katie goes platinum
If you are a woman who is transitioning to gray hair, you already have to deal with strangers, friends, and family members who question your decision.
If you are a woman who is over 40 and you are growing out your gray hair AND keeping it long, you get the double-whammy of being questioned by the anti-gray crowd as well as the “women over a certain age should cut their hair short” crowd.
Add going gray cold turkey to that equation, and WHAMMO – prepare to get a TON of unsolicited advice! ?
Which begs the question: Why do so many people feel free to give us their opinions about our hair?
On social media, I often get asked why I don’t cut my hair short. I have been told it will hasten my gray hair transition, enhance my self-esteem and free me from worrying about satisfying the sexist desires of the men in my life.
So, there’s no deep psychological meaning behind my choice to keep my hair long. Like most women, my hair length is simply a matter of personal preference. And those old rules about cutting your hair short if you are over a certain age?