19 Women Who Stopped Dying Their Hair And Now Rock The World With Their New Looks

If you had to name the early signs of aging, you would probably say “sagging skin, wrinkles and, of course, gray hair”. And although this is a completely normal process, most of us are afraid of how we will look and what others will say. However, women who decided to stop dyeing their strands show that the issue is not age, but self-love and self-esteem. Because aging can occur at any time and at any age.

O awesome.club gathered 19 stories of brave women who decided to stop dyeing and accept their gray hair.

🇧🇷My gray hair for me means accepting the aging process🇧🇷 It’s not for everyone, and that’s okay. I have a lot of gray hair and I wanted to see what would happen if I stopped trying to hide it and tried using natural cosmetics to take care of my highlights. That was almost 2 years ago and my hair and self-esteem have never been better.”

“I dyed my hair for fun and to cause since I was 16. When he started to go gray, dyeing stopped being ‘fun’. I felt like I was hiding something to be ashamed of.

About 5 years ago I decided to go with ‘silver’ hair. Alone it has become what I had been trying to achieve for years with the help of tinctures: it is now dynamic, unique and vibrant.🇧🇷 I feel really good about being myself.”

“A year ago I embarked on this journey to natural hair. I had no idea what to expect, both in terms of results and the trip itself. Some of my friends almost begged me to dye it again since apparently I was about to commit the unforgivable crime of making myself look older.🇧🇷

I may look older now, but I’ve rarely been so happy with myself as I was in this transition. I learned to love myself for who I am and how I am, and I owe that to my hair.🇧🇷 I’m often told it’s just hair, but the truth is, it’s more than that.”

🇧🇷My first memory of gray hair was at age 7🇧🇷 I remember I was at school, I had long hair and a white strand caught my eye. I ripped it off without thinking too much about it because I thought it was normal—from my earliest childhood memories, my parents always had white hair.

It wasn’t until I got married and had my second child at age 22 that I started to go gray. One day my boss leaned over my desk and made a comment: ‘My God, you’re so young and you have so much white hair!’ I was embarrassed, I didn’t want to be considered old!

So, from the age of 24, I started painting in dark brown. I kept doing it until I was 41. So I bet myself… I was going to stop dyeing for 12 months to see what was growing under the dye. I haven’t dyed for 6 years. I love myself and I love my hair. Today I feel more vibrant and beautiful…more than when I dyed it”.

“This journey is not just about accepting the outer woman, but about making peace with the inner woman as well. It’s about knowing that we are wonderful and formidable creatures. Just as it is a privilege to grow old, we should wear our gray hair like a crown of honor🇧🇷 I believe that confidence and self-acceptance are two things that really make a woman beautiful… at any age!

“I got married last year. There were people who said, ‘You should dye your hair for the wedding. You will regret it. You’re going to look so old!’ I couldn’t be happier to be myself on my wedding day!🇧🇷

“I remember when I was in seventh grade, at recess, playing in the courtyard, my best friend grabbed my head and exclaimed, ‘You have white hair!’ As the years went by, I got grayer and grayer.

By age 16, I had more gray hairs than I could remove or hide by changing my hairstyle, and I started dyeing it monthly. It was like that for 6 years until, sometime in 2015, I started thinking about what would happen if I took them on, stop spending so much time and money on dyeing and just let them grow.

Today I’m 27 years old and I’ve been leaving the gray look for 4 years! I can’t count how many people stop me every day to talk about my hair. I turned many strangers into friends: young, old, men, women… My heart feels so happy when someone tells me that I also inspired them to embrace their natural beauty, no matter what it looks like!”

“I was a little confused at first when the gray hairs started taking over my head. I’ve dyed my hair for the last 20 years and it was like I was seeing the real me for the first time in a long time. Day after day, after I decided to stop dyeing and not run to the beauty salon, something started to happen. Every new gray strand made me like my hair that much more.

I love my gray hair and I can never imagine hiding it again. I also love how he can encourage other women to unleash their radiance. In the end, it’s about doing what feels right to you, dye it or not dye it.”

