Virgil

I'm just getting over the horror that you read Men's Health!

I think genetics has much more to do with it Virgil. Going grey is more common if you have dark hair. I started going grey when I was 17 and I didn't even drink then, but my hair colour has changed twice in my life; I started as a strawberry blonde, then when I was about 4 my hair went dark brown and I developed, lots of, freckles which are also formed by melanin. I've never really tanned, which is also to do with melanin distribution. Now my freckles are fading and my hair is greying and I think this is not a coincidence!
If your Dad went grey, genetics would seem the likely cause for you going grey and perhaps his remarkable recovery of hair colour coincided with his discovery of Just for Men We all have our secrets.
Maybe you're just getting old

The article might be true but then it says "… says Stuart Reece, M.D., the study author, who adds that downing just three drinks a day may be toxic to hair color over time."
First, there's a "may" in there and seconds, what kind of three drinks" are we talking about? Do wine and whiskey affect hair color the same? Or rather, may they?
My father drinks wine on most days and he retained his hair color for a long time. On the other hand, my gym teacher didn't seem to drink at all and he turned white at about forty.
I think genetic endowments play a big role here.

Oh, and perhaps this'll cheer you up: I know a lot girls who are just starting to get interested in a man if he's got grey hair.

Ah hellooooo! Some of us have being greying, ever since we were 21 years old. All I can say is "Thank God for hair dye." Not that I need it... (What is wrong with me????)

Yes ladies, I'm sure genetics has mostly to do with it, but given how my father's hair started redarkening after he stopped having wine I would have to say there is something to it.

I do read Men's Health Fifth. I find it interesting but I mostly get it for new workout exercise ideas. A guy I car pool with thought I was gay when he saw me with it. He says a lot of gay men buy the magazine to look at all the muscular, athletic male bodies.

my husband and I are both going grey and we don't drink- maybe two drinks a year. We often think that if we had a few more we wouldn't be as grey. I've been blaming the kids!

Virgil -- read this about gray-hair and drinking makes me a little nervous. . . .I've noticed a few gray stragglers in my hair recently, which I've attributed to my children. God, I hope it's not not Pabst.

I guess it depends how much you drink Comedian. I'm sure it's a secondary effect and that genetics certainly overwhelm the phenomena. But I do think it's a contributor, though you're younger i think. I'm not sure I know how old you are, but you look young in your picture.

Something I've noticed throughout this discussion. Some people spell the word "grey" and some spell it "gray." My natural tendency would have been to spell it "grey" but because that Men's Health spelled it "gray" I thought I was in error. I looked it up just now in Merriam-Websters and they listed under "grey" but says "gray" is a variant. Interesting.

As far as I know, I was taught to write it as "grey". We were taught British English at school and I think I read somewhere that "gray" is American English.

Themis, you're right:

Grey (outside the U.S. and some parts of the U.S.) or gray (some U.S. only – see spelling differences) describes the tints and shades ranging from black to white.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey

I'm surprised Merriam-Websters didn't mention it. I wonder if the northeast is the part of the US that uses "grey"

I have to say that wikipedia is excellent. What a contribution to humanity that is.

Virgil, my mom was going gray at 22, it all comes in due time. . If there is a correlation between drinking and going gray for ladies, I'm screwed. Go buy some Just For Men . Nobody will ever know!

My boss told me that joke at the work Christmas party. I spat eggnog across the living room.

You're the only person to comment on that joke Becca. I thought it was funny too when i heard it.

I've been really tempted to get the Just For Men, but whoever I ask say I look better with the grey. I think I will try it one day.

Virgil, I think you look just swell with your gray. If it bothers you, just up the wine dose a bit and you'll forget all about it!
P.S- What do Michael Jackson and Walmart have in common? PM me if you're intrigued . . . it might not sit well with the Jackson fans out there.

Ok, I will PM you.

Virgil I thought your joke was funny. My mother has a similar one. Santa says "ho ho ho," and Tiger Woods says "where where where?"

Maybe one of you guys could PM me what Wal-Mart and Michael Jackson have in common. I hope I can sleep tonight, is all I've got to say!

Virgil, I'm sure you look very distinguished with gray hair. What does your significant other say?

The only opinion that really matters, though, is that of the man in the mirror.

Thanks Qimi. She thinks I should dye it. I'll send you that walmart joke. It's a doozy!!

My hair is going mousy something; not exactly gray but more like brown mixed with white hairs, lots of white hairs everywhere now. I just bought a rinse tonight to try and pep up the color. It was funny, I was in the aisle of the pharmacy checking out hair rinses and this nice saleslady was trying to determine which was not permanent. I can't do permanent because I get a perm. So then this customer came by and she was a hairdresser - wow, what luck! She steered me to a good product and color and so I will give it a whirl soon. I am hoping it gives my lifeless hair a bit of a lift in color and shine. I think, Virgil, that you look good with the salt and pepper hair; gray will look great on you, too...look at Richard Gere - he looks gorgeous in gray. I believe it's more heridity than wine intake. Go gray gracefully and I am sure you will look distinquished. You might even get a raise!

I think genetics, and other factors play a major role in it more than wine... my family drinks about a bottle of wine a day on minum... and not a single one has greys. my 80 yo grampa still has the original color so liquor and gray do not necissarialy corrospond. as for being drove batty, my mommy always said I was the reason for her few gray heairs... never the less, a interesting article. And I find that I feel sorry for Tigers kids. they are not quite old enough to understand but its being rubbed in their faces. And the media is totaly running anychance he has of reconciling with his wife. not that he didnt screw things up, but with the media rubbing it in her face he doesnt have a chance to salvage his marriage, or family.

Hey, Virgil, here's another Yuletide joke
for you, one that's even older than I am:

Why aren't there any Christmas pageants in Hollywood.?

It's too hard to find three wise men and a virgin in La La Land.

Hey Virg, I loved this entry. I wrote a long reply and it was erased!!!
So a quick sum up, it's OK to go gray.