Just For Men

[alexfardreamer@aol.com]

Hi all.

As a guy, I figured I'd only post about hairstyles I find attractive on women, but now I'm wondering about my thinning/graying hair.

To counter the thinning look, I tend to like crew cuts, but I don't often re-touch them so the hair grows back. It's a combination of not liking haircuts, time issues, and the expense.

The graying thing...hmm. I sometimes waffle on this, but basically I am letting it gray without intervening, i.e., coloring it. However, sometimes I wonder if getting Just For Men might be a good idea...particularly when I see the commercial.

Any thoughts? Should I simply gray gracefully or should I cover it up?

[Toni]

Hi Alex!

Let me take this opportunity to thank you for all the nice comments you've given!!! I really appreciate them!

Just for Men. I'm going to be perfectly honest. I have been afraid someone would ask about this product! Working as a professional, I use very little over-the-counter products unless myself or someone close to me uses them and attest on their behalf. No guy I know has tried this product so I don't really know about it first hand.

I suspect, being how it's gentle, and easy, that it's a semi-permanent product that eventually washes out so no chemicals are involved, nor the mess, nor the chancey results. This would explain the simplicity of use and the need to redo in approximately six weeks. (which is probably what the box states...lol)

And since it's "Just for Men", I have often wondered if that is because women put so many different products on/in their hair compared to men and they fear a woman would not jive with this product?????

So, bottom line Alex, I really do not know. Sorry. but being honest here.

As for whether you should worry about turning gray or not, it's really a personal preference. If you are under 60, I usually suggest, why not? Why look older than you really are. Somehow I think gray temples in the 50's is natural and then a little more by 60. However, this is not usually the case. Many folks gray prematurely unfortunately.

So decide what is best for you. If you're still not sure, ask the ladies in your life...wife or gf, sisters, favorite waitress whatever, etc. Like my husband always says, "you're the one who has to look at me".

[at4101]

Maybe I can chime in here and at least "try" to be of some help. My uncle used just for men, but just like you, he likes to keep his hair very very short or in a crew cut style. So he was constantly having to apply this stuff over and over as his hair grows so fast. Now it did work ok, but to him it wasn't worth the expense and effort.

I think guys with greying hair is quite cute though (think George Clooney) .

[alexfardreamer@aol.com]

Oh, Toni. You're way too kind about my comments on this forum, but thanks all the same.

I have always tried - not always succesfully - to live by the motto "to thine own self be true," and when my first gray hair sneaked up on me at age 32 (I'm 44 now), I wasn't exactly thrilled but figured, "Hey, it doesn't look too bad, and anyway, it's part of getting more mature." I had (and still have, I think) a youthful-looking face and so a little gray hair didn't bother me until for some reason a local station started really pushing Just For Men. (I'm sure you've seen that commercial...the one where the guy with the beard hits on a hottie at a bar and two ex-athletes do a play-by-play and cry out "RE-jected.")

Given the fact that I don't really like being overly vain (clean yes, groomed yes, but look-in-the-mirror-every-10-minutes vain, no), I REALLY don't want to try and hide my gray...but that commercial kinda bugs me and I figured I'd ask if it was a good product to use.

[alexfardreamer@aol.com]

Originally Posted by at4101

Maybe I can chime in here and at least "try" to be of some help. My uncle used just for men, but just like you, he likes to keep his hair very very short or in a crew cut style. So he was constantly having to apply this stuff over and over as his hair grows so fast. Now it did work ok, but to him it wasn't worth the expense and effort.

I think guys with greying hair is quite cute though (think George Clooney) .

I'm allergic to stuff that might not be worth the expense and effort. I don't have a lot of money to burn, as it were.

Besides, if George Clooney can look, as you say, cute, then I think I can accept my genetic inheritance and go gently gray.

[Intrill]

Hey man. Don't sweat the gray thing. If the chicks don't like you for who you are or how you treat them, then they are soooperficial.

[alexfardreamer@aol.com]

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

[Misscutie229]

Unfortunately shaving you head or seeking medical advice for your hair is the only way I know that can help you out. When I first got gray hairs I started pulling them out one by one but it really hurt and was time consuming. Just embrace it and go on with life. Or you could always buy wigs.