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That's good with the cohort comparison. Yeah I think I'm lucky with age, but, I don't know, some people have no grey even older! I started noticing I'm "dye det

That's good with the cohort comparison. Yeah I think I'm lucky with age, but, I don't know, some people have no grey even older! I started noticing I'm "dye detecting" strangers--like, "Hmm, does that guy actually have no grey or is he dying it?" -- haha, I never used to think like that. Your 30% beard is quite gray--but i think it will be quite a shock if my beard goes grey that much.

cableshaft 4y ago
The 30% is mixed in with the rest of the hair, so it looks more peppered in, still doesn't really look that gray yet unless you're close up. It's also a lot less obvious whenever I trim it back down. Also the nice thing about the beard going first is if I want to look younger I can just remove the beard (although I've had the beard long enough I'd look pretty weird without it). I looked up how hair turns gray yesterday and found this article on how to prevent or slow it down (for as long as possible). Looks like it's mostly avoid chronic stress (which isn't me, work often gets me stressed), eat lots of antioxidants (which... mostly not me either, but I do try to eat big salads and berries periodically...will try to eat more now, though), get enough vitamins and minerals, which also probably isn't me, although I did used to be good about taking vitamins (not lately though), don't expose your head to the sun too much, wear a hat outside and all, which I do mostly do, and then get regular checkups because thyroid and autoimmune problems can cause graying hair, which I've mostly been good about except this past couple of years. So if you want to slow down your graying hair, you might want to give those a try: https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7913510/how-to-prevent-gray-hair/ https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7913510/how-to-prevent-gr...
- graderjs 4y ago
  Thank you, man— good advice! And just generally healthy which is good. Yeah not what i was imagining with your beard, but i get that it doesn’t look so grey as it’s blended in. And you’re right, you can just shave it to “look younger”! Which is cool. If i put my hair down, it’s dark. If a put it up you can really see the white, tho either way you can see it’s getting greyer—haha! I guess I’m lucky my hair naturally goes blond, so at least some of the white hairs, sort of look blond because they blend in with the highlights. Haha My main thing right now is I’m practicing making it work for me, like, mentally: Like, I’m gonna like this :)

cableshaft 4y ago

The 30% is mixed in with the rest of the hair, so it looks more peppered in, still doesn't really look that gray yet unless you're close up. It's also a lot less obvious whenever I trim it back down. Also the nice thing about the beard going first is if I want to look younger I can just remove the beard (although I've had the beard long enough I'd look pretty weird without it). I looked up how hair turns gray yesterday and found this article on how to prevent or slow it down (for as long as possible). Looks like it's mostly avoid chronic stress (which isn't me, work often gets me stressed), eat lots of antioxidants (which... mostly not me either, but I do try to eat big salads and berries periodically...will try to eat more now, though), get enough vitamins and minerals, which also probably isn't me, although I did used to be good about taking vitamins (not lately though), don't expose your head to the sun too much, wear a hat outside and all, which I do mostly do, and then get regular checkups because thyroid and autoimmune problems can cause graying hair, which I've mostly been good about except this past couple of years. So if you want to slow down your graying hair, you might want to give those a try: https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7913510/how-to-prevent-gray-hair/ https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7913510/how-to-prevent-gr...

graderjs 4y ago
Thank you, man— good advice! And just generally healthy which is good. Yeah not what i was imagining with your beard, but i get that it doesn’t look so grey as it’s blended in. And you’re right, you can just shave it to “look younger”! Which is cool. If i put my hair down, it’s dark. If a put it up you can really see the white, tho either way you can see it’s getting greyer—haha! I guess I’m lucky my hair naturally goes blond, so at least some of the white hairs, sort of look blond because they blend in with the highlights. Haha My main thing right now is I’m practicing making it work for me, like, mentally: Like, I’m gonna like this :)