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Is it common for guys to dye their grey hair?

Dancing Fire

Dancing Fire

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Would you mind if your husband dye his grey hair?...:))
 
Whatever floats their boat, really.
It might take me some time to get used to it. I would prefer the subtle colouring. But whatever ppl choose to do...
 
has anyone watched the Granmies in the last um 25- 30 years ????

my other half has just turned 67 and truthfuly has barely any grey so its not something i have to think about
 
My sweet DH is going to be 61 in a month and he has never dyed his hair but he is dark blonde and I see no grey on him at all. He says he has some but I guess the dark blonde disguises it well. Lucky him. I am a brunette and you can definitely see grey. But with grey comes wisdom or at least that is what I am sticking with haha.

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No and No.
 
No, not common around here. Would I mind...I prefer the natural look on men but whatever floats his boat (coloring his hair would not be his thing).

I can remember one guy I used to work with that colored his hair. It was red (well, orange). Very obvious colored. He was sort of a funny/silly
likeable kind of guy so it fit his personality.
 
My DH has salt and pepper and has since about 30, though now there is more salt. I don't want him to dye it. He teases and says he's going to but he won't. I like men with natural hair because it just looks obvious when they dye it. Don't see too many in my area with a dye job. I used to dye but am growing it out and accepting the few grays I have.
 
Sometimes I see men with dyed hair and it is usually very obvious, too dark and looks artificial.
Of course, if they like it and it makes them feel younger, then what's the harm?
 
I'll go against the grain and say I definitely do not like dyed hair on men. I think gray hair on men is sexy, and also feel like men who dye it come across as insecure. I might have a tainted outlook about this as I dated a man in between my marriages that dyed his hair and facial hair. I later learned he lied to me about many, many things. So I look at it as hiding something.

Obviously with women it is a different story, as social norms and standards of beauty are quite different for women than men. That said I haven't dyed my hair in 3 years and call my grays my metallic highlights. My Dad has the most gorgeous silver hair that gets complimented constantly. It seems I have his hair genes, and I can't wait until my dark hair is completely silver. At 41 its only about 10%.
 
stracci2000 said:
Sometimes I see men with dyed hair and it is usually very obvious, too dark and looks artificial.
Of course, if they like it and it makes them feel younger, then what's the harm?
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Agree. They were probably using "Just for Men"- my dad used to use it! I prefer letting it go grey for men.

Myself, I have grey already. My hair is an ash blonde and I color it warmer, because it washes me out. The grey I have is not pretty silver. It looks better colored.
 
Wouldn't be common where I live. The only man I knew who colored his hair was my graduated advisor. Every so often he would show up with a strange dark brown color with a hint of burgundy. It was terrible!
 
Hubby has a full grey beard and I like it, he shaves his head in summer and trims the beard a tad, but he looks good!
 
My husband has lots of gray mixed in his brown hair. I like it so much better than dyed. His brother dyes his hair though. It looks so artificial...He’s definitely not insecure though. He’s the opposite..
 
My DH has a full head of salt and pepper. Many men are envious of his thick locks. I prefer a natural look as usually dyed hair on men is obvious.
 
tyty333 said:
No, not common around here. Would I mind...I prefer the natural look on men but whatever floats his boat (coloring his hair would not be his thing).

I can remember one guy I used to work with that colored his hair. It was red (well, orange). Very obvious colored. He was sort of a funny/silly
likeable kind of guy so it fit his personality.
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one of my supervisors who was near retirement age had his teenage grandaughter living with them
she was a hairdressing student
we would see some real sights some days colour wise but her technique looked good
gave the customers a good laugh
 
Yeah I prefer the natural look on men, don't care if they are grey but of course - it's totally their choice.
 
monarch64 said:
This is important! I need to know that there is consistency throughout. I mean I suppose they could just remove the drapes completely...makes the windows look bigger.
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Or dye a matching merkin!:appl:
 
I don't really care either way. I think if a minimal change can increase someones confidence and make them feel good about themselves, who am I to naysay that?

Interesting to see all the comments about dyed hair being "obvious", but no one gives a shit when women constantly dye/highlight/balyage their hair to shit and of course that looks pretty obvious. What a weird complaint.
 
Mine began falling out well before the salt and peppers started showing :saint:
 
telephone89 said:
I don't really care either way. I think if a minimal change can increase someones confidence and make them feel good about themselves, who am I to naysay that?

Interesting to see all the comments about dyed hair being "obvious", but no one gives a shit when women constantly dye/highlight/balyage their hair to shit and of course that looks pretty obvious. What a weird complaint.
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I agree there is a double standard happening here. Personally I agree that if it makes someone feel good about themselves and doesn't hurt anyone else then it is no one's business and do what makes you happy. Period. That is my philosophy on life. Do whatever you want as long as it doesn't affect me negatively in any way. :P2

And if my dh wanted to dye his hair that would be A OK with me. He's gorgeous to me no matter what and I love him just the way he is.
 
I think I prefer the natural look on both sexes. But maybe it's a case of "sour grapes " since I have never dyed my hair due to allergies (phoooey to detecting the allergy BEFORE trying to dye my hair)
 
HI:

I've no idea if it's common. Can't say I've noticed.

cheers--Sharon
 
He shaved his head 5 years ago. I think shaving is much more common tbh....
 
The guys in my family have premature white hair, so both my brother and my dad have had gray-white hair since their late 20’s. I think it looks sophisticated and looks great. Both my brother and dad dyed their hair for the first few years (for dating and the pursuit of a young wife) but let it go natural after marriage. My Dh is starting to get a few strands of white hair at 47, but from 3 ft away still looks like a full head of black hair. I don’t care what he chooses to do, I think he would like great either way.
 
my OH for almost the entire time ive known his has had a #2 or usually shorter as he was a builder and its hot sweaty work
since he retired he's been unwell - turns out he's got some kind of auto imune disease
anyway this winter has been cold and he hasn't felt like getting out the clippers so its about 3 or 4" long
he said today he might actually go to a barber for a real haircut
he has hardly any salt and pepper going on, just a little behind the ears and no baldness
it doesn't seem fare other men go bald and he shaves his off
 
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