest drugstore. Pantothenic acid or Vitamin B-5 is another known vitamin for gray hair. It stimulates vitamin utilization and releases energy from food to for great hair and good skin. If partnered with folic acid, pantothenic acid helps restore the hair's natural color so it fights premature gray hair.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Vitamins-for-Gray-Hair&id=405350

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Bill Clinton ca. 1992 versus Bill Clinton 2001

1992







2001

Of course, he was already gray ahead of his time.

[NNN0LHI]

23. Looks like he saw a ghost

[AtomicKitten]

12. I think we're going to put some serious mileage on him.

I'm thinking we should offer a preemptive apology.

[MiniMe]

14. Hate to be a wet rag, but never assume 8 years. It is 4 at a time.

[ramapo]

15. I went pretty gray after age 47

Almost all gray at 53 and I have virtually no stress beyond the usual day-to-day stuff (and worrying if Obama was going to be elected). But we're going to watch this young man age before our eyes.

Take a look at the picture of Bush at his news conference yesterday. He looks like shit. Check out his photo from 2000. It is almost unbelievable.

Clinton certainly aged also. The impeachment must've weighed heavily on him, both politically and personally (just imagine explaining THAT to your wife and daughter. But I think Bush looks worse.

I'm there's a lot of shit that POTUS knows about that we haven't a clue about. Scary stuff. I hope Barack sleeps well now that he's receiving the daily briefing.

[qwlauren35]

19. EXTREMELY GRAY.

I think it comes with the job. Obama will probably look decades older within one year.

I know I would if I had to read briefings every day about the mess our country is in and accept the fact that most of the people in the country expected ME to fix it.

It's a heavy load. I know I couldn't do it.

[pitohui]

21. he's 47 and has black hair

yeah it will be either gray or dyed in 8 yrs, that's what happens to folks w. dark hair

on the other hand, darker folk have much better skin in their 50s! my blonde hair may still be just a little ashy but my skin is already wrinkle city w.out botox

skin/hair etc. is not a measure of stress if we're honest, it's a measure of time passing

[goodgd_yall]

24. I thought of that the night he was elected

How the president always ages a lot in the 4 or 8 years they serve. I was just musing of how he'll look after his term ends.

[camera obscura]

25. Black don't crack

he'll still look good.