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I am a guy that has very long dark brown hair that is starting to get grey. I know I am 45, look much youunger, what can I do about it? I don't want to dye.
Dude, you need to make a decision.
I'm 41, with beautiful (if I say so myself) auburn hair, only the odd
grey hair, so far.
I have already decided that, when the grey becomes "objectionable", I will dye my hair, at least until the point of when I'm 95% grey,
maybe even forever.
But this is a decision each of us must make for himself.
Good luck and bright blessings,
-Zorba
This might not be what you were hoping to hear, but maybe you don't need to do anything other than take care of your hair the same way you always have. I know a lot of people really worry about grey hair, but i don't think it looks so bad. A lot of guys let their long hair go gray and it still looks very nice.
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There are a few options . . . you could have highlights put in. That's where a knowledgable stylist puts a dab of bleach or lightening haircolor on small sections of hair. Usually looks pretty good, sometimes extraordinarily good. Downside is that ya gotta keep doing it every couple months or it starts looking raggety.
Or you could put a temporary rinse in it . . . that involves buying a bottle of the appropriate color (usually available at Wal-Mart), and applying directly on your hair. Since it's water based, if you don't like the result, you can easily shampoo it out. Costs around $4 a bottle, probably good for half a dozen applications.
Then there's the temporary & demi colors. This stuff will last through 5 or 6 shampoos, then gradually fades away. We use the Wella stuff at our school, and it's pretty good. Mix up 1 two ounce tube of this stuff with four ounces of the developer (it's much gentler than the permanant color, only 1/2% peroxide compared to 6% or more for the other), slap it on just-shampooed hair, wait 20 minutes, and voila! Covers half to 75% of the white hairs, so it doesn't look like you put color on it. Then when it starts to grow out, you repeat the process. Pretty cool. Easy to do at home.
Or, if you're the adventurous sort, you could just plunk a stripe or two of bright color in your hair, and then no one notices the gray (I speak from experience).
I tried the permanant color stuff (Just For Men) several years ago, and didn't much care for it. Turns the hair a flat sort of color that screams "Hey look everybody, I dyed my hair 'cause it's starting to turn gray and I don't wanna look old!" Ugh. Not very graceful. Better to go the quality permanant or demi haircolor route or do highlights.
Hope this helps,
Good luck,
--Tock