A Personal Perspective: Going grey, long believed by our culture to signal the end of relevance (and beauty), has proven quite the opposite.
of 2,000 women aged 42-57, half said that for the previous two to six years they dyed their hair a different color than what they were born with. And one in three said they weren’t even sure what their natural color was anymore.
For some of us the natural color we’ve hidden, or hide, is grey, silver, or white, or a combination of those plus blond, brunette, or red.tells us that hair color changes result from alterations in melanin production and transformation of the hair structure itself. These changes alter how the hair looks, including greys.
Letting my grey hair grow out has made me look at myself differently, and not just in the mirror at my reflection. It’s led me down a path of seeing myself from the inside, all the parts I’ve unwittingly covered up to try to belong. At some point, after having colored my hair for three decades, I reached a point where I was ready to look forward instead of back.
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