4 Signs You Should Stop Coloring Your Hair

SPECIAL FROM Few women welcome gray hair with open arms. When the salt outnumbers the pepper, most of us—as many as 75 percent of women, according to various sources—turn to the beauty industry for an all-over color correction. But once you start dyeing your hair to cover the grays, how do you know when enough is enough? When 56-year-old former brunette, Paula Winnig, was 35 years old, a number of well-meaning friends handed her their colorists' business cards, a not-so-subtle nod to her rapidly graying hair. She took the hint and began dyeing her locks, a practice she continued until quitting for good at age 50. "I hated having to schedule my life around my roots showing," says Winnig. "I also hated the expense, and I didn't like looking in the mirror and seeing a stranger looking back at me." With her hair dyeing years firmly behind her, Winnig couldn't be happier. "I am thrilled to have my own color again—it is very freeing," she says. "Coloring my hair was a necessary evil, but I'm glad I don't do it anymore." Paula made her decision from the gut—she knew she resented the entire hair-dyeing shebang. But if you're on the fence, consider these tell-tale signs you should go gracefully gray: #1: Your hair feels dry and brittle Traditional hair dye that deposits color typically won't damage your 'do, says Melissa Piliang, M.D., a dermatologist at the Cleveland Clinic and a member of the American Academy of Dermatology. But if you engage in the mo...
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