Comments on: Why Do Gray Hairs Look And Feel Different

By: Tamara

Tamara — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:25:55 +0000

What a great blog about beauty, I appreciate all the differing viewpoints and personal sharing about our beauty concerns…I have blonde hair that began to grow in light bronzy brown and has at the temples a platinum patch. I wish the platinum would just spread to the rest of my head and I would look even. I also have grey or white single hairs sprinkled through. Those are quite kinky and feel and look wilder than the rest. The platinum patches are soft and like my ‘good’ hair texture. My way to look better is to streak my hair with a blonde highlighter kit from the drugstore twice a year. This way I don’t damage my whole head of hair and it hides the different patches a little, and looks like I spent some time in the sun. It is a laborious process and takes a few hours, I use the type of kit that has the cap and little crochet hook that I pull the strands of hair through that I eventually apply the lightener mixture to. I even saved the mix packets and only mix up half of it and it lasts a whole year. Why waste I figure…
Not to ramble on too much, I do wonder why I have two kinds of greying or aging hair on my head. And I hope that the platinum spreads!

By: Shaydie

Shaydie — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:20:01 +0000

I sit and play with my hair when I’m bored. Sometimes I’ll feel a wire-y one and yank it, sure enough, it has a white end (I dye my hair.) I only have about 5% white hairs, so I don’t think it’s a coincidence. They feel different!

By: Progressive Dinner Party Long Beach | Grey Grey Go Away

Progressive Dinner Party Long Beach | Grey Grey Go Away — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:27:15 +0000

[...] Melanin is a pigment that is naturally produced in the hair follicle and “injected” into the hair fibers as the protein is formed and pushed out of the head. It’s the same kind of melanin that gives your skin its color. There are two basic types of melanin (eumelanin and pheomelanin) that are responsible for every hair color from brown and black to blonde and red.- The Beauty Brains [...]

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:09:48 +0000

Yes, I thinkg the gray ones ARE different for me too. All scientific studies are not always GOOD scientific studies – and some aren’t so scientific! The study itself should be evaluated. I would like to read the study myself to see if there are other reasons for their conclusions – and a good study will point out these possibilities. Just because participants could not feel the difference when blindfolded, does not mean there was not a difference. Maybe it is an issue that the sensitivity of their tactile sensation was not good enough to tell a difference. When looking at the hair as well, our brain gets more information than from feeling it alone.

By: Gina from Chicago

Gina from Chicago — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:54:54 +0000

When your hair loses its melanin the hair goes from being a round strand to more of a flat and wiry strand, hence the change in texture. It is also why the hair is resistant to permanent hair dyes and perms. It is difficult to get into the new armor -like strand! I have been a stylist and colorist since 1986, and grey hair is our biggest challenge..smiles!