The Long Hair Community

Arianwen · February 21st, 2005, 10:28 AM

I started sprouting ominous "white" hairs about 2 years ago. I'm turning 31 this year

. I go on S&D missions and tweeze them out, but it's hard not to accidentally yank out normal hairs in the process.

Do you tweeze? When did you stop?

bookwyrm · February 21st, 2005, 10:40 AM

I'm not sure if this is right, but I think the danger of pulling out gray hairs is that you may damage the follicle and the hair may not ever grow there again. That can result in thinning hair.

I've never pulled or tweezed my silver hairs, so I can't help you much. Just thought I'd mention what I've heard. If anyone can correct me, please do so!

Carolyn · February 21st, 2005, 10:47 AM

I would be afraid that I would decrease my volume by tweezing out the grays and silvers. So it's semipermanent color for me. I've pulled out a few kinky hairs but have stopped doing that as a hair is a hair is a hair. I want all the strands I can get.

Juliet's Silk · February 21st, 2005, 10:48 AM

My boyfriend found some gray hairs when he looked at my scalp for dandruff a few weeks ago.
Mind you, I'm 20! I refused to let him pull out the hairs, because... because I'm weird

I love the look of gray/silver hairs, and I wish I will get a silver streak in my hair some day.
In my opinion getting wrinkels is far more worse

(edited to eliminate a veery embarrassing typo *I thought I would know it better*)

We had the discussion about pulling hair out (because of splitted ends) here so that might be the same (although I'm not sure because my dictionary doesn't know "to tweeze"

), and it was said what bookwyrm told you already - that it may damage the follicle.

Kleis · February 21st, 2005, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bookwyrm

I'm not sure if this is right, but I think the danger of pulling out gray hairs is that you may damage the follicle and the hair may not ever grow there again. That can result in thinning hair.

I've never pulled or tweezed my silver hairs, so I can't help you much. Just thought I'd mention what I've heard. If anyone can correct me, please do so!

My first reaction would be not to worry about that, because I routinely tweeze many other parts of my bod with plenty of vigorous returning growth. I don't see why my scalp would be more delicate than, say, my leg hair, chin hair (yeah), or eyebrow hair. I've been halfway believing that old story that tweezing the darn things make them grow back *stronger.*

However, I only tweeze my grays because I only have a five or six at any one time. If my hair were significantly graying, I wouldn't tweeze at all.

Dulci · February 21st, 2005, 10:58 AM

My grandmother told me to never pull gray hairs, because then seven more will come to its funeral.

So I have never pulled them out.

And now that I am about 20-30% gray, I would never pull them because I need all the volume I can get!

bookwyrm · February 21st, 2005, 10:58 AM

What about people who tweeze their brows only to have them refuse to grow back? I've actually known quite a few people with this problem.

Kleis · February 21st, 2005, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bookwyrm

What about people who tweeze their brows only to have them refuse to grow back? I've actually known quite a few people with this problem.

That's true...well, that might be a good litmus test. If tweezing other parts of the body keeps the hair permanently away, then maybe tweezing the scalp is a bad idea.

AnaisSatin · February 21st, 2005, 11:45 AM

I used to pull out greys... until I figured out that I'd stopped greying and started redding! I get bright red hairs now instead of grey.

Bright red like.. KristinMH's avatar, or like Kissedbyfyre. That kind of red. Go figure.

hairbrain · February 21st, 2005, 11:53 AM

TWEEZE THE SUCKERS !!

heh heh,

I've got about 5 or 6, at my ears
and top of the head and if I see it glistening, off I go
to get them tweezies.
I recently colorwashed my hair and that took care of
hiding them for now.
I think eventually I'll just leave them alone, but its
almost like another obsessive compulsive thing for
me.
Dh, he's got a few in his goatee and I want to just
pluck em out of his chin. he wont let me. tsk.

I'll get him while he's sleeping...

chamogirl · February 21st, 2005, 02:16 PM

I need all the volume I can get-so I don't tweeze

tcraig · February 21st, 2005, 02:22 PM

When I first started getting gray hairs, they were few and far between, mostly at my crown, or along a middle part line. They were easy to tweeze - for one thing they stuck straight up!

However, after a certain point you realize tweezing is fruitless. At that point, you just accept ... or color.

**Teacherbear** · February 21st, 2005, 05:15 PM

on my chin, yes . . . on my head, no!

CurlyBrunette · February 21st, 2005, 05:45 PM

I used to do this but then realized that they were coming back thicker and in bigger numbers. I had 2, now I have about 4 Bright WHITE hairs. Dulci-my grandmother also told me the same thing! I also dont think that its good for the follicles either.

Countrymouse · February 21st, 2005, 06:02 PM

I admit that I pulled the first couple of white hairs that I found. After that I just let them be. It's been several years and I don't really have that much more white yet. I doubt anyone else even notices them but me.... and my BF. He points them out every once in awhile.

Besides, like others have said, I need all the thickness I can get!!