# Yet another hair thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hair-thread/642693 "2012-12-01T17:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hair-thread/642693/1 "2012-12-01T17:17:15Z")
I’m 67 years old, and most of the hair on my head is dark brown, with only a few gray hairs. My goatee is gray, my sideburns are gray, but the rest is basically dark brown. I know I’d look a whole lot younger if I shaved off my goatee and sideburns, but I don’t like that look. People who know my age usually assume that I color the hair on top, and give me advice on how to make it look more natural. I try to explain that it _ **IS** _ natural, but they won’t accept that. So should I dye all my hair (top, sideburns, goatee) some shade of lighter brown or gray? Should I just lighten the top? Should I bleach everything white? Should I just leave it alone, like I’ve been doing all along? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hair-thread/642693/2 "2012-12-01T17:30:17Z")
beards and head will go gray independent of one another. explain it and leave it. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hair-thread/642693/3 "2012-12-01T18:18:48Z")
Why don’t you dye your beard? I wouldn’t dye your hair gray; is there even gray dye? ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hair-thread/642693/4 "2012-12-02T22:49:53Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > Why don’t you dye your beard? I wouldn’t dye your hair gray; is there even gray dye? Yes, **panache45** can go to [Lady Gaga](http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/05/19/0/498/4981324/442185e994b69d47_Untitled-1.jpg) or [Tavi Gevinson’s](http://anythingfancy.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/tavi-gevinson-mom-pic-1.jpg)\* stylists. In all seriousness I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the grey goatee and sideburns- Morrissey had the grey sideburns/brown hair look before he went totally grey and it [looked fine](http://exshoesme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/morrissey300x369.jpg). If it were me I’d leave it alone unless I didn’t like it. \*Tavi Gevinson is a teenage fashion blogger who was 13 at the time that photo was taken. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hair-thread/642693/5 "2012-12-02T23:34:24Z")
Oh I like that look, it makes men look sophisticated! Leave it as it is, **panache**! ---
**Author:** ![romadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@romadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romadea)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-hair-thread/642693/6 "2012-12-03T06:37:03Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Oh I like that look, it makes men look sophisticated! Leave it as it is, **panache**! +1