One appearance choice does not fit all (a continuing series)

[firecat]

A friend who is a musician was told that in order to make a better impression at auditions, she needed to dye her hair.

I used to dye my hair for fun. I currently don't dye my hair because I am enjoying watching it turn gray. But occasionally someone thinks my OH is my son, and then I feel tempted to start dying it again.

So I am wondering about the reasons people dye or don't dye their hair, and your thoughts about hair dying in general.

Poll #3554 Hair dye choices

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 68

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Do you dye your hair (using permanent or semi-permanent dye)?

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Yes
16 (23.5%)

No
20 (29.4%)

Sometimes
22 (32.4%)

I tried it once or twice
12 (17.6%)

I'm thinking about it
9 (13.2%)

Ticky box!
7 (10.3%)

Why or why not? (Feel free to elaborate in comments)

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What is your gender identity?

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Comments

[amadi]

There are such products, they're just really hard to find. There is a product somewhat more easily found meant for brightening/whitening already grey hair, but it's not exactly a bleach, so it won't whiten darker tones. My aunt used it in the winter when lack of sun exposure made her hair dull with an unpleasant yellowish cast.

I'm now also reminded of how it used to be a thing to use bluing in grey hair to make it more silverish, but really made old ladies the first people to have "hair colors not existing in nature" and resulted in the epithet "bluehairs."