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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[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I only dyed my hair once -- when it started coming back in after the first renal failure, it was very thin and I put on a red/purple dye to add some thickness and color.

However, when my hair started coming back in after the second renal failure, it changed color by itself. I'd had medium brown hair up until then and now I have dark brown hair, and curly.

In the last three years or so, I'm getting the familial silver hairs at the front edges of my hair. They're translucent so light flashes on them and they look silver.