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When Should a Man Stop Dying His Hair?

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Grey hair is a graceful sign of aging, but it’s simply not some people’s aesthetic and that is fine; dying your hair is an option. However, you can’t keep dying your hair forever; it gets to a point when you have to stop to protect your hair’s integrity, but when should a man stop dying his hair?

The short answer: a man should stop dyeing his hair once he notices unusual changes or when it becomes technically impossible to keep dying. A more specific answer is to stop dyeing when you’re 50 or thereabouts, as your hair becomes less receptive to dye as you age.

Unlike women with long hair, older men have short, soft, and fragile hair when they get older, creating an easy passage for entry of chemicals into the scalp, causing severe allergies or even entirely damaging your hair.

Of course, every man is different, and the specific age to start dyeing differs for everyone. In this post, I’ll show you:

  • The unusual signs and changes that signify it’s time to quit dyeing your hair.
  • How to stop coloring your hair even when you seem to be addicted, and
  • What happens when you stop dying your hair.

Let’s jump in.

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5 Signs You Should Stop Dying Your Hair

1. You Start Feeling Pains and Itching After Dying Hair

This sign shows that you are gradually becoming more susceptible to allergic reactions from hair dyes. It’s a direct result of your scalp becoming softer and unable to contend with the chemical reactions that accompany dyeing your hair anymore.

if your hair or scalp starts becoming unusually painful after dyeing, it’s time to stop.

2. The Hair Color No Longer Last More Than A week

At this point, maintaining your hair color starts becoming too expensive as you have to dye every week. It’s even more frustrating if you don’t dye your hair; consistently buying hair dye and paying colorists to apply it for you every week adds up, and can be pretty frustrating to deal with.

3. Hair becomes Dry

Hair dye can make your hair overly dry and brittle if you overdo it.

And if you are the type that dyes hair every week, you won’t give the hair enough space to produce natural oils the hair requires, and the consequences are easy to determine.

4. Your Hair Becomes Lighter

Many skeptics doubt the possibility of hair dyes causing hair thinning, but that’s not the main point here. Your hair already grows thinner naturally as you age; do you really want to risk making it worse by applying highly reactive chemicals to temporarily alter its color?

That’s what I thought. 

5. Hair Starts Falling

At a particular point, your hair becomes so thin that it starts to fall, and you really don’t want to punish it with hair dye at this stage. The signs might be subtle and unnoticeable at first, but you should stop dyeing once you do.

If you’re worried, you should probably see a doctor, but the worst case is male pattern baldness, so there’s usually no cause for alarm.

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How to Stop Coloring Hair (Even When You Can’t)

If you are reading this part, It is so apparent that you are scared of looking radically different or what people might say if you suddenly stopped coloring your hair.

One way to look at it is that you’ll not be continuing that way forever.  With that in mind, here are some tips to help you break your hair coloring addiction:

  1. Look up to celebrities with grey hair as role models. If a famous actor or musician with constant media coverage and attention can go grey, why can’t you?
  2. Next is to discard the hair dye kit from your bath or bedroom as the case may be. Going that extra mile shows you’re ready to commit to your new reality, and should actively help you break your habit.
  3. Opt-in for sick grey men haircuts that give you a consistently adorable look even when you’re not wearing colored hair. People typically don’t go for a hairstyle change if they’re satisfied with what they currently have.

What Happens If You Stop Coloring Hair

Most men who color their hair eventually become scared of what might happen after they stop covering their grey hair, which is understandable; it takes a lot of effort to go grey.

If you haven’t mustered enough courage to make the bold step, here’s a list of what happens after you stop coloring your hair to help you:

  1. Your Hair Becomes Gray and Back to Its Natural State: At this point, you are now officially welcome to the grey hair world– a world for unique people who are gracefully aging, be it premature or from birth. Just wear on your confidence pants and walk around boldly in them. While people may point out the changes at first, it quickly becomes business as usual, leaving you outside the spotlight.
  2. It starts looking rough in your eyes: At the early stage of embracing your natural grey, your hair should start feeling uncomfortable to wear in public places because it starts to look messy, at least to you. However, this challenge is nothing some hair care products and essential hair oils can’t fix.

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Stanley

I am Stanley. A Unisex Hairstylist, Writer, and book lover. After 12 months of the apprenticeship program as a stylist, I started working with my boss for an extra one year. This time frame made me accumulate knowledge and experience in the hair industry, of which I will love to share with friends all over the world through my blog.

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