7 Weird Things That Can Happen When You Go Gray in 2023
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Embracing your gray hair seems like such a straightforward thing to do. One day you wake up, decide to stop dyeing your hair, and voila! You’ve made your choice, and you no longer need to spend a minute thinking about it.
Ditching the dye and accepting your gray hair usually results in a lot of introspection and hand-wringing. “Have I made the right choice? Will I look older?”, etcetera.
You Become a Selfie-Snapping Narcissist!
For years, when I was asked to provide a photo of myself, I never could find one that didn’t have either a family member or a friend in the photo with me.
Men Come Out of the Woodwork!
If you are on Instagram, you’ve most likely experienced this – you start posting pix of yourself with gray hair and you get a FLOOD of male followers!
Your Chest Is No Longer What People Stare At!
Believe me, your gray roots will take the attention off of your chest, past your face (where it belongs) and straight to the top of your head!
Your Young Kids May Worry About Your MortalityLet’s face it – in our culture, people still equate gray hair with age. If nobody dyed their hair, people would soon see that people of all ages have gray hair.
Your Hair Becomes a Topic of ConversationA lot of people will talk about your hair. Even if you are an extrovert, like me, it can be a little surprising to get so much attention focused on your appearance.