Hi All.....I know this is not a nursing question or a medical one either, but I do need some help, so if any of you can assist me, I will be extremely gratefull ! I have colored my hair for 25 years now. (dark brown).
Suddenly I have become allergic to the dyes and my skin/scalp gets red and blistered:madface:. So I have to stop with the chemicals on my hair. Now the problem is how do I "go gray gracefully" ? I do not want to look like a skunk with the white roots and the rest brown.... I am stressing over this, yet I am resolving to just go natural and stop being a slave to the bottle !
I have the exact oppositie problem lol. I am getting very grey especially in the front. Went out and bought some colour and had no clue what to buy so there it sits in the cupboard untouched. It is the wash out kind...then I got as far as a salon to ask about having my grey covered and chickened out for making that appointment. The gal there said something about foiling...and of course, I have no clue what that means either lol. So, for now, I am making the best of my grey because the last thing I want is to go pay someone $65.00 to colour my hair and then me end up wishing I had stayed grey. As for the allergic reaction...I am allergic to everything so that too is a reason I have yet to colour. My mom had a terrible reaction to colour one time and she had been colouring for many many years. She let herself grow grey naturally and looks great!!. I worry too that once I colour, I will be forced to colour all the time. I dunno, being grey is not that bad LOL LOL. I'm just not very brave hehe.
I don't think grey is that big of a deal... not big enough to put a paper bag over your head.
I have a very sensitive scalp as well. My hairdresser uses Aveda (all natural) hair color and foils my hair so very little gets on my scalp. I have long hair so it isn't cheap but she is a good friend so I get a discount.
this might sound obvious but ask your hairdresser. there's a lot more to colouring than you'd think, and they're the experts in the field.[/quote']:yeahthat:
as a hairstylist (and student nurse!) i think you should check the product. ALWAYS do the patch test, because even if you have been using the same product for years, your body can change. (think latex glove allergies) Foiling is by far the best way to get where you want to be. I suggest a tri-foil (your dark brown, a lighter brown and a blonde) It's more time consuming and expensive for the service, but you can usually go twice as long as with traditional haircolor.
i wouldn't cut it off unless it's already short.
bear in mind that grey hair is usually more coorifice, if you want to be gray, you may have to change your styling technique or use different products.
as for me, anytime before death is premature grey....
A few years ago, my hair was kind of a tri-color (kept changing my mind), redish, brownish mess. I didn't pay too much attention because I wore it up most of the time. One day my husband said--"Your hair is green on the ends!" Off to the hair dresser I went. Anyway, she did a much more flattering chin length layered cut and used a semi-permanent dye (no peroxide-no itchy scalp). It blended my grey and I didn't have roots when it grew out. Eventually I started coloring my own hair again, but now I use Clairol Natural Instincts (washes out in a month). It makes the grey look like goldish highlights and no roots.
as for me, anytime before death is premature grey....
:yeahthat:
I don't usually consider myself very vain, but this is the one area I will forever have a hard time reconciling....it's getting to be a VERY big hassle keeping up with the color (blonde just seemed to wash me out, so I do have 3 colors going here), but the thought of going pure gray just gives me the eebie jeebies!!! Especially since, at 50, I am probably going to be the old lady of my first semester classes in August!!
Be brave, just do it. I'm letting mine go gray, right now it looks like i have a gray beanie cap. Oh well so is life...Its just hair. And gray hair is just one of lifes smaller problems....I'm gonna love mine.
if op wants to go grey there are hair strippers [do patch test] but it is hard to match up colors sometimes you have to bite the bullet and let it grow out until everything is trimmed out
IF I GET ALLERGIC TO HAIR DYE I AM GOING TO CUT THE WHOLE HEAD OFF
Hi All.....I know this is not a nursing question or a medical one either, but I do need some help, so if any of you can assist me, I will be extremely gratefull ! I have colored my hair for 25 years now. (dark brown).
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SueBee RN-BSN
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Can you go short? The temp hair color may be o.k., but do an allergy test first.