We care more now than we ever used to about our appearance. We want to make the best of what we have for as long as we can. As we are living longer these days we want to look as young as we can, so questions such as when should I start coloring my hair to cover the gray hair are very common.
The answer to this question is debatable. For instance, if you got your first gray hairs at twenty and you could potentially live to be eighty, would you really want to be putting colorants onto your hair for sixty years?
This becomes even more crucial if you are talking about chemical colorants. Not only would you be subjecting your scalp to around sixty years of chemicals, but the condition of your hair could well suffer. Even though colorants usually instruct you to apply to the root area only, how many people actually follow these instructions?
Realistically, you would want to cover the grey as soon as you feel uncomfortable with it, and the younger you are the more self conscious you are likely to be. So it makes perfect sense to choose the safest method possible for covering gray hair.
Check out the question below, because while KatyLua has been using highlights for five years to try to disguise the gray, she does not say how old she is, and clearly the highlights are no longer the answer.
We suggest she checks out a natural cure for the gray hair, maybe something containing the right vitamins to stop gray hair. You can add your suggestions or comments at the bottom.
I found my first gray hair 5 years ago.
Now, I have several visible at a time and I get highlights to camoflage in my dark honey-blonde hair.
It is not working so well anymore.
When should I switch to full-blown coloring gray hair?
why?
Never, gray hair is beautiful…
Dont
right now
When it really starts to bother, or when your hairdresser says it’s time.
I’m 29 and do HEAVY highlights to cover all the gray I’ve got in hair the same color as yours. It’s not perfect, but my boyfriend can’t tell *wink*.
Never them gray hairs are nothing but sexy sweety, let them alone..Your friend from Tennessee…Rob..
It is entirely down to personal choice. If colouring ur hair would make u feel better then personally i would say go for it. I have been colouring my hair since i was 13 i am always changing it lol. I am now 30 and have not found any grey but i still colour my hair all the time. Good luck with whatever u decide to do. x
Try using a hair coloring product that is the same color as your hair that will color the gray. If you like it continue to color your hair. If you don’t like it, no big deal as it will be the same color as your hair.
Well your grays are obviously bothering you. It’s only a hair colour after all. Why not? I would.
Anytime you want to. Try to blend with a natural shade close to your to start with. Also a weekly rinse or semi perm Color to see if your like the shade before going for a perm color.
I suppose it depends on how comfortable you are with aging.
Myself, I am only 33, but I have been coloring my hair for years just because I like to make my hair a darker reddish brown than it is. About a month ago I noticed a few greys in the front and at first tried just hiding them in my hair or thinking of them as highlights. The funny thing is, no one noticed them but me, and eventually I couldn’t stand the thought of those few greys at my age, so I attacked them with my favorite color and feel much better.
On the other hand, I have a collegue at work that has long hair down to the middle of her back and you can see from the ends up where she started to grey and at the top where she’s now mostly grey. She says it doesn’t bother her and that she’s earned every one of them.
So……like I said, I guess it really depends on how you view yourself and your level of acceptance in regards to your own aging. Do what makes you feel good about you!
Good luck! : )
Any time you feel comfortable. If it’s starting to bother you right now then ask your hairdresser to dye your hair to your natural honey blonde color and put in some highlights as well. One warning to you, it’s gonna be a lot of money to keep getting rid of those grays.