“By accepting my gray hair, I was able to show my teenage daughter and her friends that women can age with dignity and confidence. Because true beauty lies in being able to not only accept, but also celebrate our uniqueness.”

“I feel more confident since I decided to show my gray hair. I dyed it again a while ago and immediately regretted it. It was like I had erased my identity. I’m still learning to live with the new texture. I love seeing my gray hair colored in the mirror!”

🇧🇷This is my hair! It was hard to accept it at 13, but at 23, I love it!”

“I started going gray when I was 19, but I always dyed, especially when I was in cosmetology school and worked as a stylist. I tried all the tinctures. I used to make my mother nervous by scolding her for her gray hair. As a stylist, I ended up finding myself. I’m loving my naturally gray hair.

Eventually, I moved on to helping my clients take care of their natural hair. I began to notice how people looked at my mother and her stunning white mane. People constantly tell me that my mother is so beautiful. I decided that I also wanted to leave my natural hair color. I now get more compliments on my natural silvers than when I mistreated them with harsh chemicals🇧🇷

🇧🇷I feel confident showing my gray hair🇧🇷 The example of so many women of different ages and cultures is a great stimulus in this transitional phase”.

“My mother, my aunt, my cousins, me… every descendant of my grandmother had gray hair very early on and I finally stopped dyeing mine. It was the best decision of my life🇧🇷 At first, my grandmother criticized me, but then she said that this was our hair. Finally, my grandmother also stopped dyeing, I am 33 years old and she is 78”.

“I was born with 1 white hair. As a teenager she had gray hair in the front and black/brown in the back. Until the age of 40, he dyed them constantly. Then it was like a flash of light. Suddenly the opinion of others stopped being important to me. I danced at a party for the first time in my life. I didn’t mind being overweight. I didn’t care that my hair was grey/white. I accepted myself and stopped dyeing.

My only regret was waiting so long.🇧🇷 There were cases when strangers approached me on the street and asked me about my hair. Some even started to run their hands, as if they were hypnotized. It is white on the front and gray on the back. And I will always use it that way.”

🇧🇷I was definitely afraid of going gray🇧🇷 I put it off for several years until I decided to face the discomforts of the transition that would take months. Years ago, my therapist, whom I was seeing for depression and anxiety, said something like, ‘Fake it while you can’. I actually didn’t understand it at the time, but I found that it definitely worked for my transition to silver hair.

During this process, I often acted like my hair was completely gray, pretending it didn’t look weird. I still feel this confidence in myself🇧🇷 I think, after 12 months, that I reached my goal, I did it and I have more confidence”.

“I’ve had white hair since high school. 4 years ago, I decided to let the gray grow and accept its natural color. Despite some nasty comments from the neighbors, I didn’t care and continued with my routine. Today, people ask me all the time: ‘where do you dye your hair?’ They love it and also want to have the same color.

I love my hair and feel blessed to accept and let this color become a part of me. I am pleased to see ladies with gray hair. I want to congratulate those who are fighting like me: keep being yourself and accept your gray hairs. Why you are beautiful in your own way!🇧🇷

“Uniqueness is a gift and something I inherited from my late father. It took me a lot of patience to learn to love my hair like I do now, but the wait was worth it! At 29 years old, I am happy to serve as an example that lack of pigmentation does not define your age or your place in life🇧🇷

“My first gray hair appeared when I was 18 and I was taught to be ashamed of them🇧🇷 I started to fight them. The intervals between my visits to the hairdresser were reduced from 8 weeks to 6 or 4, and yet I still noticed white roots in brown hair in every photo of me taken over the last 10 years.

I got to the point where I could no longer afford to have my hair maintained, and out of necessity I had to accept it. But that’s when my whole perspective on gray changed. I wasn’t prepared for how liberating it would be to be able to flip my hair back. and forget the contempt for the roots. That feeling has completely disappeared and its place has been taken by self-acceptance, love and pride.

I found it so exciting to discover what my natural hair looked like, especially when it gleamed in the sunlight, I can’t believe how lucky I am to have natural silver hair!🇧🇷

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