Do you dye your locks,

No, I had all the colour stripped out on a whim the day after I retired at 66. It was yellow for a time, and had to be toned down with blue shampoo, but now it is silver and I really like it. People have complimented me on it. I have it quite short, and it is so easy to look after. Plus, I don’t have to spend ages reading “Hello” while probably noxious chemicals take effect.

Yes I dye my hair dark brown which is my natural colour, I have some grey at 65 but not a lot, just at the temples etc and the odd patch which is a bit weird so I prefer it to look one colour rather than patchy.

At 46, I was too young to dye my silver hair; and I have been every year since. Now, I am just pleased to have my hair. Being a silver top isn't so bad, at least for a Grandad.

The problem with dying hair is that it can lead to difficult questions. Last week, when my wife was bending over our grand-daughter's bath, the little one asked: 'Nanny, why is your hair growing a different colour on top?'

I got to thinking that nobody believed I really had brown or blonde hair and let it grow out. Such liberation! I can now put streaks of whatever whacky colour I fancy temporarily through my silver and it looks GREAT! Purple today but deep turquoise was a big hit the other week.

I dye my hair myself. Would love to stop but I'd look like a skunk the way the white hair is distributed on my head

I had my hair dyed a mid brown for years and then had a severe reaction to it. I then went for highlights but have now had a reaction to that. I had it done a couple of days ago and my head is sore and I have a severe rash over my arms, back, chest and tummy. That's it I will now have to go grey. I am peed off about it but there is nothing I can do. I have tried the dyes that are supposed to be anti allergy but they don't work either. Not particularly glad to be grey.

I've dyed mine for years it was naturally blonde but but always looked dull for some reason until I found "Nice&Easy" 103 they have changed the number nowadays.It took 2 x boxes of dye to do it all over until last week when I had 10 inches cut from the length so I have saved myself a few £s

^should be just one but^ got a bit of a stutter I think.?

I dyed mine until 3 years ago, lost it all to chemo , I grew back in a love grey not an easy way to do it I must admit . I was at the hairdresser this week she said people are paying a fortune for hair my colour.

I am 66 and have coloured my hair for years. Stopped briefly once when I was ill and it was a horrible grey so started it again asap. I have it done at my lovely local hairdressers, dark blonde with lighter blonde highlights. I think it still looks good and I don’t care what other people think anyway! My friend is salt and pepper grey and I think it makes her look much older than she is but would never say that to her.

Sometimes. Highlights with foils. I have some grey in my hair but not so much that I have to do it all the time so I just have it done for a change now and again.

No...my purple/blue locks are totally au naturel

no, never have, never would.

incidentally it's now the height of fashion for young people to colour their hair grey or silver. mostly in their 20s.
i see many walking by; as always, one can tell that it's dyed, but at least it shews some deference to seniority... maybe.

sing if you're glad to be grey, sing if you're happy that way.
//with apologies to tom robinson band//

I'm 4 months in growing my grey in and colour out . I had a graduated bob cut into it but it's grown long enough to scoop up and pile on the top of my head , so hides the divide a bit - hair cut tomorrow !

I was naturally blond, I’m now totally grey but I have subtle highlights every 12 weeks to add a bit of interest.

Being a hairdresser I have been many colours, not sure of my natural colour,but now will stay blonde forever?

Eloethan The sun will fade the auburn highlights. I'm a natural redhead (ginger) and as that started to fade I had highlights to brighten my hair. Gold, blonde and red. It cost an arm and a leg and then I realised about the sun and stopped doing it. At the moment it's a dull colour but once the sun comes out it'll go strawberry blonde.

Colouring require a lot of maintenance and darker colours can be harsh against an aging skin so it might be better to go lighter. As regards the bright colours - Zandra Rhodes looks great with her pink hair and and beautiful clothes.

In 70. Coloured mine until I was 61. Nearly 35 year of doing it myself and then 3 weekly sessions at the hairdressers.

Took me about a year for the colour to disappear. Took hairdressers advice and did it gradually, I used to be dark brown

Love my grey hair and so do family and friends. Suits my skin colour now.

Have been colouring mine for at least 20 years. Always go to the hairdressers; it's caramel with blonde highlights which I intend to keep on doing. I have no intention of having grey hair!

Gave up dying hair but now have streaks put in by hairdresser. I have red, copper & blonde in my medium brown hair. It is much easier as I no longer get roots showing to worry about.

Started dyeing my hair when I was 16. I’ve been through every shade of black, blonde highlights, years of different shades of red, tried grey, deep blue and currently a rich dark purple... I had white hair as a toddler and through teens and twenties my hair was naturally dark blonde with a lot of red strands. As I grew older my natural colour became quite dark and now in late sixties it has grey, silver strands and a lot of dark hair under the purple

Yes, my hair is quite long and originally a gingery brown colour....would be mousy grey if I didn’t colour it every six weeks or so. Have never been able to find a nice gingery colour so have gone lighter. I use a colouring that doesn’t contain ammonia so no awful smell.Trying to delay the time when I need a hairdresser to do it! Perhaps I’ll just go short and grey then.

I used to dye my hair - all sorts of colours - but decided about 4 years ago to stop. My hair is now a lovely lightish brown with natural ‘pepper and salt’ streaks. I sometimes get asked where I get it done.

I dye my white/light grey hair metallic silver. It really lifts and brightens it.

I colour my hair sometimes as I feel younger when I look at it in the mirror and it makes me feel better. I'm 67.