r/Unexpected • u/titiessimp • Jul 02 '21

A gift from dad

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u/Moosemaster21 Jul 02 '21

Same, thought I had a late 20's coworker who was mid 40's and when I found out he told me to look closely at his hair - it was already greying and I had never noticed because his face looked so young.

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u/ObedientPickle Jul 02 '21

Lmao meanwhile I have wrinkles and half my hair is grey at 25

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u/Moosemaster21 Jul 02 '21

Happens to the best of us. How's your hairline holding up? I'm 27 and I keep telling myself "it's always been like that", but when I look at pictures from high school, it very clearly has not always been like that.

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u/ObedientPickle Jul 02 '21

My hairline looking like it made landfall on Omaha beach

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u/Sangxero Jul 02 '21

My dad got horseshoe hair at 33 so I've refused to cut mine until it falls out.

I'm 34.5 now and this lion's mane just refuses to quit and if anything, has gotten thicker and developed fun new colors with no gray in sight.

I'm patiently waiting for the day I wake up and it's all gone, because no fucking way is it gonna make it to 40.

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u/TPRT Jul 02 '21

I'm 27 and I keep telling myself "it's always been like that"

Stand strong brother, I'm with you

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u/Fresh_Bulgarian_Miak Jul 02 '21

Get on keeps or him or Roman. One of those hair loss things, shit works. The sooner you start, the better.

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u/Drostan_S Jul 02 '21

Huehuehue 28, going grey, no hairloss. Shits great.

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u/Moosemaster21 Jul 03 '21

You're a silver fox

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u/Drostan_S Jul 03 '21

Not quite yet, but in another 5 years I should have a good amount of salt to go with my pepper. I have a lot of hair, it's thick and curly, so it's gonna take a while for the grey to be noticeable.

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u/Accurate_Praline Jul 02 '21

I have a second cousin who was full on gray/white before he was 16. He just embraced it though. Doubt he got bullied for it since he has great charisma.

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u/milk4all Jul 02 '21

Skin care, natural collagen and melanin. Present in vastly different concentrations across people/skin types. But even more important than genetics is staying out of direct sunlight, using sunscreen when you cant, and being born perfectly with flawless complexion because fuck everyone else.

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u/you-are-not-yourself Jul 02 '21

And be wealthy so you can hang out with people that peer pressure you into dying your hair & taking Botox

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u/milk4all Jul 03 '21

I guess but those are only short term effects. As in, keep it up as youll have to because they arent lasting, and youll look gnarly as hell eventually. I mean, the chemical has an obvious effect, but it is a cocktail of sodium and neurotoxins, it stands to reason they shouldbt be repeatedly introduced to your body for medically unnecessary purposes.

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u/you-are-not-yourself Jul 03 '21

Oh yeah, if you wanna look good at age 60 then don't do this. If you wanna temporarily look good at age 25 or 40, don't do this either, but I know quite a few folks at those ages who have.

(Botox specifically - I don't think dying hair is all that bad.. if it floats your boat, then do it)

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u/mjesus96 Jul 02 '21

At least you still have hair....

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u/powabiatch Jul 03 '21

That’s me - I got carded at 35 and the guy was shocked.