# Unnatural hair color and extravagant piercings

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnatural-hair-color-and-extravagant-piercings/52909>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 2, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnatural-hair-color-and-extravagant-piercings/52909 "2001-02-02T20:46:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnatural-hair-color-and-extravagant-piercings/52909/41 "2001-02-07T08:14:36Z")

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Wow I’ve got some experience on the hair dying part. Since my senior year in high school I’ve dyed my hair about 7 different colors. There was jet black, blonde, orange, blue, green, brown, and yellow (very different than blonde). I do it just because I like the color on me. I do not do it to attract attention or to make myself noticable. I just love seeing all the different bright colors on me. As for piercings and such I’m not much into them but if that is your cup of tea go for it.

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**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnatural-hair-color-and-extravagant-piercings/52909/42 "2001-02-07T09:07:00Z")

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I used to dye my hair for lots of reasons. I used to hang out in the punk/hardcore scene in my area, and my long hair was really frowned upon. It was either shaved, buzz cut or mohawk. Looking back at it, the colors helped me fit in when I was still insecure about my new friends. After a while, I would change it to fit my mood or we would just hang out and dye hair for no real reason. (I know, a strange guy activity). I only had my ears pierced and one eyebrow. My friend used to pierce us all for free in my apartment but piercing just wasn’t my thing.

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**Author:** ![magickalone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@magickalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magickalone)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnatural-hair-color-and-extravagant-piercings/52909/43 "2001-02-08T04:33:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Commander Fortune \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \*  
> > \*\*When I was in college I toyed with the idea of dyeing my hair candy-apple red, at that time my favorite color. But the cost of bleaching my dark-brown roots every month to maintain the color was too rich for my blood.
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> > Maybe this is the distinction for us “old fogeys”: A lot of those funky-color dye jobs are just plain bad, or in the process of growing out. In real life, I’ve seen pure-color “Crayola hair” very rarely, but in magazines I’ve seen pics of people young and old with RED hair that was truly striking and attractive. \*\*
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> My hair is candy-apple red right now. It’s very high maintainence, but a friend of mine swears she can “taste” the color. \*\*

I would like to taste your hair…might i? =)

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