So I've been prematurely greying, any advice on this?

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I’ve been prematurely greying since a few years back, and I’ve long been thinking about what I can do with it. I let some streaks grow out in the center/front of my head, which sometimes looked nice, but sometimes I found it made me look old and tired. Something I am far from! I’m seeing this guy, and he thinks I always look good and has no opinions about my greys. He wouldn’t mind me going all grey, since my greys are literally this bright white color, and I’ve said some jokes that I might end up looking like Storm in X-men! My father sure did, and so did his sisters, they all prematurely greyed. In one sense I am proud of my greys because I have earnt them, and they make me look quite unique. In another sense, because I got natural dark brown hair with red and chestnut firey tones here and there, they seem awfully random. I decided to henna my hair once a few weeks ago (first time i EVER color my hair! 🙂 ) And well, the process turned into a disaster so I’m not encouraged to re-do it, and it made no difference to my hair other than that it turned what was previously okay whites into bright orange… I had to pluck out all the orange in the front so nobody notices! 😆 What I’ve always secretly wanted to do is go a lighter brown, a more …light brown/blonde tone, because although I am pale, I have yellow undertone and my eyes are a light brown. I bet it would look awsome! Buuuut…the reason I used henna in the first place was because i want my hair to remain healthy (because it’s soft and not damaged in any way except some split ends) AND I have sensitive skin (wanted to avoid allergic reactions). Man you guys, what do I do? Let it grow out? Go the bleach route, box dye, professional dye? What are your opinions? I am confident about my appearance, my bf finds me very attractive, but i’ve always thought of myself as attractive anyway. It’s nice that he has no preferences except “keep your hair long”, which i like doing, but at the same time, it leaves me with so many options! 😮 What’s your opinion?
 
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Man you guys, what do I do?
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Let your hair be natural. Once you start down the path of dyeing and highlighting, it’s expensive, you have to do it frequently, and when you get tired of it and want to grow it out to its natural color it can be very awkward.
 
How premature are we talking here? If you’re super young, maybe just talk to your doctor to make sure nothing weird is going on.

As for the rest, just speaking as a guy it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest, for what that’s worth.
 
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I dye my gray. If you’re only looking to cover gray and not change your hair color, then you could possibly do with a box color (but always do a patch test first). I go to the salon to have mine done because I really think the results are better, but that’s my preference.
 
You can add indigo to henna, to get brown instead of red. The amount of indigo you add controls the darkness of the brown. And indigo is just as natural and healthy to use as henna.
 
I stopped coloring mine 2 years ago when I started seeing people paying to make theirs look like mine does with natural gray.
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Tell small children you’re a rockstar.

When we were little kids we asked my mom if her grey hair meant she was getting old. She immediately dyed it.

We asked my aunt the same question and she said her hair was like that because she is a rockstar. If it were possible for her to be any cooler than we already thought she was, she became even cooler that day.

My kids are too busy telling me which parts of me they think are fat to ask me about my grey hairs. Also I don’t think they would believe me if I claimed I was a rockstar, but it might work for someone out there!
 
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I began greying at age 18.

Now, grey hair is so fashionable that people ask my “who colors your hair”???

I answer “God” 🙂
 
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Once you start down the path of dyeing and highlighting, it’s expensive,
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Tell me about it . . . my wife insists she can keep it longer if I pay for the beautician instead of her using a bottle . . .

[btw, pretty much every redhead over 30 with no grey is cheating]

My mother told me the clump of, err, blonde hair in my mustache makes it look like my nose is dripping 😱🤯

Now every time I look in the mirror . . .

So I have a box of that just for men stuff waiting to apply . . . but the problem is I lack the vanity to get around to it . . . and if I took all the grey out of my beard, I might have to lower my hourly rate! 🤣
 
Find a good hairdresser, ask them for their advice, discuss the options, then let them go ahead and do whatever they think will achieve your preferred outcome.

God gave us hairdressers to solve these problems for us.
 
I have an XL-sized head that is round, shiny, and bald so I’m not coloring anything 😛

I’ve seen women around here do a rainbow look with their hair where the top is pink and the bottom is green or blue or some other color and I must admit it is pretty cool looking.
 
I colored my gray for years, paying good money to get a professional look…the box stuff is too monochrome.

I finally gave up as more of my hair became gray and even the professional job wouldn’t last more than a few weeks.

Now, I say I’m NOT gray…I’m chrome! 😂

I love it and I’m saving a bundle of money!
 
Exactly.

This is why a “home dye job” can be spotted a mile away.

Grey hair has to be lifted (bleached) to remove the color before it will “take” new color. This is damaging to the hair and will look like Barbie Doll hair if not done correctly.
 
I have a good sprinkling of greys too…been getting them from my late 20’s! I didn’t mind them, and actually liked them, but they are coming in even more now in my mid 30’s! I colored my hair the other day for a little change…and the dye didn’t even touch them 😄 I have dark hair and they stand out against it, but i don’t really mind and plan on just leaving it as it is 🙂
 
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