Male grey hair - how to reduce?

Yorky

Can anyone recommend a way of reducing the appearance of grey hair without going for a full dye as such?

I started going grey in my early twenties and used to dye it using Just For Men but I realised it looked fake and slightly absurd so stopped.

Now in my forties, I'm going quite grey which is contrasting with my remaining dark brown colour - pepper and salt, I suppose.

Would appreciate any comments/advice!

SarahMollie

Just for men can look quite well if done right. Is it possible you were using too dark a shade if it looked unnatural?

Jayop

Yorky wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a way of reducing the appearance of grey hair without going for a full dye as such?

I started going grey in my early twenties and used to dye it using Just For Men but I realised it looked fake and slightly absurd so stopped.

Now in my forties, I'm going quite grey which is contrasting with my remaining dark brown colour - pepper and salt, I suppose.

Would appreciate any comments/advice!

I'm not bothered by grey really but I tend to use a little hair gel to keep my mop under control and it really does hide a lot of the greys.

I use a cheap supermarket own brand water based one because it leaves you hair much cleaner feeling than the more expensive ones.

LLewellen Farquarson

There is a shampoo for grey hair by Schwarzkopf, called 3D Mension. My barber gave me a bottle of it. It looks fairly black/blue out of the bottle.

Don't know if it works (haven't used it yet), but it might be worth a try.

xabi

Embrace it, you've got to 40 and still have hair.

Yorky

Yes, I've got thick hair in good condition, which I'm grateful for.

My question was prompted by the company I'm keeping at the moment - much younger with no grey! I'm not that bothered but it's just crossed my mind..

Jayop

Yorky wrote: »

Yes, I've got thick hair in good condition, which I'm grateful for.

My question was prompted by the company I'm keeping at the moment - much younger with no grey! I'm not that bothered but it's just crossed my mind..

Chicks be digging the grey haired look my man. It's distinguished! :cool:

xabi

its only delaying the inevitable, remember Marty Whelan going grey overnight.

intheclouds

Dont use a dark dye, use a dye that will just slightly change the grey.

So if youre dark brown dye it medium or light brown - it wont affect your natural colour but your greys will take the shade and blend in much better.

endacl

Started going grey at 15/16. At 42, I've been fully silver for about 15 years. I never dyed it once. I shudder to think how much vanity would have cost me over the years...

bazzajf

I'm 38, getting greyer every day and lovinnnn it!!

Think Clooney, Lineker, Des Bishop et al.


Grey is the new Black. Join us in the happily greying community my friend.

endacl

The Grey Community! When's the parade???

Kimbot

Its not grey, its silver highlights :P

Seriously tho, your into your 40's I really wouldnt worry too much about it. Im only in my early 30's and I've been going grey since I was a teenager.

Jayop

endacl wrote: »

The Grey Community! When's the parade???

Grey rights and grey equality¬!!

scarbouro

I find men with grey hair very attractive. My husband went grey at a young age and it's one of the things I love about him. Embrace it I say!

blackbird 49

Grey hair looks good especially if you keep it short, A friend of my husbands who is in his 40s with a good head of hair was forever dying it, looked crap he finally copped on and stopped and it suits him so much better

dee_mc

scarbouro wrote: »

I find men with grey hair very attractive. My husband went grey at a young age and it's one of the things I love about him. Embrace it I say!

I read that as 'it's one of the only things I love about him'
I agree re embracing the grey OP, it can look really attractive, and dyed hair rarely looks natural.

ja1986

Aw another silver Fox bites the dust. I love grey hair on men.

Turtle_

Could try grecian. My dad used it for years and it seemed to do the trick. Never looked unnatural.

Yorky

Thank you all for the replies

You've helped me make the decision of non-intervention!

scarbouro

dee_mc wrote: »

I read that as 'it's one of the only things I love about him'
I agree re embracing the grey OP, it can look really attractive, and dyed hair rarely looks natural.

That may be very true ha ha!!

mobileforest

Grey hair doesn't look bad. Men trying to hide it look bad. Embrace the grey.

LinF

Yorky wrote: »

Thank you all for the replies

You've helped me make the decision of non-intervention!

Good for you I started going grey when I was in my late teens. On a flight to Taiwan (used to be a flight attendant) I decided to get my hair dyed dark brown - it looked terrible and as soon as I got back to Singapore I had the dye stripped & I have never had it dyed since, I am now in my 70s and I am lucky to have very thick, silver/grey but healthy hair!

Valentina

My OH is older than me, in his early forties, and has jet black hair with a few greys around his temples and sideburns. I love it.

Timberrrrrrrr

Jayop wrote: »

Grey rights and grey equality¬!!

We need a grey pride parade!