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    whynotshesaid: I always say that when I get older, I want a full head of long, silvery hair. Women with hair like that look so beautiful and wise. But I also wor... more »
    krismry: Hair dye containing coal tar derivatives used over many years have shown a slight indirect correllation with some patients who suffered certain forms ... more »
    CollegeCamel: I am so not the kind of person this article is talking about. In high school, my friend once discovered a very small collection of a few gray strands ... more »
    milominderbinder: i can't wait to go gray! i plan to just own it, i've watched my mom try to hide it ever more unsuccessfully over the years and i've been begging her t... more »
    princess.coldheart: i love love love women who have long gray hair. i dont know what it is, but i find it so beautiful. ive been dyeing my hair black for years, but tha... more »
    Neopatra: Oh, thank goodness this topic came up. Now maybe the collective brilliance that is Jezebel can help me solve my dilemma. I started dying my hair over ... more »
    tiredfairy: I have streaky white and gray hair. I'm 30. It's been this way since I was about 22. I once got stopped in a store by a woman who was APPALLED at my... more »
    PaintedTrollop: "Letting yourself go" is a constant meme for women of a certain age. I'm 53, and recently stopped coloring my hair. I dyed my hair red for a long time... more »
    Slumdog_Mamabear: My little brother went salt and pepper at eight years old. He has never dyed it, and I have always loved the way that it looks. more »
    queenieinmanhattan: I'm 29, and I've been going gray (with increasing rapidity) since college. I started dyeing the summer before I turned 26. I'm now about half gray, ... more »
    starfishtat is knocked up with baby boyfishtat: I'm pregnant and haven't been dyeing my hair. Today I got a cut that officially cut off all remaining dyed ends, leaving me totally salt-and-pepper at... more »
    sassyredhead: My auburn hair is going grey at the temples. At first I fought it with dye but I missed my natural color. So I quit with the dye and just let my hair ... more »
    meritxell: an erotic life: Oh well sure, if you're Emmylou Harris you can do whatever the hell you want. more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: Is it possible to have your hair dyed/bleached gray? I'm just pondering whether, if I go only half gray, I could just bleach the rest of it out to match. more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: I really hope my gray either comes in as a bold streak in front a la Susan Sontag or Stacy London...or that it just all goes snow white. I love seeing... more »
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    "Aren't You Afraid You'll Look Like The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Ancient Overnight?"

    The decision to go gray is big. Ridiculously so. More »